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Canada Takes Part: Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Meets in Anchorage
The Arctic SDI Board, which includes mapping executives from Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the…
Open Data, Open Source, Open Possibilities
Back in 2006 I (Jim) was a student at BCIT and a Vancouver resident, eager to obtain some local data…
Presagis Showcases New Modeling and Simulation Software Suite at I/ITSEC 2015
Unmanned Aerial Systems Border Surveillance demo reveals the realism, power and versatility of Presagis’ M&S Suite 15 MONTREAL, CANADA–(Marketwired –…
New Book: Web Mapping and Geospatial Web Services
It is with great pleasure that I want to introduce a new Web Mapping and Geospatial textbook to the Canadian geomatics…
BC Assessment Wins Award for Transforming Property Assessment Using GIS
Geospatial solutions improve accuracy and access to property information VICTORIA, Esri Canada User Conference – April 15, 2015 – BC…
AquaHacking for the Future of the Ottawa River
AquaHacking is a new app challenge with an environmental focus – on the preservation of the Ottawa River. Presented by…
Geography Education: The Map is Not the App
David Lepage, in his blog for Axiom News, expresses concern for “the map is not the territory” in a community…
GoGeomatics Asks about CCOG
The Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) has been around for over 40 years. Despite that, many people in geomatics aren’t…
New Brunswick Power Recognized for Leveraging GIS to Improve Outage Response
Fredericton, Esri Canada User Conference – October 28, 2014 – New Brunswick Power (NB Power) was recognized today with an…
A Geomatics Sector that Spatially Enables a Geospatial Community – A Team Canada Perspective
by Ed Kennedy and Evert Kenk. Is there value in formalizing definitions for both the Geomatics Sector and Geospatial Community…
Building a Strong Canadian Geomatics Sector: Three Case Studies for Governance
The Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table is beginning to implement the Pan-Canadian Geomatics Strategy which seeks to guide and support…
All the Geomatics Acronyms You Wanted to Know but were Too Afraid to Ask
Here in Canada, there are many geomatics acronyms that get tossed around. During the recent “Team Canada” event that the…
