Robert Maher

Last week, I picked up a copy of Robert MacFarlane’s ‘Landmarks’. I had read all of his previous works and seen reviews of ‘Landmarks’ online from the UK. MacFarlane’s book got me thinking about community […]

In celebration of Geography Week, it seemed like a good idea to issue a challenge: list the top ten books about Geography ever written. It was modelled on a similar list for History. This is […]

My friend, Edward, directed me towards the Internet and the podcast website entitled ‘The Accidental Geographer’. Edward, in his version of the concept, describes a field trip, where a group of students go into a […]

Every year, a small team of Esri staff come to COGS to recruit new talent. As part of the interview process, they give a demonstration of current ArcGIS functionality. Arriving home from Haida Gwaii,  (February […]

It’s two years now since Roger Tomlinson passed away.  Roger’s and my career path have crossed several times over the last fifty years and what follows is my remembrance of the man and some of […]

Over Christmas, I had the opportunity to go ‘off island’. One of the pleasures of visiting Victoria, British Columbia is to go into Munro’s bookstore and to browse the shelves. In the same time frame, […]