The Canadian geomatics community has been discussing and debating the importance of having a thriving and useful geomatics industry association. In the past the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) has been both of those […]
At the end of last year, I came across what I think is an excellent synopsis of what NRCan and the Canadian Federal Government are focused on in terms of geomatics. All of it is […]
In recent years, high–resolution spaceborne imagery (HRSI), up to 50cm spatial resolution, has become readily available for no cost using such applications as Google Earth and Bing Maps. Thanks to this new availability of free […]
GoGeomatics is seeking a bilingual (French/English) GIS Data Specialist to work in Africa on a large scale multicultural project. Responsibilities: Working under the GIS Manager as part of the GIS team, the GIS Data Specialist […]
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]
One thing I am sure that almost anybody in geomatics would agree with is that major components of any geospatial projects is the data and, like most things in our society, tend to evolve over […]
A lot of planning goes into our summer road trips as we plot our routes, alternate routes and the occasional sight-seeing detour. The age of the passenger seat navigator, lost behind full sheet paper maps […]
GoGeomatics had the chance to interview Neil Thompson, the Managing partner of the WCGroup. Neil is also the former Director of Geospatial Intelligence for the Canadian Forces and a retired Colonel. You can have a […]