Richmond, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a global communications and information company, today announced that it has signed a contract for CA$7.4 million with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). MDA will provide In-Service Support […]
Use of mapping technology facilitates efficient data sharing and increased collaboration among rural municipalities Thunder Bay, ON, Esri Canada User Conference – May 13, 2015 – Rural municipalities may not have the same information technology […]
The University of Victoria is partnering with the province to develop new ways of using airborne sensors to gather information about the environment and natural resources, including forest health, invasive plant species and mineral mapping. […]
How can we foster a strong geospatial sector in our cities and communities across Canada? Economic Development Lethbridge’s (EDL) answer to this question is tecconnect, a centre and incubator facility for new commerce that is […]
One of the joys of leaving your residence on one coast (Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia) and moving to a new temporary home on the west coast (Haida Gwaii) is the opportunity to ‘unclutter’ the mind. […]
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is increasing its capacity at the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility in Inuvik, Canada, with the addition of a new multi-mission antenna. The expansion is driven by increasing customer demand for […]
In England, as a teenager, we used to conduct ‘table top’ car rallies, using the 1 inch to 1 mile OS maps (1:63,360). The clues had to be restricted to the symbols available at that […]
David Lepage, in his blog for Axiom News, expresses concern for “the map is not the territory” in a community economy. One of the cornerstones of rural economic development is asset mapping (see Kretzmann and […]