North America is undergoing a significant shift in how geographical positions are defined. Both Canada and the United States are moving away from NAD83 (North American Datum of 1983), a system introduced in the 1980s […]
This year’s theme is Navigating the Future of Data. The annual conference provides data professionals a variety of opportunities to participate in discussions about data sharing and management, data access and repository tools, metadata for […]
This was republished from an original post on safegraph.com: The Importance of Reliable, Accurate, and Timely Open and Close Metadata for POIs The world is dynamically changing and so are businesses. By some estimates, 20% […]
This article is the second part of the accuracy and precision series, which discusses data characteristics, examples of data inconsistency and quality assurance guidelines. The previous article covered common errors often found during fieldwork. Managing […]
The Government of Canada and organizations such as the UN recognize the critical role of standards in geographic information and geomatics to support stewardship and interoperability of information, ensuring that organizations access, use and share […]
Contracts of over $20M for Deimos Imagery For the first time, the General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a Multiple Award Schedule to a European company in Earth observation: Deimos Imaging, subsidiary of Urthecast. Deimos […]
This is the first of two articles on the release of ParcelMap BC Data, which we see as a significant event in the movement towards Open GIS Data in Canada. This month we’ll cover the […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has adopted SensorThings API Part 1: Sensing as an official standard. The OGC SensorThings API provides an open, geospatially enabled way to interconnect Internet of Things (IoT) devices, data, and […]