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A Canadian Geographer’s Notes from Nunavut
For the last five years, I have annually had the opportunity to spend time in Iqaluit, Canada’s fastest growing community in Canada’s fastest growing territory or province. On arrival, I check out the selection of new books at Arctic Ventures and the screening of new movies about the North. This year, there was the chance to see John Walker’s Passage and to buy a copy of Darrel Varga’s book of the same name in the Canadian Cinema series.
One of the Best Geomatics events in Canada: GeoAlberta 2017
I had a chance to attend the 2017 GeoAlberta conference earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. This was my first…
My COGS GIS Education, Part II
In my first article, I introduced the how and why I chose to attend COGS from the fall of 2014…
Esri Canada Community Maps Program: Why more communities need to take advantage of this
The Community Maps Program (CMP) was introduced by Esri Canada in 2009 allowing organizations to share and host geographic data. …
Upgrade your Geospatial Skills: leveraging the power of MOOCs
What I want to share with you are some resources related to something called Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) where…
Atlantic Canada: COGS: Geomatics Professionals Coming to Discuss High Resolution Coastal Mapping
High Resolution Coastal Zone Mapping This collaborative effort by GANS & the CIG will engage the geospatial community & increase awareness on the value…
The Future of GIS Software? QGIS A Popular Open-Source GIS for the Masses
In today’s geomatics society, ArcGIS, developed by Esri, is a giant and dominates the GIS software market. However, there are…
Canadian Geomatics Innovation: Ecere Develops a Next Generation GIS
Not many companies undertake the ambitious goal of creating a new geospatial software suite from scratch. Ecere, a Canadian company…
The 5 most interesting things that happened in geomatics in 2016
Let’s take a step back and have a look at what happened this year. To be honest, it was pretty…
Predicting the Future of the GIS in Canada
Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Bruce McCormack and Gordon Plunkett. Bios can be found at the…
Contrasting: GIS & Geomatics Education in Canada and China
I have studied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in both Canada and China. Last summer I completed my master in geography at…
what3words adopted by six national mapping agencies
what3words, the multi-award winning location reference system, has today announced that six national mapping agencies have adopted 3-word addresses. Used…
