Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]
GoGeomatics Canada got in touch with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in order to ask them about all the most recent goings on over there on Booth Street in Ottawa. Michelle Viau, the Communications Advisor in […]
Unlike Canadian surveyors, for example, GIS professionals in Canada are not pressed by law to obtain certification. This fact has led to one of the more common questions in Geomatics circles: is a GIS certification […]
I would like to welcome Professor Stephen Swales to the GoGeomatics community! Professor Swales teaches at Ryerson University in the Geography department. To find out more please read his article: GoGeomatics: I would like to […]
Interest in mapping is on the rise, as evidenced by services such as Google Earth, Virtual Earth, MapQuest, and any number of other web mapping mashups. These are all exciting developments, yet there is another […]
GoGeomatics has had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Robert ‘Bob’ Ryerson of KIM Geomatics Corporation. Along with his recently published book titled “Why ‘Where’ Matters“, Dr. Ryerson is Canada’s first PhD in Remote […]