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The Microsoft Planetary Computer and Cloud Based GIS

The Microsoft Planetary Computer and Cloud Based GIS

Microsoft has developed an online, open-source tool called The Microsoft Planetary Computer. One of the many struggles when performing geospatial…

International Digest Aug 14, 2023

International Geospatial Digest August 14, 2023

Landsat Data and Wetlands Overture Maps Foundation will Release Data US Flood Risk Map Florida Division of Emergency Management Creates…

Canadian BIM and Digital Twin Digest for August 18, 2022

Canadian BIM and Digital Twin Digest: Digital Twins Remodeling Cancer Care; Wolfe Island Welcomes First 3D Printed House; Digital Transformation…

LIKE ME Conference Addresses Climate Change at First Virtual Conference

Industry experts and academia addressed climate change using geolocation intelligence at this year’s LIKE ME (Like Mother Earth) Conference. It…

Geo Week 2022

Carving out time and money for professional education and meaningful networking can be challenging, but if that investment results in…

Project Anywhere – Cesium collaboration with Unreal Engine, Microsoft and NVIDIA

Cesium started off in 2011, with a team of developers at an aerospace software company to create an application to…

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Ten Online GIS Programs in Canada

After completing an undergraduate degree in 2015, (Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto) I needed to determine…

What are the Top Programming Languages in the GIS World?

Image source: www.tiobe.com Every now and again we hear about the importance of programming for Geographic Information Systems(GIS) professionals, that…

Esri Technical Certification: Why am I going to take it?

A couple weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to take one of the Esri Technical Certification Exams to improve…

Map Tiles and Cached Map Services

  The tiling of large maps is an old practice. Large paper maps have always been divided into a series…

Web Framework for Flood Risk Assessment: Elevation Services and Simplified Flood Models

The development of infrastructure and dense urbanization along water courses and the increasing severity of storm events has brought to…