Community
Wanted – A GNSS Puck
“I want it! I want it! I want it!” – “Magic Bus” – The Who The Glass Floor. There is glass floor of precision and accuracy that has sometimes been a hindrance to geospatial field […]
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Education & Careers
The Changing Face of Geography: Learning Opportunitites
This article is a companion piece to the September 23rd article “The Changing Face of Geomatics: Learning Opportunities,” which focused more on technology. Geomatics, as a suite of technologies, is only one of the factors […]
Technology
Tech Startup Born in University of Calgary Department of Geomatics Sold for $36 Million
Sale of Trusted Positioning Inc. to NYSE-listed company a vote of confidence in Calgary tech sector The sale of a spinoff company from the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary to […]
Community
Environmental GIS – City of Toronto Light Pollution Initiative
Nathan Heazlewood, in one of his recent articles, urges us Geomatics practitioners to be proud of the Geospatial profession. GIS and maps are the basis for many environmental projects because, let’s face it, all environmental […]
Community
The Changing Face of Geomatics – Learning Opportunities
In Nova Scotia in 2000, we formed the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) at the Nova Scotia Community College. The name reflected our desire to apply a variety of technologies to interesting environmental issues. The […]
Community
Harnessing the Power of Geospatial Information to Bolster Canada’s Health, Wealth and Security
GAC 2015 Supports the GIS Education Community Everything begins and ends with geospatial information. Now more than ever, GIS and geomatics methodologies are gaining wide acceptance and adoption. GIS and geomatics tools were once […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
Canadian Geomatics Industry Darling Wins Another Contract
EDC Provides Hispasat with Euro 123 M to Purchase a Satellite from Vancouver’s MDA Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced financing of Euro 123 M to Hispasat, a Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, for the construction […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
PCI Geomatics to Develop End-to-End Interferometric Processing Capability for Environmental Monitoring
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop a commercial end-to-end interferometric processing […]