University of Calgary

Canadian Geospatial Briefing June 21st, 2021: Apple Maps Cars; Population growth and Housing issues; Elizabeth Cannon’s honorary degree; Saskatchewan’s growing opioid deaths maps; Modernizing COMPSTAT at the Vancouver Police Dept.

Here’s Where Apple Maps Cars are Collecting Images in Canada this Summer Two years ago, a fleet of Apple Maps…

Glacial Lakes

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for September 7th: UofC’s research on glacial lakes; Canadian youth in space sector; Remote Sensing reasons out orange dusting in N.W.T; USask’s AI contribution to agriculture; Calgary woman’s Park story map

Dramatic growth reported in glacial lakes – A study by University of Calgary Dr. Dan Shugar, an associate professor at…

University of Calgary Geomathon: Geospatial Graduate Design Hack-a-thon a success

The Department of Geomatics Engineering’s Geomatics Graduate Group (G^3) successfully organized a hack-a-thon competition for  graduate  students  in  geospatial  related …

Celebrating the Success of the National Geomatics Competition (NGC) 2019 at the University of Calgary

The second ever National Geomatics Competition (NGC) was hosted by the University of Calgary (UofC) in February this year, and…

1st Canadian Geomatics Engineering Conference in Calgary

The Department of Geomatics Engineering successfully organized the 1st Canadian Conference on Geomatics Engineering in February 2019. This event was…

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for July 23rd: Thai cave rescue; TECTERRA LEAP program; data and cannabis; Marine Emergency Response; Behr technologies

Thai Cave rescue aided by Calgary geomatics company Intermap Technologies provided crucial data that helped rescuers reach the 12 children…

Your Canadian GeoSpatial Briefing for May 14th: Arctic receiving station blocked by Canadian red tape; Mapping Services in Edmonton; Smart Cities Challenge; University CubeSat Projects; Great Canadian Geography Challenge; Calgary’s Empathic Cultural Map; GIS4Ag

Canadian Red tape costs industry millions Norwegian company Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to…

TECTERRA Board Names Jonathan Neufeld as Next CEO

February 14, 2017 (Calgary, Alberta) – TECTERRA announced the appointment of Mr. Jonathan Neufeld as the Chief Executive Officer. Neufeld…

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…

Geography or Geomatics?

What is the Difference Between Geomatics and Geography?

There seems to be great confusion between these two great disciplines, especially noting that some geographers and schools claim that…

Story Mapping: Haida Gwaii

In my previous blog “Storytelling: Haida Gwaii,” I referenced the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia’s (GANS) mentoring program between myself…

Intergraph Appoints New Leader for Canadian Business Unit

Mississauga, ON, April 20, 2015 – Intergraph is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacques Tremblay to vice president and…

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