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Canadian Geospatial RPAS Advances at GoGeomatics Expo
Just over a decade ago, the DJI phantom 1 was released which only had a GoPro Camera. A few years…
Lidar CANEX 2023 Industry Panel: What is the future of Lidar?
Lidar CANEX 2023 presentations ended Tuesday, April 25, 2023 with a Panel discussion on “What is the future of Lidar?”…
Lidar CANEX 2023 Keynote Presentation by Dr. Tim Webster: Changes in Lidar Mapping Over the Past 20 Years
Lidar has come a long way in 20 years. Lidar CANEX Keynote presentation speaker, Dr. Tim Webster, PhD, of the…
Research & Education: Tim Webster on Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG)
The AGRG, Applied Geomatics Research Group, was formally founded in 2000 by COGS (College of Geographic Sciences) faculty members who…
Dr. Bob Maher receives the Roger F. Tomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award
Renowned educator and innovator established a world-class GIS program that has trained hundreds of geospatial leaders On GIS Day 2021,…
Bob Maher: A Sense of Place
(The author was Senior Research Scientist at the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) until 2011. Jon Murphy was a member…
A Look at #COGS Conference in Nova Scotia: Sensors High and Low
The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) hosted its third annual Winter conference at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in…
Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Interactive Science Atlas
Last week, I was forwarded a YouTube video produced by Ian Manning. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hifC7pzI5Gg&w=400&h=300] Ian works at the Applied Geomatics…
CANMAP, and SHIFTing gears at COGS
At the end of last month, John Wian hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CANMAP Research Institute in…
COGS NSCC students use Geomatics to explore the history of Black Loyalists & Joggins Fossil Cliff
NSCC students make major impact in two small communities with huge historical significance Students at Nova Scotia Community College’s Centre…
Tim Webster: Interview about Past, Present, & Future: Applied Geomatics Research Group
Dr. Tim Webster, is a renowned research scientist with the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) in Middleton, Nova Scotia. He is…
Event Recap: COGS & CIG & GANS Cooperate for Mapping Workshop
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) Nova Scotia Branch and the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS), two regional professional organizations that foster the application of geographic information within the geomatics sector recently collaborated to host a high resolution mapping workshop at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.