The BCIT GIS department has been graduating students for 25+ years. Our students come from BC, but as well, across Canada and international. Our program is known to be very demanding, and creates students that […]
The geospatial community has been “abuzz” since a game called called “Pokémon Go” landed on cell phones in Australia and New Zealand. Yesterday the game became available in Canada for download on the Google Play […]
Across Canada GoGeomatics volunteers have set the dates and booked the venues. From coast-to coast-this September we will be hosting our annual Back to School GoGeomatics Socials. The list of dates are at the bottom […]
The GoGeomatics Canada Community had a terrific set of socials last season. We get together each month over drinks, from September to May, and network in many cities across Canada (See list below). Last year […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Goodchild and talk about his book and Geography. Michael was my graduate student supervisor in Geography at the University of Western Ontario between 1969-72 and […]
Walking Home is a book by Ken Greenberg on ‘the life and lessons of a city builder’. It describes the experiences of a urban designer/architect who was strongly influenced by Jane Jacobs. I picked up […]
Jambo from Nairobi, Kenya! I, Jon Murphy – GoGeomatic’s intrepid Managing Director, am in Kenya having a look at how Canadian geomatics technology is being deployed in East Africa. The G-Locate team in […]
On April 7th, I attended the community mapping showcase at the NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). This project is a collaboration between the Age Advantage Association, a not-for-profit group of seniors in the Annapolis […]