This article is a companion piece to the September 23rd article “The Changing Face of Geomatics: Learning Opportunities,” which focused more on technology. Geomatics, as a suite of technologies, is only one of the factors […]
GAC 2015 Supports the GIS Education Community Everything begins and ends with geospatial information. Now more than ever, GIS and geomatics methodologies are gaining wide acceptance and adoption. GIS and geomatics tools were once […]
A new textbook on geographic information systems by GGE’s Professor Emmanuel Stefanakis has just been published by CreateSpace. Entitled Geographic Databases and Information Systems, its aim is to present geographic information systems from a technological […]
It’s been seven years since the last edition of this GeoConference, organized by the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (Section Champlain), the Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec, Laval University, and the International Federation of Surveyors. But […]
Satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) is a process of using remote-sensing technique to gather information on the chemical, physical and biological aspects of the earth system. This technique allows the measurement of geophysical parameters of the […]
Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the featured speakers for the 2014 Blue Marble User Conference (BMUC) to be held in Calgary, which will be the first of two User Conferences this year. […]
An estimated 350 participants are expected to attend the upcoming GeoAlberta Conference, taking place from October 27-29 at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta. This event will provide a forum for […]
DigitalGlobe has released the first images taken with the Exelis-built (NYSE: XLS) integrated, super-spectral imaging system on the WorldView-3 satellite, which launched last week from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The images, taken at […]