Canadian Geospatial Briefing March 7th: 1. MDA to Build 17 satellites to Enhance Globalstar’s LEO Constellation. 2. DDC’s new management. 3. DDC’s update on Canary drone testing. 4. Need for RADARSAT in disasters. 5. Cape Breton Highlands image looks like a kitty.

7 March 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

MDA to Build 17 Satellites to Enhance Globalstar’s LEO Constellation According to MDA’s announcement on Feb 24th, this company is the prime contractor for Globalstar Inc.’s new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Globalstar provides Mobile […]

Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) Opens $9 million Geographic Innovation Centre and Residence

17 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Canada

On July 6th, Iain Rankin, Nova Scotia’s premier, was in the Annapolis Valley to unveil the provinces 9 million dollar investment in the growing global location technology sector. Joining him were NSCC President Don Bureaux […]

Canadian Geospatial briefing for 21st December: 2050 Carbon Targets; 2021 Esri Canada Map Calendar; Open-source building height estimation; Nova Scotia map for property taxes; GeoIgnite 2021!

21 December 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | Association of Municipal Administrators

GeoIgnite 2021: One Month, Three Great Events! We are already excited about the upcoming events for GeoIgnite 2021! More details to follow in our upcoming posts. First Event – April 14th: GeoIgnite Career Fair & Diversity Leadership Second […]

Bob Maher: A Sense of Place

26 November 2020 Robert Maher | 2020

(The author was Senior Research Scientist at the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) until 2011. Jon Murphy was a member of the group in the early 2000’s before founding GoGeomatics Canada.) GoGeomatics has become the […]

GeoVerra’s ExACT emissions monitoring technology

7 October 2020 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | Adrienne Maskalyk

GeoVerra’s ExACT emissions monitoring technology provides a faster, more cost-effective and reliable solution to oil and gas producers in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Edmonton, AB (October 7, 2020) Since introducing new methane regulations, the […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for June 29th: New tech against wildfires; Bathymetric Lidar mapping; COVID-19 effect Heat maps; Eastern Canada DOT Power Platform; Tim Kopra as Vice President, Robotics and Space Operations of MDA

29 June 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | Artificial Intelligence

Scientists armed with new tech and cool gadgets face off against wildfires More extreme weather each spring makes wildfires a growing threat. Technology plays a crucial role in the fight against the threat. A researcher […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for June 15th: Canadian Drone delivery solution; City of Montreal open data; Tagged leatherback sea turtles; Endangered Fish in BC

15 June 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | api

Drone company will convey COVID-19 medical equipment to First Nation Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) will transport COVID-19 medical products using Sparrow drone to Beausoleil First Nation (BSN) community located at the southern tip of Georgian […]

A Look at #COGS Conference in Nova Scotia: Sensors High and Low

25 January 2019 Robert Maher | 3D Mapping

The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) hosted its third annual Winter conference at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown this week, January 23-24th. There were twenty presentations (see link to program and abstracts). […]