Open Source
Canadian Geomatics Innovation: Ecere Develops a Next Generation GIS
Not many companies undertake the ambitious goal of creating a new geospatial software suite from scratch. Ecere, a Canadian company…
Exploring GIS Day at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary.
I had the opportunity to celebrate GIS Day by attending the event hosted by the Alberta Geomatics Group at the…
Geospatial Development: Enhancing GIS curricula with programming skills at UNB
Geospatial information science and technology (GIS&T) has rapidly evolved over the last few decades. This evolution has created a highly…
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…
QGIS & WorldClim: Using Zonal Statistics to Map Temperature Patterns
There has never been a time in the history of GIS when so much free, high quality data has been…
URISA Heads to Toronto for GIS-Pro 2016
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with its Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia Chapters, is pleased…
Become a BCIT GIS Student Project / Practicum Sponsor
The BCIT GIS department has been graduating students for 25+ years. Our students come from BC, but as well, across…
Using Colour Transparency to Map Election Results
As the 2016 United States presidential election careens towards its conclusion in November, GIS plays a prominent role in both planning…
Making a Crow Attack Web Page With Open Source GIS Tools
Of all the pleasant events that happen in spring, crow attacks rank at the bottom of the pile. Crows become…
Georeferencing Scanned Maps Using QGIS
One of the passions of modern day information technologists is to convert the past to digital form and to put…
A Shared Vision
Every year, a small team of Esri staff come to COGS to recruit new talent. As part of the interview…
Vancouver: Using QGIS TimeManager for Analysis of Crime Data
We typically think of a GIS as features on a map with a maximum of three dimensions: Longitude Latitude Height…
