Geography education is about understanding our relationship to the world around us. We need to seek out the best examples of a culture’s relationship to their environment. We need to seek out the best examples […]
A new textbook on geographic information systems by GGE’s Professor Emmanuel Stefanakis has just been published by CreateSpace. Entitled Geographic Databases and Information Systems, its aim is to present geographic information systems from a technological […]
By Bruce Millar & Maria Tretiakova Reprinted from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56, No. 2, Spring 2013 The End of the Beginning After 4 years and 9 months the Pathways project has come to […]
I am very pleased for our industry that the discussions, led by GoGeomatics, surrounding the term Geomatics has been enthusiastic and roundly presented. For reasons I cannot quickly explain, my mind goes to the basics […]
Less than a week ago I was thinking about “Identity” and the Canadian geomatics community. Recently there have been a number of articles on what words we should use to describe ourselves as a sector […]
There has been much written about ‘geo’ terms, and the awareness of them, in Canada recently. Jonathan Murphy of GoGeomatics recently summed up many of the age old debates, issues and perceptions in his article […]
After experiencing another Toronto social event thanks to GoGeomatics Canada, I am reminded of how a night out can increase the chance of injury. Perhaps that’s an odd connection to make in the eyes of […]
Interest in mapping is on the rise, as evidenced by services such as Google Earth, Virtual Earth, MapQuest, and any number of other web mapping mashups. These are all exciting developments, yet there is another […]