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UAV Technology in the Canadian Forestry Sector
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry is soaring! Civilian drones are being applied in various global industries ranging from agriculture…
Building Bridges: GeoAlliance
On March 15-16th the GeoAlliance is hosting a strategy event in Calgary you can see here. They are trying to bring together members…
Jobs: Career Strategies for Students and Recent Graduates in GIS
What Students and Recent Graduates Can Do Relating to another article I wrote, called “Career Challenges for Students and…
What is the Difference Between Geomatics and Geography?
There seems to be great confusion between these two great disciplines, especially noting that some geographers and schools claim that…
Jobs: Career Challenges for Canadian Students and Recent Graduates in GIS
The Challenges As a recent graduate (2013) of GIS training at BCIT in Burnaby in addition to an Honours Bachelor…
Local Action & Geomatics: the Gowgaia Institute on Haida Gwaii
This blog is a sequel to last month’s discussion on ‘think global, act local‘. It looks at the the Gowgaia…
On the Importance of Mentoring in Geomatics
I guess I was lucky. It seems to me that I always wanted to be a civil engineer, but if…
Interview: Canadian Cartographer in Australia
GoGeomatics has reached all the way across the world to Australia to interview our next guest. Today we have a discussion with Jennifer Johnston whom has taken the time to talk about some of her Cartography experiences and what she thinks about the Geomatics industry.
When did you decide to go into Surveying/Geomatics and Why?
An informal poll by Julia Meldrum Smith This article was reprinted with permission from the Ontario Professional Surveyor, Volume 56,…
GoGeomatics 2015 Back to School Socials: Over 350 Participants Coast to Coast
The 2nd annual GoGeomatics 2015 Back to School Socials have been a tremendous success. Last year we had 200 participants…
Trimble Introduces Next Generation Indoor Mobile Mapping System
TIMMS 2–Smaller, Lighter and Easier to Maneuver System Maximizes Performance in Indoor Spaces While Delivering Accurate, High-Quality Data Trimble (NASDAQ:…
Web Mercator: the de facto standard, the controversy, and the opportunity
Four hundred and fifty years ago, the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator presented the most popular map projection ever.…
