Terminology
Operational Use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) for Geomatics Applications
Recently, I reviewed a report by the Canadian Council of Geomatics on the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)…
Ventus Geospatial: Canadian Company Rebrands to Gain International Opportunities
Ventus Geospatial Inc. is a leading provider of imaging gathered by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using fixed-wing planes and quad-copters.…
Looking Back on The CGCRT Team Canada Event
The CGCRT Geomatics Strategy, Action, and Implementation Planning Workshop took place in Ottawa June 9 and 10 at the Delta…
DigitalGlobe to Announce First Quarter Financial Results on May 1, 2014
— DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, will announce its first quarter 2014 financial…
Altus Group Expands Market Share and Service Offerings of Altus Geomatics Through Acquisition of Maltais Geomatics
Altus Group Limited (Altus Group or “the Company”) (TSX:AIF) announced the acquisition of the business assets of Maltais Geomatics Inc.…
Evolving Education, Geography, Geomatics & going beyond “What is the Capital of?” in Canada
When I was in high school I developed an interest in geography as a field of study and perhaps a…
Why Using the Word Geomatics Sucks in Canada
A few months ago, GoGeomatics asked a number of distinguished Canadian writers to share their thoughts on a controversial subject.…
Using Geomatics to Describe our Profession and Industry in Canada
Over forty years, the writer has witnessed a series of transitions and changes in terminology related to changes in the…
Geospatial or Geomatics: The Headaches of Terminology in Canada
Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation…
Should we be called geomatics or something else?
In order to determine whether geomatics is the most appropriate term for this field it may be useful to review…
My Top 10 New Year’s Spatial Resolutions for 2013
So as I write this, we are nearing the end of 2012 (or possibly the end of the world as…
