From my memory (which is, unfortunately, diming with each passing year) the word “geomatics”, defined as the automation of geography, was first coined in French (Québec) as géomatique and then translated into English as geomatics. […]
It’s with great pleasure that we share Deanna Sokoloski’s profile with the community. She has been working with us since May 2012 as the GoGeomatics Canada Community Manager. Deanna has proven instrumental in helping to […]
Reprinted from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56, No. 2, Spring 2013 Charles Morris was a captain in the Massachusetts militia in the mid 1740s when Britain and France were at war (King Georges War […]
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]
In order to determine whether geomatics is the most appropriate term for this field it may be useful to review some history. In the mid-1980s the various sub-disciplines of what is now called geomatics, consisting […]
Introduction The forest industry is undergoing a major shift in how it conducts business due mainly from increased competition from other regions of the world. In particular the southern Hemisphere has become a major provider […]
After successfully completing my first year at Ryerson University in Toronto, I wanted to share some thoughts about my experiences. I am excited to be joining an industry that is so important, and literally, a […]
When Jonathan Murphy mentioned to me ‘the myth of COGS’ as a topic of conversation in Ottawa I agreed to research the subject. First of all one must consider the term “myth” and one definition […]