Canada is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the second largest country based on land mass, and a nation with a massive fresh water volume in lakes and glacial basins. But it hasn’t […]
Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, announces the launch of OpenTreeMap, its collaborative platform for crowdsourced tree inventory, ecosystem services calculations, urban forestry analysis in Edmonton, Canada. Known as yegTreeMap , it is […]
GoGeomatics Canada and the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) have joined forces to host an afternoon of debate and discussion regarding the new national geomatics strategy. The University of Ottawa is providing the space for […]
By Bruce Millar & Maria Tretiakova Reprinted from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56, No. 2, Spring 2013 The End of the Beginning After 4 years and 9 months the Pathways project has come to […]
The Canadian geomatics community has been discussing and debating the importance of having a thriving and useful geomatics industry association. In the past the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) has been both of those […]
Recently we, as geomatics practitioners, have witnessed much discussion and debate between colleagues and over a number of social media channels about the Canadian Geomatics Community Roundtable (CGCRT) and specifically the discussion draft of the […]
Some have voiced a concern that Canada’s geomatics industry does not have a viable trade and industry association. There are many examples of organizations that link to the edges of geomatics. Examples include the Association […]
The recent publication of the ‘Canadian Geomatics Community Strategy “White Paper” and Scenarios’ has added another perspective toward furthering the development of geomatics and the use of spatial data in Canada. The “purpose is to provide […]