I’m excited to introduce a new GoGeomatics group to the Canadian geomatics community. Our newest Group is the London GoGeomatics Networking Group in Ontario. A great group of students in at Western reached out to […]
Last month the Canadian geomatics community came together to celebrate the start of the new school year by welcoming new and returning students to college and universities across Canada. Over 450 people came out to […]
GoGeomatics Kelowna’s first Back-to-School September social was a huge success! Among the attendees were a great group from Stantec, our local Kelowna GoGeomatics sponsor, and 2 members of Esri Canada, our nation-wide GoGeomatics sponsor. Other […]
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) is pleased to announce its new President, Rodolphe Devillers, PhD, Professor in Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, where he leads the Marine Geomatics Research Lab, a team […]
Last week, I picked up a copy of Robert MacFarlane’s ‘Landmarks’. I had read all of his previous works and seen reviews of ‘Landmarks’ online from the UK. MacFarlane’s book got me thinking about community […]
Four years ago, the Atlantic Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (ACAG) meeting at St. Mary’s University brought a number of geographic educators together to discuss the state of geographic education in the Atlantic Region. […]
Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is an exiting opportunity. It’s my hope that those members of the public who do volunteer […]
In celebration of Geography Week, it seemed like a good idea to issue a challenge: list the top ten books about Geography ever written. It was modelled on a similar list for History. This is […]