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A Canadian Geographer’s Notes from Nunavut

1 May 2017 Robert Maher | 2012

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. […]

Marine Geomatics Primer: Using UUVs to Take Flight Underwater

20 January 2017 Elaha Akrami | 2012

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles One of the most interesting things to happen in regards to marine geomatics technology has been the development of advanced Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). Think of the UUV as the underwater counterpart […]

Northern Canada: Nunavut and a New View of Community Mapping

11 May 2016 Robert Maher | 2015

The writer and his wife, Heather Stewart visited grandchildren in Iqaluit for three weeks in April During the first week in Iqaluit, we went to a public lecture by David Pelly on his new book […]

Government of Canada Unveils 3D Model of HMS Erebus

2 April 2015 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 2015

Data collected by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Canadian Hydrographic Service used to develop models of HMS Erebus FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK – Officials from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, today joined with Canadian geospatial software […]

Mapping the Land Underwater

30 September 2014 Tara Tibshirani | danger

With the ocean covering a whopping 71% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean floor is largely unexplored. The benefits of knowing the landscape and contours of the ocean floor impact many different fields of study, […]

GIS Technology and the Franklin Expedition: An Opportunity for Our Geomatics Sector

17 September 2014 GoGeomatics Canada | 2014

It’s taken nearly 170 years to uncover wreckage from the infamous Franklin Expedition, one of Canada’s biggest mysteries. Last week, the 2014 Victoria Strait Expedition made a groundbreaking discovery of one of the two lost […]

National Surveyors’ Conference 2013

5 July 2013 ACLS | 2013

The fabulous ninth National Surveyor’s Conference was held from June 18th to 21st, 2013 in Niagara Falls, Ontario in collaboration with Professional Surveyors Canada! This excellent Conference included an inspiring keynote speech by Summer […]

Marie C. Robidoux – Association of Canada Land Surveyors’ First Female President

4 March 2013 Deanna Sokoloski | 2012

We are very fortunate and pleased to announce Marie C. Robidoux, CLS, LLM and share her insights with you, our readers. She was the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors’ (ACLS) first female president and holds […]