Education & Careers
Ethics for the GIS Consultant is Good Business
I just finished a small GIS job for a client. A really small job. They wanted to know where the Crown lands were in a part of New Brunswick. Not sure what they were going […]
Earth
Education & Careers
GIS Training Approaches with Scott Bell
GIS training and teaching is a fascinating endeavor. Undergraduate classes are a mélange of students from disciplines that span the University curriculum. Graduate training is usually highly focused on task-specific outcomes, while professional training can […]
Community
GIS Day Ottawa RADARSAT Tour
First off, HAPPY GIS DAY! Twitter was having a hayday with #GISDay tweets, and LinkedIn became a geospatial frenzy. What did you do for GIS Day? GoGeomatics Canada was happy to host our second annual […]
Community
Canada’s Arctic: Spatial Info/Geotech Opportunity
Canada’s north has always been a challenge to those living there and to geoscience professionals alike. The sheer size of the arctic and extreme cold have resulted in difficult access and contributed toward significant challenges […]
Technology
The Ottawa Tree Canopy Cover Mapping Project
The City of Ottawa Official Plan set a target of 30% tree canopy cover for the entire city. To the author’s knowledge there is no information on the amount of tree canopy for the entire […]
Community
Brad Maguire: GIS Instructor at Vancouver Island University
GoGeomatics: Welcome to the GoGeomatics Canada community. First off, can you tell us about where you are from and where you have lived throughout your GIS career? Brad Maguire: Thanks very much. I grew up outside […]
Community
Bob Ryerson: State of our Art – Canadian Geomatics Editorial
For the first editorial for the new Canadian web magazine for geomatics I have been asked to comment on where we have been in the past, where we are today, and what the future may […]
Technology
Kincardine to Ottawa, Ontario Drive: Testing Google Earth vs. ArcGIS 10 GPS Capabilities
I had just finished a trip in Kincardine, Ontario and was preparing for the upcoming eight-hour long drive back to Ottawa. I am interested in GIS and therefore decided to test out some software capabilities […]