Canadian Geospatial Briefing Sep 7th: Grizzly genetics matching Indigenous boundaries; Drones in disaster planning and monitoring; Amber Alert app but for missing people with Dementia; 50 years of PEI’s landscape transformation; High-definition 3D map for Toronto

6 September 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D

‘Mind blowing’: Grizzly bear DNA maps onto Indigenous language families The bears and Indigenous humans of coastal British Columbia have lived side by side for millennia in this forested region on the west coast of […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing July 19th, Drone spraying research promising; B.C. wildfire map; Manitoba Infrastructure Projects Map; N.B. COVID dashboard; New database of P.E.I. trails maps

19 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

Drone spraying research promising Drone spraying would be ideal for touch-ups and misses in a field after a large sprayer comes through, or for targeting weeds in areas that are difficult to access, Tom Wolf, […]

Mineral Exploration in Brazil with AI… the story behind the Map

26 May 2021 Jake McGregor | AI

Since the days of the first Gold Rush, when a prospector would head off into the bush with a shovel, a gold pan, and a compass, maps have played an essential role in mineral exploration. […]

International Geospatial Briefing March 8th: Geography, a cause for inequality; Drone Survey of a Wind Farm Access Road; Loss of soil study using satellite imagery; Japanese noisy children map; Minority-owned businesses map

8 March 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | business

Geography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks A study by international scientists, including members of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH), shows that […]

Geographic Illiteracy: Can you find Canada on the map?

18 February 2021 Leo Poon | Canada

Study shows 53% of the respondents unable to locate Canada Do you get lost all the time or even have trouble when reading maps? No worries, you are not alone. There are 195 countries in […]

What are Statistics Canada’s geographic terms: CT, CSD, CMA and more

8 January 2021 Saeideh Hejazi | 2016 census of population

Geographic data are applied in any location-based projects. We all might hear a lot about geographic terms but when we want to work directly with them, we should know the detailed definition of them. For […]

Things to know about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Career

3 September 2020 Rosette Frimpong | career

Introduction What is it that makes Geographical Information Systems (GIS) tool different from other tools? Why do most people want to know what the future of GIS jobs looks like? Why are there so many […]

Your International Geospatial Briefing for May 11th: Geospatial paradigm shift; Coronavirus; GIS mapping; Geo predictions

8 May 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | Coronavirus

The next paradigm shift in geospatial Geospatial solutions have changed the construction and surveying industry. This is evident by the increased rate of productivity, due to automation in the geospatial industry. The latest advancements in […]