With the ocean covering a whopping 71% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean floor is largely unexplored. The benefits of knowing the landscape and contours of the ocean floor impact many different fields of study, […]
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 […]
GAC 2015 Supports the GIS Education Community Everything begins and ends with geospatial information. Now more than ever, GIS and geomatics methodologies are gaining wide acceptance and adoption. GIS and geomatics tools were once […]
EDC Provides Hispasat with Euro 123 M to Purchase a Satellite from Vancouver’s MDA Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced financing of Euro 123 M to Hispasat, a Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, for the construction […]
The City of Surrey launched its open data program as part of its commitment to an open, transparent and accessible government. The new Open Data Catalogue comprises more data sets than any other municipality in […]
Satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) is a process of using remote-sensing technique to gather information on the chemical, physical and biological aspects of the earth system. This technique allows the measurement of geophysical parameters of the […]
Canada is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the second largest country based on land mass, and a nation with a massive fresh water volume in lakes and glacial basins. But it hasn’t […]
Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the featured speakers for the 2014 Blue Marble User Conference (BMUC) to be held in Calgary, which will be the first of two User Conferences this year. […]