Canadian Geospatial Briefing Feb. 21st: 1. Interactive tool for avalanche risk. 2. Using drones to reforest. 3. Global glacier retreat measured. 4. Drone imitating the peregrine falcon. 5. Communities growing and shrinking in Alberta. 6. Wyvern receives funding for hyperspectral imaging.

20 February 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | Aerium Analytics

Avalanche Canada issues special warning for B.C. and Alberta Avalanche Canada and Parks Canada had issued an advisory for many parts of British Columbia and Alberta during the week of February 10th. This interactive tool […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing Sept 20th: Interactive Election Map; MDA awarded with contract for Martian Moons Exploration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Geomatics Instructor at BCIT uses Drone to Display Elevation Changes at Construction Site; Looking at Foot Traffic in the Downtown Core of Major Canadian Cities Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels; Apple Maps using Special Backpacks to Gather Data for Look Around Feature

20 September 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | apple maps

Interactive: How Canadians voted in the past 7 federal elections With the federal elections coming up on September 20th, Esri Canada has created an interactive map that highlights the last seven election results going back […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing Sep 7th: Grizzly genetics matching Indigenous boundaries; Drones in disaster planning and monitoring; Amber Alert app but for missing people with Dementia; 50 years of PEI’s landscape transformation; High-definition 3D map for Toronto

6 September 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D

‘Mind blowing’: Grizzly bear DNA maps onto Indigenous language families The bears and Indigenous humans of coastal British Columbia have lived side by side for millennia in this forested region on the west coast of […]

Drone Delivery Canada Issued First Canadian Cargo Transportation Agency Licence

28 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Canada

Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (TSXV: FLT; OTC QX: TAKOF; Frankfurt: A2AMGZ or ABB.F) (the “Company” or “DDC”) is pleased to announce that it has become the first publicly traded drone delivery company to be granted […]

Disaster Management Made Difficult by the Pandemic – Drones to the Rescue!

21 July 2021 Zarin Mom | Canada

Natural disasters, to say the least, have jeopardized the livelihood of millions, and the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are not unfamiliar with the displacement and famine that follows (The World Bank, 2021). The 1.1 million […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing July 19th, Drone spraying research promising; B.C. wildfire map; Manitoba Infrastructure Projects Map; N.B. COVID dashboard; New database of P.E.I. trails maps

19 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

Drone spraying research promising Drone spraying would be ideal for touch-ups and misses in a field after a large sprayer comes through, or for targeting weeds in areas that are difficult to access, Tom Wolf, […]

International Geospatial Briefing June 14th, 2021: Study of Australian Land Ownership; Drone thermal mapping for emergency response; Combination of Digital Twins and GIS; The map of the online world; Vaccine distributions across the world

13 June 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | 3d models

Australian Land Ownership The ownership of Australian land can be dated back to 60,000 years ago, however, the modern legal system makes the situation more complicated with titles such as freehold, crown leases, native title, […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing May 25th, 2021: Mapping long-term impact of COVID-19 in BC Communities; Regina Youth-led Eco-friendly Transit Map; Map and Report Abandoned Rabbits; Visualizing Alberta Provincial Vaccine Data; Old-growth at Risk in BC; Anglers Drop Bait with Drones; Canadian to Send Dogecoin to the Moon; New OGC Board of Director

25 May 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Abandoned Rabbits

An unequal post-pandemic recovery: mapping the aftermath Mapping the COVID-19 pandemic’s secondary health impacts is co-led by SFU geography professors Valorie Crooks and Nadine Schuurman outlining how the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term impacts will affect communities across […]