Canadian Geospatial Digest February 20th, 2023

20 February 2023 Volunteer Editors and Group Writers | Acosys consulting

City of Guelph chosen Canadian city to lead development of next-generation emergency services database First Nations say traditional knowledge should help shape federal flood maps Sea urchins on the move How Ecopia AI’s Maps Are […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing May 16th: 1. Correlation between BC wildfires and floods 2. NG9-1-1 GIS Validator 3. NRCan migrated petabytes of geo data to the cloud 4. Aerial Imagery Cost-Sharing 5. RCMP using aerial images for missing people

16 May 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | aerial imagery

Satellite mapping finds correlation between B.C. wildfires and floods Data scientists at SparkGeo, a geospatial company based in Prince George, BC, produced a series of maps to point out 2021 wildfires and damaged highways by […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing April 18th: 1. Esri Canada program director’s sudden passing; 2. Kanien’kéha mapping project; 3. Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada; 4. Vernon floodplain maps; 5. Grassland mapping project

17 April 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

Esri Canada’s Program Director killed in small plane crash on March 21st John Bacon, Program Director in Esri Canada’s Geospatial Infrastructure Department passed away on March 21st after a small airplane crashed near the Brantford […]

Dr. Bob Maher receives the Roger F. Tomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award

22 November 2021 Tanya Tejassvi | AGRG

Renowned educator and innovator established a world-class GIS program that has trained hundreds of geospatial leaders On GIS Day 2021, Esri Canada President Alex Miller presented Dr. Bob Maher with the Roger F. Tomlinson Lifetime […]

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 […]

Esri Canada GIS Scholarships

27 January 2021 Paul Yeung | ArcGIS

Calling all Canadian GIS students! Through the GIS Scholarships program, Esri Canada recognizes Canadian post-secondary institutions that deliver strong, multidisciplinary GIS courses and programs. Students from 60 colleges and universities across the country are eligible […]

Canadian Geospatial briefing for 21st December: 2050 Carbon Targets; 2021 Esri Canada Map Calendar; Open-source building height estimation; Nova Scotia map for property taxes; GeoIgnite 2021!

21 December 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | Association of Municipal Administrators

GeoIgnite 2021: One Month, Three Great Events! We are already excited about the upcoming events for GeoIgnite 2021! More details to follow in our upcoming posts. First Event – April 14th: GeoIgnite Career Fair & Diversity Leadership Second […]

Community Map of Canada by Esri Canada

21 November 2020 Tanya Tejassvi | Alia Kotb

The Community Map of Canada is a basemap of Canada built from authoritative data, collected closest to source and updated daily. Seamlessly created to one common specification and compliant with international standards, it provides unrestricted […]