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What is Geomatics?
On behalf of the CGCRT, we took our camera to Parliament Hill to ask the general public a very important question: “What is geomatics?” Sounds simple, right? Well, some of their responses may surprise you. […]
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Esri Canada Launches GIS Centres of Excellence in Higher Education
TORONTO – July 29, 2014 – Esri Canada, the leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of its GIS Centres of Excellence initiative which is aimed at encouraging […]
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OGC announces new Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group
Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) have formed an OGC Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of this SWG will be to reach consensus on a standard way to encode users’ […]
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exactEarth Releases New Viewing Platform for Dynamic Shipping Information
Cambridge, ON- July 7, 2014— exactEarth Ltd., the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, announced today the release of exactEarth ShipView™, providing customers with a modern web-based ship viewing tool. The ShipView platform is hosted entirely […]
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Canada Day 2014: Top 10 Songs About Places in Canada
In honour of Canada Day, I’ve put together a top 10 list of the best Canadian tunes that have a place name or strong geographic connection. Here are my picks, in order from ten to […]
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All the Geomatics Acronyms You Wanted to Know but were Too Afraid to Ask
Here in Canada, there are many geomatics acronyms that get tossed around. During the recent “Team Canada” event that the CGCRT put on, more than one participant was scratching their heads, asking questions like…what is […]
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OpenTreeMap Launches in Edmonton
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 […]
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Geomatics in Canada is about to Change: CGCRT Steering Committee Articles
For the past three months, the Steering Committee (SC) of the Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table (CGCRT) has been publishing articles on the CGCRT.ca blog. They have been doing this in the hopes of stirring […]