Over forty years, the writer has witnessed a series of transitions and changes in terminology related to changes in the technology. In the sixties, at the federal level, the Surveys and Mapping branch was part […]
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]
In order to determine whether geomatics is the most appropriate term for this field it may be useful to review some history. In the mid-1980s the various sub-disciplines of what is now called geomatics, consisting […]
The Canadian Geomatics Twitter Community is diverse and numerous. GoGeomatics is hoping that if you are a Tweeter you will follow these people and help build this social media community. The list below has been organized into […]
Geomatics and other industries which desire data in accurate yet visually stimulating presentations of communication and information are frequently turning heads at the evolving use of infographics. This inquiry of data and technology fused with […]
The end is near, and that realization is beginning to creep up as fast as a debris flow. For those who haven’t been keeping up-to-date with my entries, I’m an Algonquin College student completing my […]
Suppose you could write yourself a working GIS at home, in a very simple language. Would you? In this article, I would like to seriously consider that question. People sometimes think that it is […]
Tweet tweet here we come..again! At GoGeomatics Canada, we love social media, and love to tweet to our followers. Of course you already follow our @GoGeomatics twitter to keep informed on all of our webmagazine […]