Technology
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…
Putting Map Making Back Into the Hands of the Community
On April 7th, I attended the community mapping showcase at the NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). This project is…
SNRC: UAV Integration Highly Valued in Canadian Marketplace
Due to a foreseeable increase in the demand for UAV acquired aerial imagery in resource management, various firms are already…
Paul Barker: What is Web GIS? Exploring the ‘new’ GIS
GIS has always been an integral part of forward thinking organizations. However, it has long struggled to break out of…
Professional Certification: Population Health Data Analysis in British Columbia
Population health research is inherently interdisciplinary, multifaceted and firmly rooted in the evolving connections between place, time and related socioeconomic…
Find Your GIS & Geospatial Job: Career Seminar Ottawa April 9th
Finding a job in geospatial technology can be difficult. That’s why GoGeomatics Canada is bringing back our popular Career Seminar…
UAV Technology in the Canadian Forestry Sector
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry is soaring! Civilian drones are being applied in various global industries ranging from agriculture…
Location Encoding Systems – Could geographic coordinates be replaced and at what cost?
Geocoding is the process of converting a street address into a physical location that can be described with a pair…
Remembering Roger Tomlinson & Early History of GIS in Canada
It’s two years now since Roger Tomlinson passed away. Roger’s and my career path have crossed several times over the…
CDOs: Pressing the Need for a Chief Data Officer
Information Communications and Technology (ICT) is just like a human body. There is hardware (the bones and organs) as well…
PCI Geomatics User Group Meeting Shows Promising New Features and Dedication to Customers
On February 4th, PCI Geomatics held their Annual User Group Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario. There was a high turnout, with…
UNB & Google Maps: New EarthView3D Technology
University of New Brunswick researcher, Yun Zhang, is no stranger to Google Maps. In 2000, he participated in a Street…