PredictION is an app that provides transit authorities with a unique approach to engage and inform the public. By making use of General Transit Feed Specifications, PredictION will allow users to predict the impacts of […]
The first ever Nelson GoGeomatics Social met on Tuesday, May 26, and we’re pleased to say that it was a big success! Twenty-five people showed up to Mike’s Place Pub from all over the Nelson/Kootenay […]
The premise of a liberal arts or science degree is to get a wide range of exposure across several disciplines. The end goal being a “well rounded” education. I’ve always liked to believe that was […]
Over the Easter break, I was walking along the North shore of Graham Island towards Tow Hill (pictured below). At the foot of Tow Hill in Haida, Taaw Tldaaw – literally Grease Mountain – there […]
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada – PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has signed a Strategic Education Alliance Agreement with Stellenbosch University, in Stellenbosch, South […]
Students don’t need to be located in Nanaimo, British Columbia to get a post-graduate diploma in GIS applications from Vancouver Island University. VIU offers their Advanced Diploma in GIS Applications (ADGISA) in both Face-to-Face and […]
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 […]
Are there too many GIS post-diploma programs and University GIS certifications in Canada? In the late 1980s, the prevailing notion was that we had three GIS post-diploma programs in Canada, at BCIT, SSFC and COGS. […]