Jon Murphy
Jonathan Murphy is the CEO, President, and Founder of GoGeomatics Canada. He is also the founder and chair of GeoIgnite, Canada's national geospatial leadership conference, and Canada's National Geomatics expo.
Jon has created Canada’s largest professional geospatial network, aiming to strengthen and empower our geospatial ecosystem.
A community builder and connector, he holds a bachelor's degree in Archaeology from the University of Calgary and advanced diplomas in GIS and applied geomatics research from COGS.
Jon is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2020, he joined the ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics Technical Committee responsible for the ISO geographic information series of standards. In 2023, Jon joined the board of directors of buildingSMART Canada.
Articles by Jon Murphy
Mystery Speaker Revealed for Next Ottawa GoGeomatics Social April 25th
GoGeomatics has swept aside the curtain to reveal Masroor Hussain, Senior Scientist and Software Developer at PCI Geomatics, as the…
New GoGeomatics Group in Thunder Bay, Ontario
GoGeomatics is excited to introduce the Thunder Bay GoGeomatics group as the newest grass roots effort by local geospatial professionals,…
March 2017 GoGeomatics Talks: Toronto, London, Peterborough, Halifax
GoGeomatics Canada has built a thriving geospatial community by creating networking opportunities for our participants. We achieve this by holding free informal…
Canadian Cartography: GoGeomatics Edmonton Visits the University of Alberta Map Library & Collections
Last night the Edmonton GoGeomatics Group had the chance to explore the amazing collection of historic maps at the University…
London Ontario: New GoGeomatics Group Inaugural Social Oct 25th
I’m excited to introduce a new GoGeomatics group to the Canadian geomatics community. Our newest Group is the London GoGeomatics…
Report for 450 Participants & Sponsors: 2016 GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials
Last month the Canadian geomatics community came together to celebrate the start of the new school year by welcoming new…
Volunteer & Map Canada: Statistics Canada Crowdsourcing Pilot Project
Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is…
The Most Fun You’ve had with Geomatics: ‘Pokémon Go’ Comes to Canada
The geospatial community has been “abuzz” since a game called called “Pokémon Go” landed on cell phones in Australia and…
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics Brings Big Data to Ottawa
Last week I was among an interesting group of participants and presenters who came together to discuss Big Data (June…
Postal Codes: Canada Post Backs Down on Crowdsourced Open Data
Have you ever felt the wrath of a Canadian Crown Corporation? In 2011 Canada Post set its sights on Ervin…
GoGeomatics Goes to East Africa: New Markets for Canadian Technologies
Jambo from Nairobi, Kenya! I, Jon Murphy – GoGeomatic’s intrepid Managing Director, am in Kenya having a look…
