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Web Framework for Flood Risk Assessment: Elevation Services and Simplified Flood Models
The development of infrastructure and dense urbanization along water courses and the increasing severity of storm events has brought to…
Local Action & Geomatics: the Gowgaia Institute on Haida Gwaii
This blog is a sequel to last month’s discussion on ‘think global, act local‘. It looks at the the Gowgaia…
Phase One Industrial Releases Software Development Kit 8.3.3 for Developers of Aerial Systems
Phase One Industrial announced the Phase One Software Development Kit (SDK) 8.3.3 in Linux, Windows and Mac OS versions. This…
On the Importance of Mentoring in Geomatics
I guess I was lucky. It seems to me that I always wanted to be a civil engineer, but if…
Getting to First Base with GIS
A friend of mine who volunteers with a girls’ softball team came to me with a request recently. “I have…
Dr Robert Maher on Geoliteracy: ‘Think global, act local’
This month (October) Digital Earth 2015 (DE2015) was held in Halifax. There were a number of keynote presentations, including those…
Web Mercator: the de facto standard, the controversy, and the opportunity
Four hundred and fifty years ago, the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator presented the most popular map projection ever.…
OGC Seeks Sponsors for FutureCities Pilot
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) in collaboration with buildingSMART International (bSI) invites sponsorship in a pilot project to help cities…
GPS Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit
Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off…
BCIT Program Has the GIS Talent You Need
The BCIT GIS department has been graduating students for 25+ years. Our students come from BC, but as well, across…
WSP to Acquire MMM, a Leading Canadian Engineering Consulting Firm
WSP Concurrently Announces a $175 Million Bought Deal Public Offering and a $125 Million Private Placement WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP)…
Strategies for Young GIS & Geomatics Professionals: Getting Ahead At Work
You have landed your job in geomatics and you want to move ahead. Maybe you are interested in leading a…
