Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is an exiting opportunity. It’s my hope that those members of the public who do volunteer […]
Back in 2006 I (Jim) was a student at BCIT and a Vancouver resident, eager to obtain some local data for a project. I sent a hopeful email to City of Vancouver (COV) requesting the […]
Would you support a national Canadian geospatial student union that provided job opportunities, co-ops, and internship positions by becoming a paid member? That’s one of the questions we asked on our GoGeomatics Back to School […]
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 […]
Canadian students are busy getting ready for the start of a brand new school year. And at six schools across Canada, geography programs are preparing to integrate a brand new collaboration into their programs – […]
On February 6-9, 2014, Dr. Claus Rinner, Associate Professor of Geography and Program Director of the Master of Spatial Analysis at Ryerson University and his team of four students attended the 2014 Spatial Knowledge Information […]