For decades, the conversation around conservation in Canada has been dominated by a “fortress” model—federal and provincial parks managed by central agencies. However, a landmark study released on January 6, 2026, by researchers at Concordia […]
PhotoSat Launches Regional Hyperspectral Targeting Tool for Mineral Exploration NordSpace’s Atlantic Spaceport Clears Environmental Review, Moves Toward Canada’s First Orbital Launch Site 3D Mapping Pilot Shows How Indoor GIS Could Improve Safety in Edmonton’s LRT […]
Canada’s Defence Department Spending Millions on American Cloud Services RFI Seeks Information on Commercial SAR Imagery Acquisition Map Helps Highlight the Need to Preserve Canada’s Peatlands Industry-Government Partnership Shares RADARSAR-2 Data to Protect Rain Forests […]
“Today we’re launching a new AI model, AlphaEarth Foundations, to help understand our planet in magnificent detail,” Google announced. In recent years, monitoring Earth’s landscapes has become increasingly crucial for tackling global issues like food security, […]
Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it’s a present-day reality. Marked by rising summer temperatures, elevated sea levels, and a growing prevalence of extreme weather events. Talking about wildfires, they are now more frequent […]
Every pixel tells a story. On June 4, 2025, Landsat 7 was officially decommissioned, closing out a mission that spanned more than two decades. Launched in 1999, Landsat 7 carried the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus […]
At GeoIgnite 2025, Dr. Shusen Wang, Senior Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada’s Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), presented a comprehensive overview of using satellite Earth Observation (SEO) for monitoring Canada’s terrestrial […]
As the U.S. proposes deep cuts to NASA and NOAA, climate scientists warn of lasting damage to the global systems we rely on to track a changing planet. In 1972, the U.S. launched Landsat, the […]