Surveying

Your International Geospatial Briefing for September 14th: Where the GISP’s are; China’s new Earth Observation Sattelite; COVID-19 push to aerial surveying; Interdisciplinary data-driven approach; Interactive historic map that shows your hometown’s location 750 million years ago

A Look at where the GISPs are Dr Dapeng Li, an assistant professor at South Dakota State University, and a…

Your International Geospatial Briefing for December 2nd: Can Smart Cities Help You Without Compromising Privacy?; Surveying with Advanced Laser Scanning; Weather Agencies Object to 5G; Campus Work Begins for National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Can Smart Cities Help You Without Compromising Privacy? Smart cities are built on data. Whether it is street sensors, heated…

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…

Call for Speakers for First National Canadian Geomatics Competition: Feb 17-18, 2018

A Geomatics-based consulting competition for post-secondary students. The NGC organizing committee is looking for engaging industry presenters to speak on…

2017 Nationwide GoGeomatics Back to School Socials in Pictures

We have just completed our fourth annual Back to School Socials across Canada and our community continues to grow and…

UAV Surveys – How to Ensure Accuracy and Precision

For the past four years, I’ve been involved with the capture and delivery of data derived from drones. My experience…

Event in Pictures: COGS Industry Expo 2017

The College of Geographic Sciences (COGS) held the 2017 COGS Industry Expo on March 23 in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. COGS…

Event Recap: The 2017 Canadian Surveyors Conference in Ottawa

On March 1st and 2nd land surveyor professionals, as well as industry exhibitors, headed to Ottawa for the 2017 Canadian…

Annapolis Community Mapping April 13 at COGS

1866: a twenty three year old blacksmith from rural Annapolis County who  could neither read nor write. 1888: a five…

COGS NSCC students use Geomatics to explore the history of Black Loyalists & Joggins Fossil Cliff

NSCC students make major impact in two small communities with huge historical significance Students at Nova Scotia Community College’s Centre…

My COGS GIS Education, Part II

In my first article, I introduced the how and why I chose to attend COGS from the fall of 2014…

2017 Map of GoGeomatics Groups Across Canada