Every summer in British Columbia, along with long days, sunshine, heat, and little rain comes an all-too-familiar reality: hundreds of wildfires. Some of them affect only uninhabited regions in BC, but many threaten communities, property, […]
On July 7, 2017 a series of devastating wildfires began in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. The effects of these wildfires will take much time and many resources to make recovery. GIS can have […]
Since 1951, the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) is a non-profit, charitable organization that is committed to the dissemination of geographic research and the promotion of geography as a key discipline in education, research, and in […]
It’s been a while since I wrote an article about finding work in GIS and geomatics, so I thought I’d take some time and put pen to paper. As a career coach for GIS and […]
GoGeomatics Canada is attending the Esri Canada GIS in Education and Research Conference in Toronto. This event only happen once every two years and it’s the 3rd time it’s been staged. This event is unique […]
Hi COGS Grads: this is a nice manner to share “where you are” for a number of reasons: to help students get ideas about where possible jobs and opportunities are; to help each of us […]
The 42nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Cartographic Association was held, May 31st thru June 2nd, at Carleton University. Inspired by the 150th birthday of Canada, the guiding theme of this year’s conference was “150 […]
Flow mapping is a technique to visualize movement of objects of interest between geographic areas. Typical uses of flow maps could be traffic volume, trade balances, or migration. In this article we create flow maps […]