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Your Global Geospatial Briefing for September 11th: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Drone Racing League; Planet and Copernicus; Early Surveyors; Smart City projects; GPS jamming
The UN moves forward with Sustainable Development Goals The United Nations has taken a major step towards sustainability with the…
One of the Best Geomatics events in Canada: GeoAlberta 2017
I had a chance to attend the 2017 GeoAlberta conference earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. This was my first…
UAV Surveys – How to Ensure Accuracy and Precision
For the past four years, I’ve been involved with the capture and delivery of data derived from drones. My experience…
GNOSIS – A New Geomatics Software Suite
Creating a new GIS from scratch is a tough undertaking. It involves a lot of innovation. Ecere, a Canadian company…
Event Recap: COGS & CIG & GANS Cooperate for Mapping Workshop
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) Nova Scotia Branch and the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS), two regional professional organizations that foster the application of geographic information within the geomatics sector recently collaborated to host a high resolution mapping workshop at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.
Geospatial Earth Observation Using Blimps, Balloons and Kites
These days drones are all the rage. Nevertheless, there are other ways to collect data from the sky! Blimps, balloons and kites…
Atlantic Canada: COGS: Geomatics Professionals Coming to Discuss High Resolution Coastal Mapping
High Resolution Coastal Zone Mapping This collaborative effort by GANS & the CIG will engage the geospatial community & increase awareness on the value…
Marine Geomatics Primer: Using UUVs to Take Flight Underwater
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles One of the most interesting things to happen in regards to marine geomatics technology has been the…
Feb 7-8: Two Day Workshop on High Resolution Mapping Along Coastal Zones
The coastal zone, that dynamic geographic region where the interaction of the sea and land occurs, is vital to the…
The 5 most interesting things that happened in geomatics in 2016
Let’s take a step back and have a look at what happened this year. To be honest, it was pretty…
Exploring GIS Day at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary.
I had the opportunity to celebrate GIS Day by attending the event hosted by the Alberta Geomatics Group at the…
Operational Use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) for Geomatics Applications
Recently, I reviewed a report by the Canadian Council of Geomatics on the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)…
