In the first and the second articles of this series, we explored what CSRS modernization is and why reference systems eventually need to change. The rationale for modernization was that measurement technology improves, systems age, […]
The Quiet Infrastructure That Sovereign Nations Cannot Afford to Ignore It is easy to assume that location is settled. Not because it is simple, but because it is reliable. Coordinates align. Elevations are trusted. Datasets […]
Respective advantages and disadvantages are conditional. Knowing what those conditions are is the key to leveraging one or the other—or both—to optimize results and productivity for specific types of work. The answer to questions, posed […]
NRCan’s national consultations bring long-standing gaps in governance, infrastructure, and coordination into focus, revealing a system with depth but without consistent alignment. Canada is finally starting to ask some long-overdue questions about its geospatial future. […]
This article is the second piece in a series on reference system modernization. If you have not read the first article, you can find it here. How Reference Systems Age Reference systems are built to […]
From Arctic geometry gaps to sovereignty exposure, can Canada afford continued dependence on external GNSS systems? The strategic silence in Ottawa has finally broken. For decades, Canada’s reliance on the American Global Positioning System (GPS) […]
Canada currently lacks a sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and several core components of modern geodetic infrastructure needed to ensure reliable positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). Canada now depends heavily on foreign satellite systems […]
“I’ve got to get this right.” It is a thought that surfaces again and again in geospatial work. A surveyor checks a control point one more time. A hydrographer reviews depth measurements knowing a small […]