Geared towards the general public, Soar.Earth presents an online platform that resembles a digital, free-of-charge atlas. Pooling in from crowd-sourced content, including satellite imagery, hobbyist drone photos and environmental remote sensing data, it almost feels […]
Canada has always been a leader in the geospatial community, from Roger Tomlinson’s pioneering work creating the first computerized GIS in 1963 to the leadership we provide with RADARSAT and other programs today. Canadian schools […]
Interactive Map Recognizes Canadian Places Named for Women A new interactive map called Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names, was unveiled on International Women’s Day. The map showcases locations across Canada named after women. The […]
Geography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks A study by international scientists, including members of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH), shows that […]
The current pandemic is highlighting how important GIS is in understanding and interpreting data. History shows the evolution of GIS for mapping disease and the unique ways in which it can be used. Cholera, 1854 […]
Artificial Intelligence helping respond to extreme weather events Researchers at the University of McGill are finding new ways to harvest data from Twitter to respond to natural disasters and other extreme weather events. They have […]
Right Whale Biology + Conservation When speaking about declining populations in species, the words endangered, vulnerable and threatened often come to the forefront but for most people, those are vague and encompassing words that do […]
The GoGeomatics team brings to you interesting stories and content related to geospatial technologies, space missions, innovative use of maps, government and business decisions around location technologies within Canada and also around the world. This […]