Technology

Canadian Geospatial Briefing August 2nd: Honouring Alex Trebek with new Grant Program; Interactive Map Looking at Marine Shipping Safety in Canada; New Canadian Wildfire App; Looking at Vulnerability from Heat Waves in Vancouver and Highlighting Importance of Green Spaces; A Collection of Canadian COVID-19 Dashboards

Alex Trebek honoured with Geographical Society grant program for emerging explorers The National Geographic Society in the United States and…

Canadian Wildfire Mapping Resources 2021 Fire Season

Western Canada has been experiencing extreme fire conditions following an intense heatwave since late June. According to BC Wildfire Service,…

International Geospatial Briefing July 26th, 2021: Esri new GeoBIM product; Iran’s groundwater crisis levels; Space tech companies partner next-generation Earth Observation data; statewide heat-mapping study in Petersburg; NASA, USGS to Launch Landsat 9 in September

Esri and Autodesk’s New Collaboration Product: GeoBIM Esri’s new software, ArcGIS GeoBIM, allows ArcGIS features to appear in the documents within…

Disaster Management Made Difficult by the Pandemic – Drones to the Rescue!

Natural disasters, to say the least, have jeopardized the livelihood of millions, and the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are not…

A History of Everest Mapping

As awe inspiring as the mountain is, so are the maps. Mount Everest is often considered “a symbol of something…

GoodScore.City: Comparing the Environmental Health of Canada’s Downtown Cores

The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) is a group dedicated to understanding urban living and its impacts on…

Canadian Geospatial Briefing July 19th, Drone spraying research promising; B.C. wildfire map; Manitoba Infrastructure Projects Map; N.B. COVID dashboard; New database of P.E.I. trails maps

Drone spraying research promising Drone spraying would be ideal for touch-ups and misses in a field after a large sprayer…

International Geospatial Briefing July 12th, 2021: Mapping the hot hotspots in the world; Esri’s book calling for action for conservation; June ArcGIS Living Atlas Updates; Telecomm giant maps climate resilience; Map the graveyards and trace you family tree; LiDAR to stop texting and driving; Digital Twin of the News

Mapping the hottest temperatures around the world June was an exceptionally hot month for several countries in the northern hemisphere. A…

MDA continues to put Canada on the world’s radar for space exploration

Recently, there has been more exciting news when it comes to space exploration in the Canadian context. The Canadarm3 will…

Self-driving Vehicles Are Closer Than They Appear

Waymo is a fully autonomous car created by Google. Waymo One is a ride-hailing service that is currently running in…

Canadian Geospatial Briefing July 5, 2021: Geospatial Applications for Indigenous Issues; Canadian Company Teledyne CARIS is Mapping the Seafloor; How SBEO is Helping Track Extreme Weather Events from Space; and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s New Drought Forecast Tool

New Applications are Bringing Attention to Important Indigenous Issues June 2021 was a National Indigenous History Month like no other.…

Ultra-Wideband’s Edge for Indoor Navigation and Positioning

Can UWB technology yield sub-centimeter positions indoors? Yes, and there are many more applications as well. We examine this Alternate…

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