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2016 Canadian Geomatics Events & Conferences

This is our list Canadian geomatics conferences and events for 2016. Here you will find events pertaining to GIS, remote…

Latest model of Optech Lynx and results from Highways England at TRB 95th Annual Meeting

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will introduce the latest model of its Lynx mobile lidar system, the…

BCIT GIS Survey: should we offer a new type of GIS program?

The BCIT GIS department is undertaking a needs assessment to determine the feasibility of offering an Advanced Certificate in GIS…

Looking Back at GoGeomatics Groups in 2015

When I started GoGeomatics Canada in 2011, I had no idea how successful it would become as a community. We…

MDA to provide multiple international ground stations with direct access to DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 satellite

Richmond, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. a global communications and information company, today announced that it has signed…

FAA Announces Small UAS Registration Rule

For Immediate Release December 14, 2015 Contact: Les Dorr or Alison Duquette Phone: (202) 267-3883 Registration Begins on December 21,…

District of Squamish Wins Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

VANCOUVER, Esri Canada User Conference – November 17, 2015 – The District of Squamish is a fast-growing municipality between the…

GIS and Geomatics Mentors

On the Importance of Mentoring in Geomatics

I guess I was lucky. It seems to me that I always wanted to be a civil engineer, but if…

Canadian Firm exactEarth Invests in Satellite ‘Internet-of-Things’ Technology Company

Cambridge, ON – November 23, 2015 – exactEarth Ltd., the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, announced today that…

Getting to First Base with GIS

A friend of mine who volunteers with a girls’ softball team came to me with a request recently. “I have…

John Potter Recognized with Esri Canada’s Roger F. Tomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award

REGINA, Esri Canada User Conference – November 3, 2015 – Esri Canada today presented John Potter, a professional engineer who…

WSP Announces Closing of MMM Acquisition

WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) (“WSP” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition…