Ten years ago, GoGeomatics interviewed Wendy MacIsaac of Midwest Surveys Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, about her career and being a female surveyor in a male-dominated profession. We decided to follow up with Wendy a decade […]
It’s been a while since I wrote an article about finding work in GIS and geomatics, so I thought I’d take some time and put pen to paper. As a career coach for GIS and […]
M.A. or M.Sc. Graduate Research Opportunity Department of Geography and Planning University of Saskatchewan Opportunity: The Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan is currently seeking a highly motivated graduate student […]
For the past four years, I’ve been involved with the capture and delivery of data derived from drones. My experience has provided me with a good perspective on the quality of the data that can be […]
The College of Geographic Sciences (COGS) held the 2017 COGS Industry Expo on March 23 in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. COGS has a long-standing tradition of hosting an annual career fair and inviting industry professionals to […]
At the end of last month, John Wian hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CANMAP Research Institute in Bridgetown. The CANMAP Research Institute was formed in the early 1980’s by John, with input […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting public comment on the proposed GeoRSS Community Standard. First available in 2006, GeoRSS is a simple, yet powerful, approach for geo-enabling RSS/Atom feeds – that is, tagging them […]
I often contemplate what it would have been like working at the same job for an entire career. Mind you, the thought of the same job day in and day out never appealed to me. I’m […]