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A Canadian Perspective: Idiots who use Drones
In the past few months there have been quite a few articles that have shown UAV’s or drones in a negative light. It’s not only humans that have been critical of UAV’s and their use […]
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Newsmakers & Press Releases
New Online Publication: Drone Coalition
An exciting new online publication, Drone Coalition, launched in conjunction with the InterDrone 2015 Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, with the goal of bringing extensive information and current trends into the spotlight. “Drones” or […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
WSP to Acquire MMM, a Leading Canadian Engineering Consulting Firm
WSP Concurrently Announces a $175 Million Bought Deal Public Offering and a $125 Million Private Placement WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) (“WSP” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arrangement […]
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Global Commercial Drone Market to Reach $2.07 Billion by 2022
The global commercial drone market size is expected to reach USD 2.07 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Increased utility in law enforcement and agricultural applications is expected […]
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Standardizing IoT via the Open Geospatial Consortium Registry Platform
While IoT continues to grow in hype and in real importance, all of this excitement will start to wane if we do not see a significant degree of standardization of device types, measured quantities, and […]
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Strategies for Finding a Canadian Geomatics Job
There are a number of strategies for finding a job or contract in the Canadian geomatics industry. The strategies that I describe are ones that I have used in the past and methods that I […]
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eBee becomes Canada’s first compliant fixed-wing drone
Mapping UAV’s new designation will help operators to boost their businesses Swiss professional drone manufacturer, senseFly, today announced that its eBee has become the first fixed-wing system to be designated a ‘compliant small UAV’ by […]
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Governments of Canada and Manitoba invest in building state-of-the-art Churchill Marine Observatory
Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and Minister responsible for Manitoba, and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger visited Churchill to announce an investment of $22.1 million to build a highly innovative research facility to […]