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COGS NSCC students use Geomatics to explore the history of Black Loyalists & Joggins Fossil Cliff

NSCC students make major impact in two small communities with huge historical significance Students at Nova Scotia Community College’s Centre…

Canadian Surveyors “Remark” on History with Elk Pass Boundary Restoration Survey

The Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission has just completed a monument restoration survey to restore a number of deteriorated provincial boundary…

Fredericton’s New Old Centennial Survey Monument

In June 1967, the Centennial Survey Monument (the “Globe”) was unveiled in Fredericton at a prominent location opposite the new…

QGIS, GDAL & Python: Exploring The Lost Buildings of Ottawa

The city of Ottawa has seen its urban landscape change throughout its history. As in many major cities, small buildings…

Elevation Web Services: Limitations and Prospects

Elevation Web Services: Limitations and Prospects Elevation data is necessary for a wide range of geospatial applications such as creating…

Archaeology & UAV: AG-Wing has covered 41,250 Acres in Easter Island

AG-Wing small unmanned aerial system has covered the whole Easter Island in about a week, 41,250 acres in the southeastern…

Landscape and Language: Haida Gwaii

Over the Easter break, I was walking along the North shore of Graham Island towards Tow Hill (pictured below). At…

Send Us Your Pictures! GoGeomatics T-Shirt Series

Check out the new “Photos” page on the GoGeomatics Magazine!  Just look up and to the right on the MENU…

Lidar / GPS Terrain Modelling for Ice Jam Emergency Response

Prince George BC: Lidar / GPS Terrain Modelling for Ice Jam Emergency Response

Unprecedented ice jams led to extensive flooding in Prince George as temperatures dipped to record lows in the winter of…

Fish Weirs, Ktaronto & 13 Other Riparian Boundary Fallacies

By Dr. Brian Ballantyne Surveyor General Branch, NRCan Reprinted from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56, No. 2, Spring 2013…

GoGeomatics Awarded Contract: Maintenance of Canada’s Largest Enterprise GIS

‘Twas the week before Christmas and GoGeomatics has been called in to assist one of the largest non-profit clients in…