Maps are important. I know that, and if you are reading this, you likely know that as well. Whether you are using maps to find the nearest café or planning fieldwork, maps are indispensable, and […]
On Friday, GoGeomatics hosted a back-to-school social at COGS (see previous post A Hidden Gem: Harbourville). It included a series of short presentations in the AV room by Tim Webster, Colin MacDonald, Jon Murphy and Ted […]
Last week I saw a tweet that caught my attention from Europe. Four students taking the Geographical information management and applications (GIMA) masters program had put out a survey focused on the Canadian Geospatial Data […]
Access to timely and quality health care is an important determinant of health and well-being. Despite universal health coverage in Canada, there exists socio-demographic, financial and physical geographic barriers that limit the accessibility to health […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting public comment on the proposed GeoRSS Community Standard. First available in 2006, GeoRSS is a simple, yet powerful, approach for geo-enabling RSS/Atom feeds – that is, tagging them […]
The GGE Spring 2017 Graduate Seminar and Student Technical Conference was held on Thursday, 16 March. The well-attended activity showcased the work of five Ph.D., four M.Sc.E., one M.Eng, and one visiting student, making […]
In my first article, I introduced the how and why I chose to attend COGS from the fall of 2014 to spring 2016. In Part 2, I wanted to give some insight into the first-year […]
EnerGIS 2017 6/5/2017 to 6/6/2017 Suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Join us for our 5th annual conference June 5th and 6th 2017! EnerGIS 2017 is an energy-focused Geographic Information Systems conference that brings together GIS professionals and […]