Education & Careers
Ethics for the GIS Consultant is Good Business
I just finished a small GIS job for a client. A really small job. They wanted to know where the Crown lands were in a part of New Brunswick. Not sure what they were going […]
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Education & Careers
GIS Training Approaches with Scott Bell
GIS training and teaching is a fascinating endeavor. Undergraduate classes are a mélange of students from disciplines that span the University curriculum. Graduate training is usually highly focused on task-specific outcomes, while professional training can […]
Community
GIS Day Ottawa RADARSAT Tour
First off, HAPPY GIS DAY! Twitter was having a hayday with #GISDay tweets, and LinkedIn became a geospatial frenzy. What did you do for GIS Day? GoGeomatics Canada was happy to host our second annual […]
Community
“Bands” Around Edges Of Polygons – ArcGIS Online Tip
The essence of this article is: preparing a thick border around polygons for display on ArcGIS Online (but also in ArcMap); note I am using what is now – Nov 2012 – referred to as […]
Education & Careers
Cartographic Specialist or Applications Specialist: That Is The Question.
Well, at least for a post-grad GIS student… Having recently graduated from the University of Ottawa with a BA Honors in Geography, the next step for me was clear. Although I achieved a minor in […]
Education & Careers
Surveying and CAD: Add GIS, Stir and Serve
When Jon Murphy asked me to write something about ‘Surveying and CAD’ this month I thought, “no problem, when do you need it?” Upon more reflection, it occurred to me that I should write about […]
Education & Careers
GIS in the School System
Fast forward to 2011. I was conducting research on latest trends in education re web 2.0; and, with my Intermediate/Secondary group of pre-service Social Studies teachers at Memorial University, decided to learn Twitter. This resulted […]
Community
Vineyard Site Suitability Using Multi-criteria Evaluation
“Wine is light held together by water” – Galileo Preamble…. Beginning in my third year at Brock, I found myself becoming intensely interested in wine and viticulture, so much so that I began revolving my […]