Your International Geospatial Briefing for August 31st: Trimble and Totalmobile Awarded HS2; Everest survey succeeds; Underwater heat blob growing in the Arctic; China Launches Beidou; Amazonian Tribe Applies Location Intelligence

31 August 2020 GoGeomatics Canada | amazon tribes

Trimble and Totalmobile Awarded HS2 Contract from Civil Engineering Contractor EKFB Trimble and Totalmobile have developed the first cloud-based vehicle management booking system and integrated inventory management system. This innovative system will enable EKFB to […]

Low-cost, less-time, lesser-logistics and high-accuracy mapping with drone-imagery

29 June 2020 Carlos Maia | aerial imagery

Highlights There is a tendency to use aerial photographs and digital images as the cartographic product!These pictures are the primary mapping data. And require a transformation from its conic into an orthographic projection. The transformation […]

Your Global Geospatial Briefing for July 29th: China launches new remote sensing satellites; Arming IoT with geospatial analytics; Ordnance Survey hits legal dispute; Location Analytics & Business Intelligence advisory board announced; Classifying Urban Poor Areas with Satellite Imagery

29 July 2019 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | business intelligence

In Xichang on July 26th2019, a group of new remote sensing satellites were sent into orbit. The satellites have entered the planned orbit. They will be used for electromagnetic environment detective and related technological testing. […]

Your Global Geospatial Briefing for March 25th: Gaofen satellites; Will Cadell; Uk Space Agency; CARICOM; Future Cities Canada

25 March 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | Caribbean

Chinese Earth Satellites launched The Gaofen-5 and Gaofen-6 Chinese Earth observation satellites have officially been put into service. During in-orbit tests the satellites provided data on environmental monitoring, natural resources, and natural disasters. China is […]

Your Global Geospatial Briefing for January 28th: Location Tech; Amy Webb interview; WGIC; Blockchain innovations; Planet

28 January 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | Artificial Intelligence

Location technology is at the core of the smart city The designation of “smart city” is quickly becoming an attainable goal for communities across the world. By using Location Intelligence cities are becoming smarter, stronger, […]

Your Canadian GeoSpatial Briefing for May 14th: Arctic receiving station blocked by Canadian red tape; Mapping Services in Edmonton; Smart Cities Challenge; University CubeSat Projects; Great Canadian Geography Challenge; Calgary’s Empathic Cultural Map; GIS4Ag

14 May 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | agriculture

Canadian Red tape costs industry millions Norwegian company Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to grant the operating license that will let them run their satellite ground receiving station in […]

Free Satellite Imagery For You: Sentinel 1 & 2

7 April 2017 Muhammad Luqman | 2017

Sentinel constellations and data products As the ENVISAT program is coming to an end, the European Space Agency has begun the process to develop the Sentinels family of satellites to fulfill the Copernicus earth observation […]

High Resolution Mapping Along the Coastal Zone Workshop|Anders Ekelund

Event Recap: COGS & CIG & GANS Cooperate for Mapping Workshop

15 February 2017 Robert Maher | Acadia University

The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) Nova Scotia Branch and the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS), two regional professional organizations that foster the application of geographic information within the geomatics sector recently collaborated to host a high resolution mapping workshop at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. […]