I work for Sight Surveillance. My day begins bright and early in the morning. After a hearty meal, I set out for a daily safety meeting. Each person in the room has a very different […]
In England, as a teenager, we used to conduct ‘table top’ car rallies, using the 1 inch to 1 mile OS maps (1:63,360). The clues had to be restricted to the symbols available at that […]
Canadian schoolchildren can get a chance to “walk” across Canada’s Arctic and challenge their perceptions of the North through a new national educational project produced by Canadian Geographic Education and the Canadian Museum of Nature. […]
Our social leaders across Canada are champions of building a strong geomatics community, and Marc Thorup is no exception. Marc is one of our social leaders for the Vancouver GoGeomatics socials, and he loves welcoming […]
David Lepage, in his blog for Axiom News, expresses concern for “the map is not the territory” in a community economy. One of the cornerstones of rural economic development is asset mapping (see Kretzmann and […]
GoGeomatics Canada would like to extend a warm welcome to Tristan Forward, our newest social group leader in Calgary, Alberta. Over the past few months, Calgary has become one of our strongest social groups in […]
The Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) has been around for over 40 years. Despite that, many people in geomatics aren’t aware of the significant role this federal-provincial-territorial government organization plays in the sector. To help […]
