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New Book: Web Mapping and Geospatial Web Services

It is with great pleasure that I want to introduce a new Web Mapping and Geospatial textbook to the Canadian geomatics…

Standardizing IoT via the Open Geospatial Consortium Registry Platform

While IoT continues to grow in hype and in real importance, all of this excitement will start to wane if…

15 Geomatics LinkedIn Groups You Need to Join

Last year, we brought you our recommendations for 10 geomatics LinkedIn groups you should be following. This year, there were…

UAV-g 2015 Conference: sUAS for Geomatics

The third international conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g 2015) is coming to Canada later this summer for…

Nova Scotia Power Wins Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award

Enterprise implementation of geospatial platform transforms electric utility operations San Diego, CA, Esri International User Conference – Esri Canada congratulates…

eBee becomes Canada’s first compliant fixed-wing drone

Mapping UAV’s new designation will help operators to boost their businesses Swiss professional drone manufacturer, senseFly, today announced that its…

Open Data Portals and Geomatics: The Polar Data Catalogue

The growing interest in providing open data access has long been integrated into the field of Geomatics. However, the use…

MDA to provide RADARSAT-2 ground station solution to support land and maritime applications

Richmond, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company,…

Canada Day Came Early at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

June 23rd marked a special day in the history of aviation and space in Canada. A very special aircraft, a…

Story Mapping: Haida Gwaii

In my previous blog “Storytelling: Haida Gwaii,” I referenced the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia’s (GANS) mentoring program between myself…

DisasterLAN Successfully Implemented by Alberta’s Emergency Management Agency

After a competitive RFP process, the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) has chosen Buffalo Computer Graphics’ (BCG) DisasterLAN (DLAN) as…

PredictION: Routing & Modeling App for Proposed Transit Projects

PredictION is an app that provides transit authorities with a unique approach to engage and inform the public. By making…