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 […]
Richmond, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company, announced today that it has signed a contract with the Canadian Space Agency to develop […]
At the end of last year, I came across what I think is an excellent synopsis of what NRCan and the Canadian Federal Government are focused on in terms of geomatics. All of it is […]
Present day technology has the ability to facilitate so many things that it’s sometimes hard to comprehend how fast it moves along. This is one of the reasons that professional associations across Canada and the […]
Unprecedented ice jams led to extensive flooding in Prince George as temperatures dipped to record lows in the winter of 2007/2008. City officials declared a state of local emergency on December 11, 2007, ordering dozens […]
GoGeomatics Canada has started a series of articles on the current geospatial related contracts available on MERX. This is our second installment. MERX’s publishes a lot of opportunities for doing business relating to geomatics with […]
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]
Introduction The forest industry is undergoing a major shift in how it conducts business due mainly from increased competition from other regions of the world. In particular the southern Hemisphere has become a major provider […]