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GIS Open Source versioning tool for a multi-user Distributed Environment (part 1)
Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Nicolas Gignac, Dami Sonoiki (eHealth Africa) and Samuel Aiyeoribe (eHealth Africa). These authors…
Grand Banks to the Gulf of Mexico: My Canadian Geomatics Career
I often contemplate what it would have been like working at the same job for an entire career. Mind you,…
GIS in Public Health: Kingston GoGeomatics Social Thursday, January 19
Free GIS & Public Health Talk in Kingston Thursday, January 19, 2017 6:00 PM Sir John A Public House 343…
Predicting the Future of the GIS in Canada
Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Bruce McCormack and Gordon Plunkett. Bios can be found at the…
Easy Access to Data: The CGDI Initiative
The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) is an initiative of Natural Resources Canada that began in 2001. The CGDI does…
It’s a Geospatial world we live in: Find Your Happy Place
When does a space become a place? There are a myriad of small open spaces and buildings throughout towns and…
Fall Reading in Canada: landscape, language, geography
Last week, I picked up a copy of Robert MacFarlane’s ‘Landmarks’. I had read all of his previous works and…
GIS Health Studies: Conduct Spatial Exposure Assessments
Interested in how to conduct different types of spatial exposure assessments for air pollution or other exposures to a population? …
International Spatial Symposium in Quebec City: CAMUSS 2016
You are cordially invited to participate in the Second International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems…
Seeing Through Wildfire Smoke in Fort McMurray, Alberta with Infrared Imaging
Images of the massive wildfire that engulfed Fort McMurray, Alberta earlier this year have been seared into our collective consciousness.…
University of Victoria Hosts Advanced Spatial Analysis Course
Is neighbourhood socioeconomic status associated with pediatric and childhood injuries? Are such injuries clustered in space? How can I model…
Countdown to Launch: DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite
Final preparations are underway at Lockheed Martin to ship DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 earth imaging satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base for…