Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Goodchild and talk about his book and Geography. Michael was my graduate student supervisor in Geography at the University of Western Ontario between 1969-72 and […]
Call for Presentations It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Canadian Institute of Geomatics – New Brunswick Branch will be hosting Geomatics Atlantic 2016. The event will take place September 26th to September […]
Last week I was among an interesting group of participants and presenters who came together to discuss Big Data (June 1st, 2016). The day long event was framed as an exploration of “Big Data: Technology […]
Walking Home is a book by Ken Greenberg on ‘the life and lessons of a city builder’. It describes the experiences of a urban designer/architect who was strongly influenced by Jane Jacobs. I picked up […]
Have you ever felt the wrath of a Canadian Crown Corporation? In 2011 Canada Post set its sights on Ervin Ruci and by 2012 had sued him personally for copyright infringement. The copyright Canada Post […]
Technavios market research analyst predicts the global GIS market to grow steadily at a CAGR of more than 10% by 2020. The ability of geographic information systems (GIS) to enhance the end users productivity, decision-making […]
TECTERRA Inc. announced it had committed $4.9 million of funds to support the geomatics technology sector in Canada during the last fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2016. This additional commitment brings TECTERRA’s investment […]
SaveTheMap Campaign: “to encourage citizens and startups to use geospatial data in everyday lives and create businesses that serve India” Interesting (geospatial) times in India lately… On May 4th, 2016, just three months after […]