Canada has always been a leader in the geospatial community, from Roger Tomlinson’s pioneering work creating the first computerized GIS in 1963 to the leadership we provide with RADARSAT and other programs today. Canadian schools […]
MDA announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract with the Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Defence Research and Development Canada to use satellite technology to detect vessels engaging in […]
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 is the premier Canadian Geospatial Conference. For 2021, GeoIgnite will be held virtually over three weeks in April. A new conference feature we are excited about is a week of workshops, seminars, training, summits, […]
February 2, 2021 MDA is excited to announce that the company has embarked on a major new initiative to build a commercial Earth observation satellite mission which will serve to extend MDA’s market-leading geospatial data, […]
BRAMPTON, ON, Jan. 29, 2021 /CNW/ – MDA today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide satellite flight operations and data management services for the Agency’s Earth observation […]
2020 will be remembered by many as perhaps not the best year (and one we’d like to forget) — but we volunteers at GoGeomatics think that all Canadians should actually remember this year as Canada’s […]
Scientists flag Rocky Mountains, Hudson Bay as hotspots for protection In 2017 an expert team was put together to advise the Canadian government on ways to meet its conservation targets. They were tasked with identifying […]