IGO (for Open GIS Infrastructure) is a Free Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) developed by organisations in the government of Quebec in Canada. The objective is to make it open, common, modular, based on […]
It is with great pleasure that I want to introduce a new Web Mapping and Geospatial textbook to the Canadian geomatics community. Prof. Emmanuel Stefanakis (University of New Brunswick, Canada) has authored an introductory textbook on […]
While IoT continues to grow in hype and in real importance, all of this excitement will start to wane if we do not see a significant degree of standardization of device types, measured quantities, and […]
The growing interest in providing open data access has long been integrated into the field of Geomatics. However, the use of Geomatics within open data portals is relatively uncommon. This inclusion provides an interactive and […]
PredictION is an app that provides transit authorities with a unique approach to engage and inform the public. By making use of General Transit Feed Specifications, PredictION will allow users to predict the impacts of […]
Imagine seeing our world through an astronaut’s eye-view from the comfort of your own home… Pretty soon, you won’t have to imagine it. UrtheCast, a relative newcomer to the Canadian earth observation scene, is on […]
Team CODE is made up of myself (Jin Xing), Carl Hughes, and Matthew Tenney. We all come from Roger Tomlinson lab at McGill University. Matthew and I are supervised by Professor Renee Sieber, leader of […]
Over the past 20 years, oil and gas companies have used satellite earth observation technology through the entire project lifecycle, from pre-acquisition, to full operations and decommissioning. In 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) began […]