Archaeology
International Geospatial Briefing July 11th: 1. Quarter of Earth’s Seafloor Mapped; 2. Seabed Mapping App; 3. NOAA Joins Effort to Map Ocean Floor; 4. UN Satellite Centre and NVIDIA Boost Sustainable Development Goals; 5. Geospatial Workforce Challenges; 6. Digital mapping settlements in the pre-Columbian Amazon
Nearly a quarter of Earth’s seafloor now mapped The Seabed 2030 project aims to have the entire earth’s seafloor mapped…
International Geospatial Briefing Oct 25th: 1. Interactive map of hidden archaeological landscapes. 2. GIS helps asylum seekers 3. Extent of California oil spill. 4. Mapping Bogota’s neighbourhoods 5. Map Tools international travel requirements 6. New York new subway map 7. GeoSLAM maps underground refugee shelter from Spanish Civil War
This Interactive Map Lets Users Explore England’s Hidden Archaeological Landscape Attention all history enthusiasts, Historic England has created a new…
International Geospatial Briefing Sept 27th: LiDAR Discoveries in Mexico; New Methods for No-Dig Archaeology in Spain; Observing Earth from the Stratosphere; A Better Rewilding Plan using Spatial Data; WHO Mapping Venomous Snakes; 80 Years of Tropical Storms
Lidar Leads to New Discoveries at Ancient Mexican City There have been many discoveries made over the last few years…
Old Cities, New Discoveries: How LiDAR is changing Archeological Surveys
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is not a new technology; it has been around since the early 1960’s when a…
Applications of 3D Digital Twins for Heritage and Archaeological Sites
Digital Twins have many applications outside of the more well-known ones in the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence –…
3D Reconstructions of Ancient Cities
As cities grow outwards and upwards over time, we most often forget what lies underneath what is on top. While…
GoGeomatics Speaker Series: Ottawa Archaeology & Geospatial Social
Join GoGeomatics Ottawa on March 18th for Roman Archaeology and GIS! GoGeomatics Ottawa’s March Speaker Series will feature Alan D.K. Armstrong delivering a…
In Rome: Bridging the Gap Between Archaeology and Geostatistics
Canadian Alan Armstrong returns us to Rome for this next article in his series on archaeology and GIS. It’s been…
QGIS: Performing Viewshed Analysis on Archaeological Sites
In 1927 a Vancouver bylaw was enacted that limited the height of buildings to a maximum of six stories in…
Day of Geography 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016 marks the third annual Day of Geography, presented by Geospatial Niagara, Canada’s contribution to Geography Awareness…
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,…
Archaeology & UAV: AG-Wing has covered 41,250 Acres in Easter Island
AG-Wing small unmanned aerial system has covered the whole Easter Island in about a week, 41,250 acres in the southeastern…
