Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has signed the renewal of the Canadian Geomatics Accord for 2025–2030 with the Government of British Columbia as co-chairs and first official signatories. The renewed Accord will continue to enable federal-provincial-territorial […]
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a new interactive web tool, The Cooperative National Geologic Map, the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the United States to date. Geologic maps serve many purposes. They […]
From the GPS in your phone to the navigation systems guiding aircraft and ships, our modern world depends on knowing exactly where “north” is. But here’s the twist — there isn’t just one north. There […]
The Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories are working together to advance a new geoscience research initiative that leverages artificial intelligence (AI), digital scanning technologies and historic drill cores to unlock […]
Current data-driven and computing intensive research on climate-change, ecosystem modeling, and environmental and natural resources monitoring is based on the collection, management, analysis, and dissemination of geospatial data. Currently, the acquisition and analysis of satellite […]
What is a data cube and how is it used for big data analytics? How does a data cube work with remotely sensed data? Before writing this article I had never heard of a data […]
Recently, I read an article about the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) that seeks to explain why the CGDI, among many things, is relevant. While the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) who is […]
With now only one month to go until the 2nd Virtual Geoscience Conference (VGC 2016) takes place in Bergen, Norway, updated details of the event and programme have been released. VGC 2016 is a forum […]