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Alberta Geomatics Group – Update on “What is Geomatics?”
Over the past year, the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG) has embarked on a journey to promote the use of the word Geomatics to encompass all things spatial, GIS, geospatial, location-based, and the like. For many […]
Education & Careers
Having Problems Finding GIS Work? Try Moving Out West..
The Geospatial Siren Call of Western Canada My name is Aubrey and I’m a GIS Graduate who used to live in Ontario. That’s changed now and I’m living in Alberta. I’m a graduate from the […]
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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 […]
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The Best GIS Education in Canada
In 1960 Canada brought the first GIS to use. We can thank Dr. Roger Tomlinson for this genesis. He called the first true GIS, The Canada Geographic Information System. GIS is now an indispensable tool the […]
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Women in Canadian Surveying
GoGeomatics Canada is interviewing Wendy Macisaac of Midwest Surveys Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, about her career and being a female surveyor in a profession long dominated by men. GoGeomatics: We would like to give our […]
Education & Careers
Wendy Innes: Survey Crew Chief / Geomatics Technician
We would like to introduce Wendy Innes, a graduate of Marine Geomatics program at COGS to help better explain and define what a Survey Crew Chief role could be. So welcome Mrs. Innes to GoGeomatics […]