Space
International Geospatial Briefing February 9th – What are we doing about space traffic management?; new urban planning GIS tool to improve urban climate resilience; Drone Privacy Laws; World’s Longest and Deepest Alternating Current Cable Route; Ex-Uber team – Unfolded.ai
What are we doing about space traffic management? As spaceX continues to launch more and more satellites through their ridesharing…
Canadian Space Agency announced a new funding opportunity
The Announcement of Opportunity is intended to address these issues by supporting the development of advanced space-based products and solutions aligned with…
GeoIgnite 2020 Video: Deploy Solutions Space Social: Nick Kellet & Kevin Jones
GeoIgnite is Canada’s national geospatial conference hosted by GoGeomatics Canada. GeoIgnite was held online via Zoom from July 22nd to…
GeoIgnite 2020: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) Generation
GeoIgnite is Canada’s National Geospatial conference hosted by GoGeomatics Canada. GeoIgnite was held online using Zoom July 22nd to 24th,…
Book Review- Sarah Parcak’s ‘Archaeology from Space’
What a great time to be a geospatial specialist. The impact of location technology continues to grow. I am excited…
Announcing Canada’s Remote Sensing and Space Industry Podcast: Northern View
Kevin Jones and Mauro Scatozza, Canadian remote sensing sector insiders, have launched an exciting new podcast. For everyone in the geomatics…
NASA: a view of Hurricane Dorian from space
Satellites operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) continue to track its movement and progress. You can…
Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for June 3rd: Mapbox; Location Tech myths; Maxar; Apple Maps; UrtheCast
Mapbox joins GeoIgnite 2019 GeoIgnite has a new platinum sponsor! Location data platform Mapbox is joining the top decision makers and…
Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for November 13th: NRCan and OGC; RASC; Concordia University; Canada’s Commemorative Map; IN-FLIGHT Data
NRCan becomes OGC strategic member GeoConnections of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has upgraded to the highest level of membership—strategic member—in…
MDA starts the LaunchPad program for small and medium-sized Canadian Companies
MDA, a Maxar Technologies company announced announced the company’s LaunchPad program, which will serve as an entry point for innovative…
Using GIS to study health care services and utilization––from local to national
Access to timely and quality health care is an important determinant of health and well-being. Despite universal health coverage in…
A Canadian Geographer’s Notes from Nunavut
For the last five years, I have annually had the opportunity to spend time in Iqaluit, Canada’s fastest growing community in Canada’s fastest growing territory or province. On arrival, I check out the selection of new books at Arctic Ventures and the screening of new movies about the North. This year, there was the chance to see John Walker’s Passage and to buy a copy of Darrel Varga’s book of the same name in the Canadian Cinema series.
