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GeoIgnite 2020 Video: Diversity in Leadership Panel
GeoIgnite is Canada’s National Geospatial conference hosted by GoGeomatics Canada. GeoIgnite was held online using Zoom July 22nd to 24th,…
CANMAP, and SHIFTing gears at COGS
At the end of last month, John Wian hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CANMAP Research Institute in…
Event Recap: The 2017 Canadian Surveyors Conference in Ottawa
On March 1st and 2nd land surveyor professionals, as well as industry exhibitors, headed to Ottawa for the 2017 Canadian…
URISA BC: Vancouver Call for Presentations on GIS Trends in Community Engagement
Call for Presentations Following the success of our December event, the URISA BC Executive Team is busy planning our next…
Event Recap: COGS & CIG & GANS Cooperate for Mapping Workshop
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) Nova Scotia Branch and the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS), two regional professional organizations that foster the application of geographic information within the geomatics sector recently collaborated to host a high resolution mapping workshop at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.
RAC launches online Canadian Rail Atlas
One hundred and fifty years after Confederation launched the idea of a railway that would unite the country, the Railway…
Interview with Sam Scovill, GIS Technician and 3 Day Champion on Jeopardy
Every weeknight, my mom and I watch Jeopardy together. Jeopardy always starts with the announcement of the contestants by their…
Atlantic Canada: COGS: Geomatics Professionals Coming to Discuss High Resolution Coastal Mapping
High Resolution Coastal Zone Mapping This collaborative effort by GANS & the CIG will engage the geospatial community & increase awareness on the value…
Feb 7-8: Two Day Workshop on High Resolution Mapping Along Coastal Zones
The coastal zone, that dynamic geographic region where the interaction of the sea and land occurs, is vital to the…
Interview with Ted Mackinnon: Promoting Canadian GIS & Geomatics on Twitter
GoGeomatics has been actively using Twitter to reach out to the geospatial community since 2009. We have written and hosted…
Predicting the Future of the GIS in Canada
Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Bruce McCormack and Gordon Plunkett. Bios can be found at the…
NB 911 Bureau Receives Esri Canada Award of Excellence in GIS
FREDERICTON, Esri Canada User Conference – October 25, 2016 – Esri Canada today presented the NB 911 Bureau, a branch…
