Education & Careers
Ethics for the GIS Consultant is Good Business
I just finished a small GIS job for a client. A really small job. They wanted to know where the Crown lands were in a part of New Brunswick. Not sure what they were going […]
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Education & Careers
GIS Training Approaches with Scott Bell
GIS training and teaching is a fascinating endeavor. Undergraduate classes are a mélange of students from disciplines that span the University curriculum. Graduate training is usually highly focused on task-specific outcomes, while professional training can […]
Education & Careers
Cartographic Specialist or Applications Specialist: That Is The Question.
Well, at least for a post-grad GIS student… Having recently graduated from the University of Ottawa with a BA Honors in Geography, the next step for me was clear. Although I achieved a minor in […]
Education & Careers
GIS in the School System
Fast forward to 2011. I was conducting research on latest trends in education re web 2.0; and, with my Intermediate/Secondary group of pre-service Social Studies teachers at Memorial University, decided to learn Twitter. This resulted […]
Education & Careers
University of New Brunswick Surveying: James Secord
Here, we will be speaking with Dr. James M. Secord. He is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Geomatics in the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick [UNB]. Where […]
Community
Vineyard Site Suitability Using Multi-criteria Evaluation
“Wine is light held together by water” – Galileo Preamble…. Beginning in my third year at Brock, I found myself becoming intensely interested in wine and viticulture, so much so that I began revolving my […]
Education & Careers
A GIS Postgraduate’s Journal – November 4, 2012
November 4, 2012 Officially two months into school now and the road is starting to seem long. I know my last journal entry stated that I couldn’t wait to learn something beyond how to install […]
Education & Careers
SAIT Polytechnic: BGIS
Here at the Bachelor of Applied Technology – Geographic Information Systems (BGIS) program at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Alberta we have seen an increasing demand for seats in our GIS program. In response to this […]