Education & Careers
Open Source Geomatics Software & Geomatics Careers
GoGeomatics had a chance to talk with Teresa Baldwin the Community Manager for FOSSLC, an open source based, not-for-profit group. […]
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My Top 10 New Year’s Spatial Resolutions for 2013
So as I write this, we are nearing the end of 2012 (or possibly the end of the world as we know it) and I thought that, just in case, I would submit my top […]
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2013 Canadian Geomatics Conferences: GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying
2013 Canadian Geomatics Conferences: Attending GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying, Cartography, Geography Conferences Please note that we have an updated 2013 Canadian Geomatics Conference list available. With an eye on 2013 GoGeomatics Canada is looking at […]
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Trends and Opportunities: the Geospatial Dispora
If you are reading this, more likely than not, you’re interested in all things geospatial. The vast majority of the public, lets call them the consumers, don’t concerns themselves with geomatics and the geospatial world. […]
Education & Careers
GIS at Niagara College: Janet Finlay
Today we are doing an interview with Janet Finlay from Niagara College. She is an instructor for their GIS-Geospatial Management Postgraduate Program. GoGeomatics: Welcome to the GoGeomatics Canada community. To begin, can you tell us […]
Education & Careers
Sheila Churchill: GIS Instructor at British Columbia Institute of Technology
GoGeomatics: Welcome to the GoGeomatics Canada community. To begin, can you tell us where you are from and where you have lived throughout your GIS career? Sheila Churchill: I live in Vancouver, British Columbia, I […]
Education & Careers
GIS Partnerships Between the Community and the Education System
I believed in 1996 that the future of geography was with technology and I still believe that even more so today. Geography is alive and well in the real world because of technical geography despite […]
Education & Careers
Do we need a consistent approach to spatial education across Canada?
I’ve been asked to lead a GIS program review for our College; we want to try to anticipate future trends (or act nimbly to adapt to them) and ensure we are delivering courses containing skills […]