Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for August 6th: LeddarTech Defends its LiDAR Patent; MDA Plays a Key Role in Advancing Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Agriculture; AI could help future farmers win competitions; Canada joins intelligence allies to keep 5G networks free from government control

6 August 2019 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 5G

In December 2015, LeddarTech challenged Phantom Intelligence due to illegal use of its LiDAR sensing technology. The settlement was agreed upon during court-sponsored mediation, however the terms, conditions and amount were not disclosed. Leddar Tech […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for July 23rd: AI Sector in need of data standards; OGC’s Dr. Nadine Alameh receives ‘Diversity in Leadership’ award; The smart cities challenge; Korem Geospatial announces appointment of new president

22 July 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | AI

AI firms are facing many challenges such as; access to capital, access to qualified staff, regulatory hurdles and antiquated procurement rules. The biggest challenge is the need to find suitable data, which is the raw […]

Your Global Geospatial Briefing for May 14th: Geospatial Foundations at GeoIgnite; GeoAI history; WorldView-4; Falcon 9; Elon Musk on LiDAR

13 May 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | AI

Leverage tech for the public at GeoIgnite A new article on GeoIgnite 2019 in the Ottawa Business Journal highlights the “Geospatial Foundations” aspect that provided the framework for how the whole conference came together—that is, […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for April 1st: Geospatial World Forum; Maxar NaturalVue; GeoIgnite in GIS User; Canadians win Turing Award

29 March 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | AI

GoGeomatics heads to Amsterdam GoGeomatics founder Jonathan Murphy will be attending the Geospatial World forum April 2nd-4th to take part in an annual gathering of representatives from the world of location technology. The Forum attracts over […]

Geo Soon: Coaching Robots

24 January 2019 Gavin Schrock | AI

Continuous surveying, to support smart cities, infrastructure, geodesign, and construction, is opening expanded—but unconventional—roles for surveyors and geospatial practitioners. “Put me in coach, I’m ready to play… today…” – John Fogerty [The following guest op-ed […]