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GIS Day in Canada: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Every year since 1999, the geospatial community has been celebrating GIS Day and this year it is on Wednesday, November…
DigitalGlobe’s Basemap Suite Expands: 250 Million Square Kilometers of 30 cm Imagery
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced that its…
CCMEO: GeoConnections Funding Geomatics Projects for 2016-2018
For this announcement, GeoConnections is focusing funding towards projects that address the following themes: -Innovative adoption and further development…
Fall Reading in Canada: landscape, language, geography
Last week, I picked up a copy of Robert MacFarlane’s ‘Landmarks’. I had read all of his previous works and…
Volunteer & Map Canada: Statistics Canada Crowdsourcing Pilot Project
Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is…
The Importance of Students & Young Professionals in Canada’s Geomatics Community
With the help of our sponsors GoGeomatics Canada is bringing students and young geospatial professionals together at 11 events from…
Jessi Mielke Esri’s Certification Manager Chats About the Esri Technical Certification Program
For the last 6 months I’ve been writing articles and discussing my experience in regards to the Esri technical certification…
Seeing Through Wildfire Smoke in Fort McMurray, Alberta with Infrared Imaging
Images of the massive wildfire that engulfed Fort McMurray, Alberta earlier this year have been seared into our collective consciousness.…
Drone Conference In Dartmouth: geoFutures – Above Between and Below
The Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) would like to invite you to join us at the Best Western Plus Hotel…
Canadian GIS Ambassador Program: Interview with Brent Hall, Director of Education & Research at Esri Canada
Interview with Brent Hall, Director of Education and Research at Esri Canada and, along with his staff, the initiator of…
The Accidental Geographer: Thoughts on Coming Home
My friend, Edward, directed me towards the Internet and the podcast website entitled ‘The Accidental Geographer’. Edward, in his version…
Canada Takes Part: Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Meets in Anchorage
The Arctic SDI Board, which includes mapping executives from Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the…
