International Geospatial Briefing Jan 31st: 1. Exploring the World’s Food Sources; 2. Tracking Sinkholes with Satellites; 3. New Map Shows 2016 Methane Emissions Worldwide; 4. AI and McDonald’s Locations; 5. Satellites Proving Useful in Aftermath of Tonga Eruption

31 January 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | BBC

New Interactive Map Explores World’s Food Sources A new application recently published by Visual Capitalist allows users to explore food production around the world like never before. The interactive map allows you to sort and […]

International Geospatial Briefing August 30th: Climate Change Atlas from the IPCC; Space Junk Collisions Tech to Prevent; Chinese Team is 3rd to Create Carbon Flux Models; A Facelift for Antarctic Maps; Open Source Data is Putting the World’s Slums on the Map; Visualizing the World’s News – Mapping the Taliban’s Capture of Afghanistan

30 August 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Afghanistan

An Incredible New Interactive Atlas from the IPCC for Visualizing Climate Data Worldwide this summer, we have seen devastating wildfires and floods, from Siberia to Germany to the west coast of North America. As we […]

Book Review: Two Trees Make a Forest

12 May 2021 Lindsey Goncalves | cartography

Written by: Jessica J. Lee We can’t travel at the moment but this book might just be the next best option. Lee takes the reader on a journey through Taiwan, both historically and present-day, on […]

International Geospatial Briefing for November 2nd: Scottish Geospatial Network Integrator; Tracking Banana diseases using aerial imagery; Lidar data for faster building engineering and architecture; China’s 31st launch of 2020

2 November 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | aerial imagery

New support to grow Scottish geospatial sector Although Scotland location-based sector is thriving, Scottish Enterprise’s research has revealed that further help is required to cultivate more collaboration in the geospatial sector. UK Government Geospatial Commission […]

International Geospatial Briefing for Sept 28: Chinese launch failure; HERE Data access; Free Aerial Imagery basemap of New Zealand; SpaceX internet 700 satellites; GIS is powering solutions; Teaching disaster management through GIS games

28 September 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D

China’s launch of new satellite fails Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, the new Chinese satellite failed to enter the preset orbit on September 12th. Read more here HERE offers developers and data scientists direct access to rich […]

Your International Geospatial Briefing for September 14th: Where the GISP’s are; China’s new Earth Observation Sattelite; COVID-19 push to aerial surveying; Interdisciplinary data-driven approach; Interactive historic map that shows your hometown’s location 750 million years ago

14 September 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D visualizations

A Look at where the GISPs are Dr Dapeng Li, an assistant professor at South Dakota State University, and a couple of researchers examined the characteristics and spatial patterns of the Geographic Information Systems Professional […]

Your International Geospatial Briefing for August 31st: Trimble and Totalmobile Awarded HS2; Everest survey succeeds; Underwater heat blob growing in the Arctic; China Launches Beidou; Amazonian Tribe Applies Location Intelligence

31 August 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | amazon tribes

Trimble and Totalmobile Awarded HS2 Contract from Civil Engineering Contractor EKFB Trimble and Totalmobile have developed the first cloud-based vehicle management booking system and integrated inventory management system. This innovative system will enable EKFB to […]

Your Global Geospatial Briefing for July 29th: China launches new remote sensing satellites; Arming IoT with geospatial analytics; Ordnance Survey hits legal dispute; Location Analytics & Business Intelligence advisory board announced; Classifying Urban Poor Areas with Satellite Imagery

29 July 2019 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | business intelligence

In Xichang on July 26th2019, a group of new remote sensing satellites were sent into orbit. The satellites have entered the planned orbit. They will be used for electromagnetic environment detective and related technological testing. […]