In February 2005, Google Maps was launched as a desktop web mapping service. A few months later, in June 2005, Google Earth was released for personal computers. Since then, people around the globe have been […]
The BCIT GIS department has been graduating students for 25+ years. Our students come from BC, but as well, across Canada and international. Our program is known to be very demanding, and creates students that […]
The 2nd Annual GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials are happening this September. To kick off the 2015 school year, GoGeomatics is welcoming everyone to our Canada-Wide Back to School Socials this September. We encourage […]
The global commercial drone market size is expected to reach USD 2.07 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Increased utility in law enforcement and agricultural applications is expected […]
It is with great pleasure that I want to introduce a new Web Mapping and Geospatial textbook to the Canadian geomatics community. Prof. Emmanuel Stefanakis (University of New Brunswick, Canada) has authored an introductory textbook on […]
Last year, we brought you our recommendations for 10 geomatics LinkedIn groups you should be following. This year, there were so many influential groups to choose from, that we updated and expanded that list to […]
The third international conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g 2015) is coming to Canada later this summer for the first time ever, this time in Toronto, Ontario. Attribution: Prayitno Increasingly, UAVs are […]
In the world of Remote Sensing, one of the key concepts is ground truthing. This has both a positional component, as well as a field verification of the land cover. These complementary activities are important […]