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 […]
BigGeo is joining the GoGeomatics Expo 2025 as a Silver Sponsor. The flagship three-day event, which connects Canada’s geospatial, geomatics, and construction communities, will take place November 3-5, 2025, at the Big Four Roadhouse in […]
Dr. Tracey Lauriault’s recent interview, Before It’s Too Late: Canada’s Data Sovereignty Crisis, struck a chord with me. Her message about the risks of losing control over Canada’s geospatial data — and the need to […]