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Deploy Software Solutions Fills in the Communication Gap When Needed Most
Improving Communication Between Citizens and Authorities During Disasters During GeoIgnite, Winter Geo livestream on March 2, 2022, Nick Kellet, Founder…
How Deploy Solutions can help bridge the communications gap in times of climate change crisis
Our Changing Climate The world we live in is changing, with global warming reshaping climate and causing more frequent, more…
Building Software Solutions for Climate Change: Closing the communication gap between citizens and trusted authorities before, during, or after a disaster
A Climate Change Problem: The Communication Gap between Citizens and Authorities At a time of rising climate change impacts, there…
OpenNorth: The Open Smart Cities Guide for Canada
Canada, like so many other countries around the world, is embracing the idea of smart cities. This spring Industry Canada…
URISA BC – Engage: Make It So With GIS in Community Engagement
What: Engage: Make It So With GIS in Community Engagement Where: Vancouver, BC When: Thursday, 15 June 2017 from 8:00…
One of the Best Geomatics events in Canada: GeoAlberta 2017
I had a chance to attend the 2017 GeoAlberta conference earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. This was my first…
URISA BC: Vancouver Call for Presentations on GIS Trends in Community Engagement
Call for Presentations Following the success of our December event, the URISA BC Executive Team is busy planning our next…
Making is Connecting: the social meaning of creativity
I spent Christmas in Sydney, Cape Breton. While there, I had the time to read David Gauntlett’s book ‘Making is Connecting’.…
The 5 most interesting things that happened in geomatics in 2016
Let’s take a step back and have a look at what happened this year. To be honest, it was pretty…
what3words adopted by six national mapping agencies
what3words, the multi-award winning location reference system, has today announced that six national mapping agencies have adopted 3-word addresses. Used…
Advancing Canadian Geographic Education: What Ever Happened to the St. John’s Declaration?
Four years ago, the Atlantic Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (ACAG) meeting at St. Mary’s University brought a number…
Volunteer & Map Canada: Statistics Canada Crowdsourcing Pilot Project
Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is…
