Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it’s a present-day reality. Marked by rising summer temperatures, elevated sea levels, and a growing prevalence of extreme weather events. Talking about wildfires, they are now more frequent […]
New award recognizes OGC members who, through exceptional leadership, volunteerism, collaboration, and investment, have positively impacted the geospatial community. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) as the inaugural recipient of the […]
Improving Communication Between Citizens and Authorities During Disasters During GeoIgnite, Winter Geo livestream on March 2, 2022, Nick Kellet, Founder and CEO of Deploy Software Solutions Inc, spoke about the communication gap between citizens and […]
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 Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking additional sponsors to support the OGC DisastersPilot. Current sponsors include Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), participants of member agencies, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Disasters Pilot […]
Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Nicolas Gignac and Serge Legaré from the Ministry of Public Safety in Quebec. Cet article est aussi disponible en français : http://www.quebecgeographique.gouv.qc.ca/approfondir/bibliotheque/geoinfo/geoinfo-juillet-2017.asp During Spring 2017, a major […]
University of Waterloo searching Funded Master’s (MA or MES) research project Dr. Carrie Mitchell (UW-Planning) and Dr. Brent Doberstein (UW-Geography & Environmental Management) seek a Master’s thesis student to carry out research on the “Development of […]
The Federal Floodplain Mapping Guidelines workshop, hosted by Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) on behalf of the Government of Canada, has been arranged in order to present and gather input regarding the recently developed Federal […]