Historically, jobs in GIS were few and women in these roles were even fewer. While there are a growing number of women entering the industry, they are still a minority. As recent graduates, two of […]
Jon Murphy knows how to ask some interesting questions – which is perhaps why I like reading what comes out from GoGeomatics. He asked me to write about missed opportunities in Canada that I have […]
When I considered what to write about women in the geospatial world, from my perspective, I was stymied. I am both a geographer and a teacher (first in the school system, and then in university). […]
The province of British Columbia (B.C.) recently revised their portal. The main page offers a number of services to the general public of B.C., such as provincial services, ministries and governmental departments. Sub portals attached […]
The Association of BC Land Surveyors has been kind enough to allow GoGeomatics Canada to republish the puzzle from the December issue of the Link. That’s the BC Land Surveyors newsletter. So for those of […]
Unlike Canadian surveyors, for example, GIS professionals in Canada are not pressed by law to obtain certification. This fact has led to one of the more common questions in Geomatics circles: is a GIS certification […]
When GoGeomatics Canada asked me to write on the topic of “leadership in the geomatics community in Canada” I pondered the question a while. In many ways I see Canada’s geomatics sector from the outside […]
Project Task: Locate and collect information about open, closed, and historic landfills in order to create a 5 years inspection plan GIS Tools used: ArcInfo v9.3, Spatial Analyst Toolbar, Georeferencing Toolbar Datasets: Rivers, Lakes, Wetlands, Well Records, Soil […]