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Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for November 25th: Mapping Toronto’s Most Bizarre Intersections; Canada’s 5G Network: USA issues warning; GeoVangelist Wins the 2019 Alex Trebek Medal for Geographic Literacy; Mapping Canada’s Hidden Treasure

Mapping Toronto’s Most Bizarre Intersections For most people from Toronto, when they think of what their city is known for, many amazing things come to mind, but another is the many busy and confusing intersections. […]

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Your International Geospatial Briefing for November 18th: Satellite InSAR Data used to detect massive size of North Korean Nuclear Testing; How GIS Makes IoT Data Come Alive; LiDAR: Promise and Challenge in Autonomous Vehicles; Bill Gates uses mapping tech to curb polio

Satellite InSAR Data used to detect massive size of North Korean Nuclear Testing Following the withdrawal of North Korea from the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty over 15 years ago, a suspected underground hydrogen bomb […]

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Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for November 11th: A Concerning Data Strategy; Sidewalk Labs in Toronto; Vancouver: Top North American City for tech growth; World-First Satellite Connection to the Arctic with 100Mbps

A Concerning Ontario Data Strategy Teresa Scassa, a professor from the University of Ottawa, has written an interesting piece on her blog about the latest update on the Ontario data strategy. To create economic opportunities […]

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Your International Geospatial Briefing for November 4th: Is geospatial data the key to leaving no one behind?; OGC updates IndoorGML standard; Observing California’s Wildfires from the Space Station; Major Wood Chip Exporter Now Prefers Drones to Calculate Volumes

Is geospatial data the key to leaving no one behind? Some of our planet’s leaders may still be deliberating the existence of global warming, but for the communities experiencing this very real issue, the only […]

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Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for October 28th: Top 15 Largest Engineering Firms in Canada; Scanning the Earth with Lidar; A London Bar Uses Facial Recognition; Drone Delivery Canada and DSV Canada announcement; Canada’s Maritime Launch Services for C4M Upper Rocket Vehicle

Top 15 Largest Engineering Firms in Canada Canada has over 295,000 registered engineers in the country with an expected continuation in growth over the next few years. Here is a list of the top 15 […]

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Your International Geospatial Briefing for October 21st: How We Can Use Geospatial Tech for Good; AI: Cheat Sheet; In Chinese children’s film, anger grows over controversial map; What is openBIM and why is it important?; Making IoT More Intelligent with AI

How We Can Use Geospatial Tech for Good The winners of the most recent EthicalGEO Fellowship have been focusing on how geospatial tech and location data can be used for good, and not just targeted advertisement. The […]

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Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for October 15th: Indigenous Mapping Conference Offers New Skills; Launch of Institute for Earth and Space Exploration; Teranet & Nearmap Announce Partnership; N.B Municipalities Using Tech To Make Their Cities Smarter

Indigenous Mapping Conference Offers New Skills Last week was the 6thannual Indigenous Mapping Workshop. This year’s event was in Inuvik, N.W.T, and hosted 75 individuals from all over the globe. The purpose of this annual […]