International Geospatial Briefing Feb 14th: 1. GIS in Transportation; 2. Black Culture Mapped Across the U.S.; 3. Geospatial Trends to Watch in 2022; 4. GIS & Disaster Damage Assessments; 5. Improving Opportunities for Women in Geospatial Careers; 6. Using AI to Measure Antarctic Surface Ice; 7. Tracking Wildfires in the Arctic

14 February 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | Culture

India using GIS to Improve and Expand Transportation Infrastructure India has the second-largest road and rail network in the world, and the logistical costs are higher than other countries of similar scale. These high costs […]

Keynote Lineup Announced for GEO WEEK 2022

3 November 2021 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | efficiency

Organizers of Geo Week, the single powerhouse event that champions the coming together of geospatial technologies and the built world, have announced an impressive lineup of keynote sessions exploring the intersection of technology, innovation, and […]

Self-driving Vehicles Are Closer Than They Appear

5 July 2021 Lindsey Goncalves | AI

Waymo is a fully autonomous car created by Google. Waymo One is a ride-hailing service that is currently running in the East Valley of Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo Via offers autonomous trucking and local delivery. Waymo […]

International Geospatial Briefing May 3: Growing problem of deepfake satellite images; Bird migration map shows huge influx into Michigan; Google Earth timelapse visualizes human footprint; Remote Sensing to study chimoanzees; Mapping of childhood undernutrition in India

3 May 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | AI

False satellite images created by machine learning raise concerns about the reliability of data AI technologies has been used to created false satellite images and the phenomenon of “deepfake geography” will eventually affect the quality […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing March 1st – AI helping response to extreme weather; Inukshuk Geomatics celebrating 20 years; Telesat basing Lightspeed broadband operations in Gatineau; CATALYST Microservices – cloud-based earth observation processing; Canadian Coast Guard testing new UAV; GeoIgnite Career Fair April 14th

1 March 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | aerospace

Artificial Intelligence helping respond to extreme weather events Researchers at the University of McGill are finding new ways to harvest data from Twitter to respond to natural disasters and other extreme weather events. They have […]

GeoIgnite 2020 Video, closing Keynote: Making earth observation (EO) intelligence available to the decision-makers that drive our future – June McAlarey, CEO PCI Geomatics

19 November 2020 Paul Ajayi | Artificial Intelligence

GeoIgnite is Canada’s national geospatial conference hosted by GoGeomatics Canada GeoIgnite was held online via Zoom from July 22nd to 24th, 2020. This event showcased the Canadian geospatial community and the leaders of Canada’s location technology […]

GeoIgnite 2020 Opening & Keynote Video by CCMEO: Geospatial Opportunities in COVID Times

8 November 2020 Celso Isidro | Amazon Web Services

This year, the GeoIgnite virtual conference brought the geospatial industry and community together into a grand event where they discussed the latest Geomatics trends in the country and the public geospatial services being offered by […]

International Geospatial Briefing for November 2nd: Scottish Geospatial Network Integrator; Tracking Banana diseases using aerial imagery; Lidar data for faster building engineering and architecture; China’s 31st launch of 2020

2 November 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | aerial imagery

New support to grow Scottish geospatial sector Although Scotland location-based sector is thriving, Scottish Enterprise’s research has revealed that further help is required to cultivate more collaboration in the geospatial sector. UK Government Geospatial Commission […]