Natural disasters, to say the least, have jeopardized the livelihood of millions, and the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are not unfamiliar with the displacement and famine that follows (The World Bank, 2021). The 1.1 million […]
Last year, almost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I attended a Python programming course for almost five weeks. It was hosted by Stanford University and freely accessible to all people around the world. […]
The current pandemic is highlighting how important GIS is in understanding and interpreting data. History shows the evolution of GIS for mapping disease and the unique ways in which it can be used. Cholera, 1854 […]
Social Distancing and Illegal Assemblies The coronavirus pandemic is changing our living habits. Social distancing measures have been implemented to limit the size of gatherings for months, however illegal private assemblies were reported constantly despite […]
Appointment of Yana Gevorgyan as the next GEO Secretariat Director Yana Gevorgyan will be the next GEO Secretariat Director, effective from 1 July 2021. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) announced this appointment on November […]
In October of 2020, GoGeomatics Canada conducted a survey of how the Canadian geospatial sector was coping with the global pandemic. What follows are results and some analysis of the survey. The survey was sent […]
Lisa Campbell becomes the first woman to head the Canadian Space Agency – CBC The Government of Canada announced earlier in September, 2020, that Lisa Campbell will take over from Slyvian Laporte as the president […]
Access to information should not be determined by where we live. Project Pandemic is a data co-op and collaboration designed to support Canadian news organizations by providing local maps of infections and other unique information […]