Canada launches first defence industrial strategy Quebec’s plan for digital sovereignty Dynamic Map Platform’s coast-to-coast coverage of Canadian roads Natural Resources Canada adds to existing flood event datasets NRCan-TAP: A partnership for building sustainable communities […]
The Canadian government has released its Defence Industrial Strategy. It is being presented as a procurement reset, an industrial jobs plan, and a commitment to rebuilding Canada’s military capacity. It is all of that. But […]
Students Use Drones and Smartphones to Map Historic Cemetery European Governments Push for Digital Sovereignty Amid U.S. Tech Dependence Concerns Satellite Record Shows Boreal Forest Expanded 12% and Shifted North Since 1985 UC San Diego-Led […]
Canada currently lacks a sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and several core components of modern geodetic infrastructure needed to ensure reliable positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). Canada now depends heavily on foreign satellite systems […]
For most of the past decade, the geospatial industry has moved forward in predictable ways. Better sensors, more satellites, faster processing, and incremental improvements stacked on top of existing workflows. 2025 doesn’t fit that pattern. […]
Budget 2025 doesn’t specifically mention Earth Observation or mapping, but its investments in digital, defence, and launch infrastructure make geomatics central to how sovereignty will be implemented in practice. Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget, tabled on […]
A new GoGeomatics survey of professionals across Canada’s geomatics and geospatial community reinforces what we, and many across the sector, have been saying for some time: Canada’s procurement system is out of step with national […]
We have spent much of the last year at GoGeomatics discussing data sovereignty and its impact on our professional and personal lives. Modelled after the idea of national sovereignty, data sovereignty dictates that ownership and […]