Ladies and gentlemen, the GeoIgnite 2021 Volunteer of the Year — Clement Charre! The first time I met Clement Charre was late summer of 2019, a month or so after the inaugural GeoIgnite conference in […]
Day Two of GeoIgnite 2021 started off very strong with this fascinating keynote from Luc Brulé, the Vice President of the Canadian Space Agency. Luc gave a lot of insight into current CSA projects and […]
GeoIgnite presents its annual Diversity Leadership Award to individuals and organizations advancing the evolution of diversity and inclusion in the Geospatial community. We are proud of our leadership in this space. For the third year, […]
Vancouver-based cognitive AI company Minerva Intelligence is working on the first major update to the Canadian National Hydro Network (NHN) since 2004. AI is not typically a tool for this field, but as Jake McGregor, the […]
I’m excited to announce that Morgan Ostrander, GoGeomatics community leader for Calgary, is the 2021 national leadership award winner. Morgan’s outstanding efforts leading the Calgary geospatial community pre-covid, as well as during the pandemic, exemplifies […]
SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. (“SkyWatch“), a Waterloo-based space technology startup, announced today the completion of a $17.2M USD Series B round of financing to further democratize access to Earth observation data. Drive Capital led the investment round with […]
GeoIgnite 2021 kicked off with a keynote speech from MDA’s Minda Suchan. GoGeomatics founder and GeoIgnite Chair Jon Murphy gave a quick welcome to Day One of the conference and introduced Minda, who spoke about […]
From Day One of the GeoIgnite 2021 conference comes one of the most engaging talks of the event from SparkGeo’s CEO Will Cadell. In it, he discusses the “Geospatial product trap” including what it is […]