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Event Recap: The 2017 Canadian Surveyors Conference in Ottawa

On March 1st and 2nd land surveyor professionals, as well as industry exhibitors, headed to Ottawa for the 2017 Canadian…

Annapolis Community Mapping April 13 at COGS

1866: a twenty three year old blacksmith from rural Annapolis County who  could neither read nor write. 1888: a five…

QGIS: Performing Viewshed Analysis on Archaeological Sites

In 1927 a Vancouver bylaw was enacted that limited the height of buildings to a maximum of six stories in…

COGS NSCC students use Geomatics to explore the history of Black Loyalists & Joggins Fossil Cliff

NSCC students make major impact in two small communities with huge historical significance Students at Nova Scotia Community College’s Centre…

My COGS GIS Education, Part II

In my first article, I introduced the how and why I chose to attend COGS from the fall of 2014…

GIS Open Source versioning tool for a multi-user Distributed Environment (part 2)

Cet article est aussi disponible en français. This article is the 2nd part of GIS Open Source versioning tool for a multi-user Distributed…

Outil de versionnement des données géographiques à code source ouvert pour des environnements multi-contributeurs (partie 2)

This article is also available in English. Cet article est la 2e partie de l’outil de versionnement des données géographiques à code…

Canadian Hydrographic & National Surveyors Conferences: 2018 Victoria, BC: March 26-29

2018 Canadian Hydrographic & National Surveyors Conferences  March 26-29, 2018, Victoria B.C. Sponsor and Exhibitor Registration is now opened.  You…

Outil de versionnement des données géographiques à code source ouvert pour des environnements multi-contributeurs (partie 1)

Note des éditeurs : Cet article a été écrit conjointement par Nicolas Gignac, Dami Sonoiki (eHealth Africa) et Samuel Aiyeoribe (eHealth Africa). Ces auteurs…

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…

Remote Sensing QGIS: Semi-Automatic-Classification Plugin (SCP)

Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin   Today I’m going to take a quick look at one of the remote sensing plugins for…

Toronto & Calgary: Federal Floodplain Mapping Workshop March 28th & 30th

The Federal Floodplain Mapping Guidelines workshop, hosted by Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) on behalf of the Government of Canada,…