Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Bruce McCormack and Gordon Plunkett. Bios can be found at the bottom of the article. Most people like to predict the future. People are interested in […]
I have studied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in both Canada and China. Last summer I completed my master in geography at University of Waterloo. In this article I will draw upon my experiences in China and […]
Interview with Brent Hall, Director of Education and Research at Esri Canada and, along with his staff, the initiator of Esri Canada’s GIS Ambassador program. Dr. Brent Hall is director of Education and Research at […]
One of the passions of modern day information technologists is to convert the past to digital form and to put it on display. To this end the City of Vancouver recently completed a large project […]
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry is soaring! Civilian drones are being applied in various global industries ranging from agriculture and mining to construction and film production. The potential of the application of UAVs in […]
On March 15-16th the GeoAlliance is hosting a strategy event in Calgary you can see here. They are trying to bring together members of the Canadian geomatics community to develop a “Roadmap.” GoGeomatics, like many other groups can’t […]
What Students and Recent Graduates Can Do Relating to another article I wrote, called “Career Challenges for Students and Recent Graduates in GIS“, I drew awareness to the problem that in the fast-paced, unstable, […]
There seems to be great confusion between these two great disciplines, especially noting that some geographers and schools claim that Geomatics is a geographical science when it is not. There has been a general confusion […]