RADARSAT

MDA to operate Canada’s ground station infrastructure and expand its international business

Richmond, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a global communications and information company, today announced that it has signed…

PCI Geomatics Announces Strategic Partnership with MDA for Accessing RADARSAT-2 Imagery

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada — PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today…

MDA receives IEEE Engineering Milestone Award

Richmond, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDA), and the Institute of Electrical and…

GIS Technology and the Franklin Expedition: An Opportunity for Our Geomatics Sector

It’s taken nearly 170 years to uncover wreckage from the infamous Franklin Expedition, one of Canada’s biggest mysteries. Last week,…

Northrop Grumman Delivers Lightning Fast, Self-Deploying Antennas for Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission

Thirteen lightweight antennas that self-deploy in 200 milliseconds have been delivered to support Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) by Astro…

Effigis has been granted a contract worth more than a half million dollars by the Canadian space agency to develop earth observation applications

Montreal, QC—Effigis Geo-Solutions Inc., a leader in Earth observation solutions, is proud to announce that the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)…

Industry Minister Moore announces support for new space technologies that will provide crucial information about the Earth

Montreal, Quebec – Canadian Space Agency Industry Minister James Moore announced support for the development of new Earth Observation (EO)…

All the Geomatics Acronyms You Wanted to Know but were Too Afraid to Ask

Here in Canada, there are many geomatics acronyms that get tossed around. During the recent “Team Canada” event that the…

Looking Back on The CGCRT Team Canada Event

The CGCRT Geomatics Strategy, Action, and Implementation Planning Workshop took place in Ottawa June 9 and 10 at the Delta…

MP Galipeau Inaugurates New State of-the-Art Satellite Station

GATINEAU, QUEBEC — 06/11/14 — Natural Resources Canada Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orleans, on behalf of the Honourable…

VGI Data

VGI: the Wild West of Data and GIS

In recent years, high–resolution spaceborne imagery (HRSI), up to 50cm spatial resolution, has become readily available for no cost using…

Updated 2013 Canadian Geomatics Conferences & Events: GIS, Remote Sensing, Surveying

We decided to update our list of events and conferences that might be of interest to the geomatics community for…