ST. LEONARD, NB, April 7, 2014 /CNW/ – J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) announced today that it will invest $16.8 million in northern New Brunswick, creating 45 new jobs and 9 construction-related jobs. The investments are […]
It’s no secret that our industry is facing challenges, just check out the stories on the various Geomatics groups on social media sites such as LinkedIn. From attracting students, to hiring talented professionals, to the […]
By Bruce Millar & Maria Tretiakova Reprinted from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56, No. 2, Spring 2013 The End of the Beginning After 4 years and 9 months the Pathways project has come to […]
Recently we, as geomatics practitioners, have witnessed much discussion and debate between colleagues and over a number of social media channels about the Canadian Geomatics Community Roundtable (CGCRT) and specifically the discussion draft of the […]
“The caravan thunders onward On my way at last, on my way at last I can’t stop thinking big” – Neil Peart Hello everyone. After a number of starts and stops wondering what I’m going […]
Earlier this year, a CBC report brought to light a disturbing trend among Canada’s student population. Fundamental geographic knowledge (as simple as the locations of continents) is not as instilled in many of today’s college-level […]
This time of year there is no shortage of magazines and web sites devoting space to articles on hockey. There are currently several season previews available that provide predictions on who will win the Stanley […]
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]