Dr. Lawrence Morley was recently honoured posthumously for his contributions to the advancement of science and technology in Canada. In a recent ceremony in Ottawa, he was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall […]
It’s a brand new year of GoGeomatics socials across Canada, and we’ve got a great speaker lined up for Toronto this month. The Toronto GoGeomatics January Social is taking place January 30, 7:00PM, at the […]
Last year GoGeomatics brought our readers up to date on the 2012 country report from NRCan to the United Nations. This year we are taking a look at some of the highlights of the 2014 […]
Our social leaders across Canada are champions of building a strong geomatics community, and Marc Thorup is no exception. Marc is one of our social leaders for the Vancouver GoGeomatics socials, and he loves welcoming […]
David Lepage, in his blog for Axiom News, expresses concern for “the map is not the territory” in a community economy. One of the cornerstones of rural economic development is asset mapping (see Kretzmann and […]
Geography education is about understanding our relationship to the world around us. We need to seek out the best examples of a culture’s relationship to their environment. We need to seek out the best examples […]
by Ed Kennedy and Evert Kenk. Is there value in formalizing definitions for both the Geomatics Sector and Geospatial Community that capture a meaningful relationship between the two? The ongoing Geomatics versus Geospatial debate once […]
Over the past year, the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG) has embarked on a journey to promote the use of the word Geomatics to encompass all things spatial, GIS, geospatial, location-based, and the like. For many […]