Canadian Geospatial Briefing March 29th: Bringing 18th Century Fort to Life; Self-Driving Shuttle Bus; New Integration Within Cityworks Platform; University of Sherbrooke receives more than $28 million for artificial intelligence research; Real-time water levels now available on district web mapping portal in Muskoka, Ontario; Whole new agricultural revolution

29 March 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D modeling

Archaeologist Brings 18th Century Fort to Life with LiDAR and 3D Modeling. Dr. Jonathan Fowler, a Canadian archaeologist at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is using historic maps combined with a modern terrain model of […]

Your International Geospatial Briefing for June 22nd: Google Maps Platform; Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence; Geospatial Data Strengthens Electrical Grids; Entire Roman City Mapped Using GPR

22 June 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | AI

Google Maps Platform gaming solution now available to everyone Google first launched a gaming solution to bring real-world games to life with a limited group of studios two years ago. From this, 10 games have […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for February 4th: Acadia; AI Centre; Exploring Earth; Canadian caribou; automated vehicles

4 February 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | acadia

Below the surface In a previous digest we introduced the ground-penetrating radar team surveying the historic site of Fort Anne. The group recently discovered what they believe to be the graves of as many as […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for December 11th: Canadian AI; GeoNorth; Acadian archeology; DDC; CubeWerx

8 December 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | archeology

Canada is losing its edge in AI Canadian companies risk becoming irrelevant or absorbed if they don’t hasten to adopt to new technology. According to Accenture’s 10-country survey of 305 business leaders, Canada lags behind […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for May 28th: NRCan Flood Maps; Prince Albert Satellite Station; UrtheCast; Konsberg Geospatial; Back-to-School Socials; and archeological GIS

28 May 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | archeology

NRCan empowers citizen scientists during floods When Canadian communities are hit hard by flooding, Vincent Decker’s team of scientists at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) provide first responders and decision makers with the data they need to deal with […]