Every year since 1999, the geospatial community has been celebrating GIS Day and this year it is on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. GIS Day was created by Esri in order to promote grassroots educational events […]
Last night the Edmonton GoGeomatics Group had the chance to explore the amazing collection of historic maps at the University of Alberta (U of A). Larry Laliberte, the U of A GIS Librarian, introduced the […]
The Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission has just completed a monument restoration survey to restore a number of deteriorated provincial boundary monuments in the Elk Pass area of the Rocky Mountains. The work was undertaken by […]
I’m excited to introduce a new GoGeomatics group to the Canadian geomatics community. Our newest Group is the London GoGeomatics Networking Group in Ontario. A great group of students in at Western reached out to […]
This article was written by Mark Sampson for the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Mark’s contact details are at the bottom of the article and here is a direct link. Drones are referred to interchangeably […]
Last week, I picked up a copy of Robert MacFarlane’s ‘Landmarks’. I had read all of his previous works and seen reviews of ‘Landmarks’ online from the UK. MacFarlane’s book got me thinking about community […]
Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is an exiting opportunity. It’s my hope that those members of the public who do volunteer […]
