GeoIgnite is Canada’s National Geospatial conference hosted by GoGeomatics Canada. GeoIgnite was held online using Zoom July 22nd to 24th, 2020. This event showcased Canadian geospatial community and leaders of Canada’s location technology sector. The conference […]
At the end of last month, John Wian hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CANMAP Research Institute in Bridgetown. The CANMAP Research Institute was formed in the early 1980’s by John, with input […]
The Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation invites you to attend the Arctic Spatial Data Pilot Demonstration Webinar. Managed and organised by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the Pilot is sponsored by NRCan (Canada Centre […]
Every weeknight, my mom and I watch Jeopardy together. Jeopardy always starts with the announcement of the contestants by their profession. Usually we hear about the doctors, the lawyers and the teachers on Jeopardy. But […]
It’s that time of year again where geomatics students in Canada are starting their final semesters of school, many are turning their thoughts to finding a job after graduation. In March, the Centre of Geographic […]
After the Atlantic Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) workshop: Geography Education (previous blog: http://wp.me/p2586i-4xP), I have a renewed enthusiasm for how our rural communities are being served by Geomatics, and related technologies. Two weeks ago, […]
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with its Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia Chapters, is pleased to share the details of GIS-Pro 2016: URISA’s 54th Annual Conference. The event will take […]
The author Bob Maher (BM) and Chris Hopkinson (CH) both worked as scientists at the Appied Geomatics Reearch Group (AGRG) between 2004-2011. Five years later, it was time to catch up. Chris is currently Research […]