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The Myth of COGS

When Jonathan Murphy mentioned to me ‘the myth of COGS’ as a topic of conversation in Ottawa I agreed to…

Geomatics in Action: How to Survey for Olympic Running Tracks

Shared by the Association of BC Land Surveyors. Written by George Miller. There are many running tracks with Olympic standard…

NRCan, GeoConnections, CGDI, & the Canadian Geomatics Round Table

GoGeomatics Canada got in touch with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in order to ask them about all the most recent…

Amy Mui: High-Resolution Multispectral Satellite Imagery for Identifying Turtle Habitats

Amy Mui was not always in the geomatics industry. Beginning in wildlife biology, she now is a PhD candidate with…

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…

Evaluation of the Service New Brunswick Geographic Data & Maps Section

Service New Brunswick  (SNB)  is serving up geospatial data to the community so lets have look at what they are…

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…

Meghan Miller: Creative Canadian Cartographer

GoGeomatics recently had the pleasure of speaking with a creative cartographer who has a passion for paper maps.  Find out…

Thinking about GIS or Whatever Happened to the Geography Teacher

(This title borrows from Tomlinson’s book of the same name, as well as a new book by Donald Savoie ‘…

Open Source Geomatics Software & Geomatics Careers

GoGeomatics had a chance to talk with Teresa Baldwin the Community Manager for FOSSLC, an open source based, not-for-profit group.

Geomatics & GIS Education: University VS. College

Looking back almost five years ago, if I had been asked, my opinion would be that college is a place…