Community
NRCan talks to the United Nations about Geomatics
At the end of last year, I came across what I think is an excellent synopsis of what NRCan and the Canadian Federal Government are focused on in terms of geomatics. All of it is […]
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Community
Geospatial or Geomatics: The Headaches of Terminology in Canada
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]
Technology
OSCAR-js is Open Source from CARIS
OSCAR-js (oscar.caris.com)is an open source JavaScript Application Programming Interface (API) created by CARIS. The vision of the project is to ”put into code” solutions for common, high-level GIS business problems. The initial focus is on […]
Community
Twitter: What is the Purpose of this Social Media Tool?
Twitter gives us unlimited access to another spatial realm-for the time being- in the spirit of our exponentially rapid development of and engagement with social media. I think Twitter can be the best thing that’s […]
Education & Careers
GoGeomatics Career Articles Roundup – Finding a job in GIS & Geomatics
We have compiled a list of our career articles to help our job seekers and those emerging into the consulting world. These are links to articles within our webmagazine that will prove very useful to […]
Community
Furthering Canada’s Geomatics Strategy: New Visions – New Direction – New Future
The recent publication of the ‘Canadian Geomatics Community Strategy “White Paper” and Scenarios’ has added another perspective toward furthering the development of geomatics and the use of spatial data in Canada. The “purpose is to provide […]
Community
Updated 2013 Canadian Geomatics Conferences & Events: GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying
We decided to update our list of events and conferences that might be of interest to the geomatics community for 2013 so here it is. Conferences and geomatics events are good for your career health. […]