In February 2005, Google Maps was launched as a desktop web mapping service. A few months later, in June 2005, Google Earth was released for personal computers. Since then, people around the globe have been […]
The BCIT GIS department has been graduating students for 25+ years. Our students come from BC, but as well, across Canada and international. Our program is known to be very demanding, and creates students that […]
In the world of Remote Sensing, one of the key concepts is ground truthing. This has both a positional component, as well as a field verification of the land cover. These complementary activities are important […]
June 23rd marked a special day in the history of aviation and space in Canada. A very special aircraft, a Convair-580, with its advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors, made its final flight after setting […]
When we go to the airport, do we really ever consider where we’re going? To most of us, even those who love transportation geography, an airport is a dot on a map. However, Toronto Pearson […]
Lethbridge, Alberta, May 19, 2015 - BlackBridge Networks and Cybera have made a new tool available that gives researchers easy access to Landsat 8 satellite imagery. The imagery download service will benefit Canadian not-for-profit organizations […]
The premise of a liberal arts or science degree is to get a wide range of exposure across several disciplines. The end goal being a “well rounded” education. I’ve always liked to believe that was […]
The University of Victoria is partnering with the province to develop new ways of using airborne sensors to gather information about the environment and natural resources, including forest health, invasive plant species and mineral mapping. […]