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Operational GIS Jobs in the Canadian Military
Whether its businesses, governments or for personal use, Geomatics offers everyday solutions to the worlds questions. The Canadian Armed Forces…
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…
GIS Day in Canada: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Every year since 1999, the geospatial community has been celebrating GIS Day and this year it is on Wednesday, November…
Canadian Surveyors “Remark” on History with Elk Pass Boundary Restoration Survey
The Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission has just completed a monument restoration survey to restore a number of deteriorated provincial boundary…
London Ontario: New GoGeomatics Group Inaugural Social Oct 25th
I’m excited to introduce a new GoGeomatics group to the Canadian geomatics community. Our newest Group is the London GoGeomatics…
Report for 450 Participants & Sponsors: 2016 GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials
Last month the Canadian geomatics community came together to celebrate the start of the new school year by welcoming new…
GoGeomatics Kelowna: September Success & October Social With Talk from Esri Canada
GoGeomatics Kelowna’s first Back-to-School September social was a huge success! Among the attendees were a great group from Stantec, our…
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…
Volunteer & Map Canada: Statistics Canada Crowdsourcing Pilot Project
Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is…
CIG Offers Free Membership to all Students at GoGeomatics Back to School Socials
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), Gold-level sponsor of the 2016 GoGeomatics Back to School Socials, is happy to announce…
The Importance of Students & Young Professionals in Canada’s Geomatics Community
With the help of our sponsors GoGeomatics Canada is bringing students and young geospatial professionals together at 11 events from…
LiDAR in Canada: Conversation with Dr. Chris Hopkinson Research Chair Remote Sensing University of Lethbridge
The author Bob Maher (BM) and Chris Hopkinson (CH) both worked as scientists at the Appied Geomatics Reearch Group (AGRG)…