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The Caravan Thunders Onward
“The caravan thunders onward On my way at last, on my way at last I can’t stop thinking big” – Neil Peart Hello everyone. After a number of starts and stops wondering what I’m going […]
December 2013 Canadian GoGeomatics MERX Report
Here is the December 2013 GoGeomatics MERX Report. Login to see the contracts on MERX Cadastral Survey Projects Date Published: 11/18/2013 / Closing: 12/06/2013 Solicitation Number: NRCan-50006013567 Organization Name: Natural Resources Canada By means of […]
Fixing Geography Education in Canada: The First Step
Earlier this year, a CBC report brought to light a disturbing trend among Canada’s student population. Fundamental geographic knowledge (as simple as the locations of continents) is not as instilled in many of today’s college-level […]
VGI: the Wild West of Data and GIS
In recent years, high–resolution spaceborne imagery (HRSI), up to 50cm spatial resolution, has become readily available for no cost using such applications as Google Earth and Bing Maps. Thanks to this new availability of free […]
More Than Just a Name: What The Geomatics Industry Needs to Reach The Public
There has been much written about ‘geo’ terms, and the awareness of them, in Canada recently. Jonathan Murphy of GoGeomatics recently summed up many of the age old debates, issues and perceptions in his article […]
The Top Canadian Geomatics Stories of October 2013
With October at a close, we want to take the opportunity to round up the stories most significant to our community this past month. Here are the top Canadian Geomatics Stories of October 2013: Surveyors […]
Women in Geomatics: Jaime Simpson – Pipeline Surveying in Alberta
GoGeomatics: We are talking to Jaime Simpson, formerly an Ottawa resident and recent graduate of Carleton University’s Geomatics program. Jaime recently moved to Calgary from Ottawa to pursue job opportunities in GIS and geomatics. GoGeomatics: […]
