Maxar’s Global Technology Shift from 2D to 3D

26 May 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | 2D

Maxar Endeavours to use Space and Earth Intelligence for the future of Geospatial Intelligence “Imagery is the foundation of our business.” During the keynote presentation at Canada’s National Geospatial Conference, GeoIgnite “Winter Geo,” on March […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing May 16th: 1. Correlation between BC wildfires and floods 2. NG9-1-1 GIS Validator 3. NRCan migrated petabytes of geo data to the cloud 4. Aerial Imagery Cost-Sharing 5. RCMP using aerial images for missing people

16 May 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | aerial imagery

Satellite mapping finds correlation between B.C. wildfires and floods Data scientists at SparkGeo, a geospatial company based in Prince George, BC, produced a series of maps to point out 2021 wildfires and damaged highways by […]

Planet Reveals New Applications Using Satellite Data For Agriculture

12 May 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | community

Impressive Planet Constellation Gives Insight Into Agricultural Sector Greg Crutsinger, Ph.D., Customer Success Manager for Agriculture at Planet, spoke at GeoIgnite, Winter Geo, Canada’s National Geospatial Conference, via livestream on March 1, 2022. The topic […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing April 18th: 1. Esri Canada program director’s sudden passing; 2. Kanien’kéha mapping project; 3. Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada; 4. Vernon floodplain maps; 5. Grassland mapping project

17 April 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

Esri Canada’s Program Director killed in small plane crash on March 21st John Bacon, Program Director in Esri Canada’s Geospatial Infrastructure Department passed away on March 21st after a small airplane crashed near the Brantford […]

International Geospatial Briefing March 14th: 1. Amazon Heading Towards “Tipping Point” 2. Rising Geospatial Stars of 2022 3. New Software from Locana for Mobile Workers 4. Enabling Clarity in the Face of Disaster 5. Ukraine: Geospatial Stories from the War

14 March 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | Amazon rainforest

Satellite Imagery Shows Amazon Rainforest Heading Towards Tipping Point New research in the Amazon rainforest shows the alarming rate of deterioration in one of the world’s most diverse and important ecosystems. Analyses using satellite imagery […]

Companies to unlock unprecedented levels of location-based data with Sparkgeo’s new Prescient Earth Observation platform

11 February 2022 Will Cadell | Earth Observation

Every day over 500TBs of data flow from earth observation satellites. Pair that with data from billions of smart devices, remote sensors and IoT devices, and we have almost limitless amounts of data to make […]

International Geospatial Briefing Oct 25th: 1. Interactive map of hidden archaeological landscapes. 2. GIS helps asylum seekers 3. Extent of California oil spill. 4. Mapping Bogota’s neighbourhoods 5. Map Tools international travel requirements 6. New York new subway map 7. GeoSLAM maps underground refugee shelter from Spanish Civil War

25 October 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | AI

This Interactive Map Lets Users Explore England’s Hidden Archaeological Landscape Attention all history enthusiasts, Historic England has created a new interactive map that allows users to take a “virtual flight” over England to explore the […]

International Geospatial Briefing Oct 12: 1. Mapping endangered species; 2. Mixed reality visualization by extended reality; 3. Mapping reef in Australian coast; 4. UN releases flood map after 1985 worldwide; 5. Apple introduces no-code AI for geospatial application

12 October 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D visualizations

Mapping threats to land mammals, amphibians and birds Climate change and human activities are both causing challenges for different animals to survive around the world. A recent study used the data published from the IUCN […]