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Using Geomatics to Describe our Profession and Industry in Canada
Over forty years, the writer has witnessed a series of transitions and changes in terminology related to changes in the…
Kick-Starting the Canadian Geomatics Twitter Community
The Canadian Geomatics Twitter Community is diverse and numerous. GoGeomatics is hoping that if you are a Tweeter you will…
Being a Savvy Tweeter: Following and Followers Part 1
Who should I follow and why? The first lesson I learned when I started my experimental account with my university…
ACLS-AATC Surveyors: Recruiting and Retaining the Best and Brightest
GoGeomatics Canada participated in the Recruiting and Retaining the Best and Brightest workshop at the National Surveyors Conference in Niagara,…
The Modern Metropolis & the Role of Geomatics: Toronto City Age Conference Review
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 and the following Friday in Toronto, I had the privilege of attending a conference on…
Lawrence W. “Larry” Morley: founder & first President of the CRSS & the first Director General of the CCRS
Very Sad News for the Remote Sensing Community. / Triste nouvelle pour la communauté de télédétection. [CRSS-SCT] Canadian Remote Sensing…
Missed Opportunities in Canadian Geomatics: Lessons for the Future?
Jon Murphy knows how to ask some interesting questions – which is perhaps why I like reading what comes out…
Bonnie Lum: Trying to Find a GIS Job without a Map
I have always had an interest in maps. Every time my family took a vacation, I was always the map…
Having Problems Finding GIS Work? Try Moving Out West..
The Geospatial Siren Call of Western Canada My name is Aubrey and I’m a GIS Graduate who used to live…
ACCURATE SPATIAL DATA: GIS AND TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
Data acquisition is without a doubt one of the most important processes in the implementation of any GIS. As GIS…
Matthew Tait: The Business of Geomatics Engineering
In 2000, I was just finishing a two year stint living in Belgium working on modeling downstream facilities. Yes, we…
Geomatics Leadership In Canada: Assessing The State and Challenges
When GoGeomatics Canada asked me to write on the topic of “leadership in the geomatics community in Canada” I pondered…
