In 2024, Canada saw significant strides in environmental mapping, with both federal and provincial governments taking active roles in enhancing geospatial data for climate resilience, land management, and natural resource protection. From updating critical digital […]
The National Elevation Data Strategy team has increased its production rate. Detailed 3D products now cover 49% more area since the last newsletter in November 2023. Here are the changes to the four main elevation […]
The GIS & LiDAR Specialist I am Kei, a passionate GIS & LiDAR Specialist with over 6 years’ experience in Japan, currently living in Canada and looking to continue my career here. As I have […]
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is not a new technology; it has been around since the early 1960’s when a LiDAR-like system was introduced by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Like many technologies, LiDAR’s start was […]
Ryan Hamilton & John Roos from Maxar Technologies presented their earth observation satellites and new advances in photogrammetry. They allow high levels of detail in 3D models that previously only airborne sensors could provide. […]
Nick Burchell’s GeoIgnite talk ‘Cartographic Journeys with the Avenza Platform’ was one of the best graphically designed, creative, engaging, and well organised presentations at GeoIgnite 2020. […]
The 2020 Geolgnite conference was put online and brought the Canadian geospatial sector together for some important updates to ongoing work by the federal and provincial governments. One of the topics discussed was the NRCan […]
The GeoIgnite annual conference 2020 was power packed with discussions and presentations about compelling technologies, impressive scientific advancements and upcoming government initiatives in the Geospatial sector. Covid-19 did not hamper the event, and in fact […]