Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating and working with the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG) in Calgary on their Geomatics Education Symposium. The event was sponsored by TECTERRA and attended by an estimated 50 participants. […]
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 […]
“Not good enough damn it! Not good enough!” – Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Murphy, Managing Director of GoGeomatics asked me many months ago if I’d pen a guest blog entry on the question of Identity […]
It’s no secret that our industry is facing challenges, just check out the stories on the various Geomatics groups on social media sites such as LinkedIn. From attracting students, to hiring talented professionals, to the […]
GoGeomatics Canada holds career seminars ever so often that are popular for their industry-specific tips and incites. The last time we ran it was at the York University Geomatics Career Fair in January. The seminar […]
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 […]
I was saddened to hear the news that Roger Tomlinson, the father of GIS, had passed away on February 9, 2014. While born and educated in England, Canada was the place of Roger’s greatest triumphs […]