International Geospatial Briefing July 25: 1. GIS data to draw up risk assessment maps for dengue and chikungunya; 2. Europe and the U.S. Temperature Maps; 3. Europe Wildfire Maps; 4. Siemens partners with GIS software provider to level up grid planning; 5. Seattle tsunami predictive mapping

25 July 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | earthquake

GIS data to draw up risk assessment maps for dengue and chikungunya Dr S Sabesan, an adjunct professor at the Vector Control Research Centre, has been using several parameters with satellite data to make time […]

CHORUS Constellation Evolutionalizes How We Understand Climate Change

22 June 2022 Haniya Javed | CHORUS

“CHORUS will evolve our understanding of climate change” CHORUS, MDA’s commercial Earth observation mission and a collaborative multi-sensor constellation, is gathering a lot of interest in the geospatial community. The idea was introduced at GoGeomatics […]

MDA Introduces Its Next SAR Mission: CHORUS

1 June 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | agriculture

This Statellite Will Change How You See The World At the GeoIgnite, Winter Geo conference on March 2, 2022, during a livestream presentation, MDA Senior Director, Wayne Hoyle, introduced CHORUS, its next SAR mission. He […]

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 […]

International Geospatial Briefing May 9th: 1. Canopy mapping helps council; 2. Capella Space funding will enhance AI-enhanced geospatial data; 3. Space Force has insatiable demand for geospatial intelligence; 4. A sharper look at the world’s rivers and catchments; 5. Developing a Virtual Laser Scanner for Training and Research; 6. NASA Develops Lidar Backpack Technology

9 May 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | 3D technology

Canopy mapping helps council Capella Space funding will enhance AI-enhanced geospatial data Space Force has insatiable demand for geospatial intelligence A sharper look at the world’s rivers and catchments Developing a Virtual Laser Scanner for […]

GNSS Jamming vs. Spoofing

13 April 2022 Jordan Palk | EASA

On March 17, 2022, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) released a safety information bulletin titled “Global Navigation Satellite System Outage Leading to Navigation / Surveillance Degradation.” This bulletin is in response to potential […]

Past, Present and Future of Marine Navigation

27 March 2022 Alefiya Dungrawala | AI

I have often wondered how marine navigation works on a roadless map of open seas and oceans. Let’s dive into the intriguing story of marine navigation by looking at the history, modern marine navigation using […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing March 7th: 1. MDA to Build 17 satellites to Enhance Globalstar’s LEO Constellation. 2. DDC’s new management. 3. DDC’s update on Canary drone testing. 4. Need for RADARSAT in disasters. 5. Cape Breton Highlands image looks like a kitty.

7 March 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

MDA to Build 17 Satellites to Enhance Globalstar’s LEO Constellation According to MDA’s announcement on Feb 24th, this company is the prime contractor for Globalstar Inc.’s new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Globalstar provides Mobile […]