Geospatial solutions improve accuracy and access to property information VICTORIA, Esri Canada User Conference – April 15, 2015 – BC Assessment (BCA) received an Award of Excellence today from Esri Canada for using geographic information […]
AquaHacking is a new app challenge with an environmental focus – on the preservation of the Ottawa River. Presented by the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation, in partnership with Ottawa Riverkeeper and IBM, AquaHacking aims to […]
David Lepage, in his blog for Axiom News, expresses concern for “the map is not the territory” in a community economy. One of the cornerstones of rural economic development is asset mapping (see Kretzmann and […]
The Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) has been around for over 40 years. Despite that, many people in geomatics aren’t aware of the significant role this federal-provincial-territorial government organization plays in the sector. To help […]
Fredericton, Esri Canada User Conference – October 28, 2014 – New Brunswick Power (NB Power) was recognized today with an Award of Excellence from Esri Canada for leveraging their geographic information system (GIS) to provide […]
by Ed Kennedy and Evert Kenk. Is there value in formalizing definitions for both the Geomatics Sector and Geospatial Community that capture a meaningful relationship between the two? The ongoing Geomatics versus Geospatial debate once […]
The Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table is beginning to implement the Pan-Canadian Geomatics Strategy which seeks to guide and support the Geomatics sector in Canada. The group of people involved with the Round Table comes […]
Here in Canada, there are many geomatics acronyms that get tossed around. During the recent “Team Canada” event that the CGCRT put on, more than one participant was scratching their heads, asking questions like…what is […]