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International Geospatial Digest October 9, 2023
Singapore’s plans to enhance geospatial capabilities and create geospatial educational programs Climate vulnerability index mapped by counties in the US…
Pesticide use public presentation using ArcGIS StoryMaps and Instant Apps
The beginning of the story In the past summer, Kamloops Food Policy Council (KFPC) launched a research project to study…
How will open-pit coal mining affect resident elk populations in Alberta?
The front ranges in southwest Alberta, colloquially referred to as the Eastern Slopes, have been garnering significant attention lately. What began…
Canadian Geomatics & Space Policy & Gov Updates: GeoIgnite Keynotes, Talks, & Panels
If your area of interest is Geospatial and Space Policy along with updates from government, then GeoIgnite has plenty of…
GeoIgnite 2020 Tracks, Summits, and Forums Announced
I’m thrilled to announce our first tracks, forums and summits for GeoIgnite 2020. A big thank our GeoIgnite conference committee…
GeoIgnite 2020 Track Announcement: Finding the Right Balance
Finding the Right Balance: Geospatial technologies, Data, Policy and Privacy Our Committee is solidifying a vast variety of diverse and…
Introducing our new GeoIgnite 2020 Chair: Amina Deiab
I am pleased to announce that Amina Deiab, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Minister, Policy coordinations Office, Government of…
Your Global Geospatial Briefing for October 9th: Geospatial Data Act; cloud computing; security; NASA tests satellites; blockchain
A federal act to streamline geospatial data The USA recently passed Geospatial Data Act is expected to streamline federal government…
Take our Leadership Survey: In 2018 Canada dropped from 4th to 7th on Global Geospatial Readiness Index
Quite of few Canadian geomatics specialists have been scratching our heads since news broke that Canada dropped 3 spots on…
A Canadian Geographer’s Notes from Nunavut
For the last five years, I have annually had the opportunity to spend time in Iqaluit, Canada’s fastest growing community in Canada’s fastest growing territory or province. On arrival, I check out the selection of new books at Arctic Ventures and the screening of new movies about the North. This year, there was the chance to see John Walker’s Passage and to buy a copy of Darrel Varga’s book of the same name in the Canadian Cinema series.
One of the Best Geomatics events in Canada: GeoAlberta 2017
I had a chance to attend the 2017 GeoAlberta conference earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. This was my first…
Toronto: CONGRESS 2017: Panel Talk Getting Comfortable with Big Data
About Congress Unrivaled in scope and impact, the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the convergence of…
