geospatial
Geomatics Leadership In Canada: Assessing The State and Challenges
When GoGeomatics Canada asked me to write on the topic of “leadership in the geomatics community in Canada” I pondered…
Meghan Miller: Creative Canadian Cartographer
GoGeomatics recently had the pleasure of speaking with a creative cartographer who has a passion for paper maps. Find out…
Education: Where is the Leadership in the Canadian Geomatics Community?
In previous postings on GoGeomatics Canada (GIS in the School System & GIS Partnerships Between the Community and the Education…
The Geospatial Desktop: Open Source Tools
Interest in mapping is on the rise, as evidenced by services such as Google Earth, Virtual Earth, MapQuest, and any…
The First GoGeomatics Canada Newsletter
We have our first GoGeomatics Canada Newsletter. With over 5,000 geomatics subscribers the whole team is excited to start communicating…
My Top 10 New Year’s Spatial Resolutions for 2013
So as I write this, we are nearing the end of 2012 (or possibly the end of the world as…
2013 Canadian Geomatics Conferences: GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying
2013 Canadian Geomatics Conferences: Attending GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying, Cartography, Geography Conferences Please note that we have an updated 2013…
Why Free Open Source Software?
The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) model provides interacting tools, plugs ins and processes with which Geospatial Analyst (GA)…
ORRSC GIS Day in Lethbridge, AB
In Lethbridge, AB the Oldman River Regional Services Commission (ORRSC) hosted a GIS Day event on November 14th. It was an…
GIS Day Ottawa RADARSAT Tour
First off, HAPPY GIS DAY! Twitter was having a hayday with #GISDay tweets, and LinkedIn became a geospatial frenzy. …
“Bands” Around Edges Of Polygons – ArcGIS Online Tip
The essence of this article is: preparing a thick border around polygons for display on ArcGIS Online (but also in…
GIS in the School System
Fast forward to 2011. I was conducting research on latest trends in education re web 2.0; and, with my Intermediate/Secondary…