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Charting New Territories: Collaborative Cartography at the Canadian Cartographic Association Conference
One of the most notable events on the Canadian geomatics calendar is the annual conference hosted by the Canadian Cartographic…
Grand Banks to the Gulf of Mexico: My Canadian Geomatics Career
I often contemplate what it would have been like working at the same job for an entire career. Mind you,…
Literary Peregrinations: Geographers as Explorers
While I was reading Andrea Wulf’s “The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt’s New World”. I noted a comment on…
The Accidental Geographer: Thoughts on Coming Home
My friend, Edward, directed me towards the Internet and the podcast website entitled ‘The Accidental Geographer’. Edward, in his version…
How Pokémon Go can encourage a love of outdoors … and family …
In a prior piece, Jonathan Murphy pointed out that fun and geospatial awareness can go together through a game. I…
Geomatics: Discovering history in Canada’s Arctic waters
This article was reprinted with permission from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56, No. 3, Summer 2015 By Theresa Nicholsi,…
GIS: Adventures in Historical Mapping
This article focuses on the process of creating a very out-of-date map in GIS. Lots has gone on since I…
SPOT Satellite Technology Delivers Peace of Mind for Outdoor Enthusiasts with 1,000 Rescues Initiated in Canada – over 3,500 Rescues Worldwide
Proven and essential safety gear, SPOT devices provide affordable and reliable connectivity, S.O.S. notifications, and real-time GPS tracking, completely independent…
Geography Education: First Thoughts from Haida Gwaii
One of the joys of leaving your residence on one coast (Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia) and moving to a new…
Meet GoGeomatics’ Newest Social Leader: Tristan Forward
GoGeomatics Canada would like to extend a warm welcome to Tristan Forward, our newest social group leader in Calgary, Alberta.…
Geomatics Atlantic 2014: Connecting in St. John’s, Nfld
Next month, Geomatics Atlantic returns to St. John’s, Newfoundland for only the fifth time in the conference’s 30 year history.…
GeoAlberta 2014 Wants You Take a Geocache Selfie
GeoAlberta 2014 has just announced a fun geocache contest for all those attending their upcoming conference! They’ve hidden two GeoAlberta…
