OTTAWA, ON – Sudbury-born Alex Trebek, celebrity host of the long-running TV quiz show Jeopardy!, has donated US$100,000 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Geographic (CG) Challenge. Since 2003, Canada’s geography whiz kids have […]
Over the last 10 years, businesses, scientists and hobbyists from all over the world have been using Google Earth Pro for everything from planning hikes to placing solar panels on rooftops. Google Earth Pro has […]
David Lepage, in his blog for Axiom News, expresses concern for “the map is not the territory” in a community economy. One of the cornerstones of rural economic development is asset mapping (see Kretzmann and […]
NAC Geographic Products Inc. announced the release of NACMMAP Version 5.0 – a standalone NAC enhanced business data mapping and real time assets tracking software. The NAC enhanced mapping software can read data directly from online database servers, […]
Next month, Geomatics Atlantic returns to St. John’s, Newfoundland for only the fifth time in the conference’s 30 year history. Around 100 people are expected to attend this annual regional conference, organized by the Newfoundland […]
Nathan Heazlewood, in one of his recent articles, urges us Geomatics practitioners to be proud of the Geospatial profession. GIS and maps are the basis for many environmental projects because, let’s face it, all environmental […]
In Nova Scotia in 2000, we formed the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) at the Nova Scotia Community College. The name reflected our desire to apply a variety of technologies to interesting environmental issues. The […]
