Tech/Projects
Canadian Cartography: GoGeomatics Edmonton Visits the University of Alberta Map Library & Collections
Last night the Edmonton GoGeomatics Group had the chance to explore the amazing collection of historic maps at the University…
Canadian Surveyors “Remark” on History with Elk Pass Boundary Restoration Survey
The Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission has just completed a monument restoration survey to restore a number of deteriorated provincial boundary…
Report for 450 Participants & Sponsors: 2016 GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials
Last month the Canadian geomatics community came together to celebrate the start of the new school year by welcoming new…
GoGeomatics Kelowna: September Success & October Social With Talk from Esri Canada
GoGeomatics Kelowna’s first Back-to-School September social was a huge success! Among the attendees were a great group from Stantec, our…
Become a BCIT GIS Student Project / Practicum Sponsor
The BCIT GIS department has been graduating students for 25+ years. Our students come from BC, but as well, across…
The Most Fun You’ve had with Geomatics: ‘Pokémon Go’ Comes to Canada
The geospatial community has been “abuzz” since a game called called “Pokémon Go” landed on cell phones in Australia and…
Opportunity to Partner with GoGeomatics Canada for 2016 Back to School Socials
Across Canada GoGeomatics volunteers have set the dates and booked the venues. From coast-to coast-this September we will be hosting…
Getting Ready for the 2016 GoGeomatics Back to School Socials
The GoGeomatics Canada Community had a terrific set of socials last season. We get together each month over drinks, from…
Conversations with Michael Goodchild on Questions of Geography
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Goodchild and talk about his book and Geography. Michael was…
Geography: Thinking About Walking Home
Walking Home is a book by Ken Greenberg on ‘the life and lessons of a city builder’. It describes the…
GoGeomatics Goes to East Africa: New Markets for Canadian Technologies
Jambo from Nairobi, Kenya! I, Jon Murphy – GoGeomatic’s intrepid Managing Director, am in Kenya having a look…
Putting Map Making Back Into the Hands of the Community
On April 7th, I attended the community mapping showcase at the NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). This project is…