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14 May 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | agriculture

Canadian Red tape costs industry millions Norwegian company Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to grant the operating license that will let them run their satellite ground receiving station in […]

TECTERRA Board Names Jonathan Neufeld as Next CEO

19 February 2017 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 2016

February 14, 2017 (Calgary, Alberta) – TECTERRA announced the appointment of Mr. Jonathan Neufeld as the Chief Executive Officer. Neufeld has been with TECTERRA since 2011 and served as interim CEO since May 2016. “We […]

GoGeomatics Goes to East Africa: New Markets for Canadian Technologies

27 April 2016 Jon Murphy | 2012

Jambo from Nairobi, Kenya! I, Jon Murphy – GoGeomatic’s intrepid Managing Director, am in Kenya having a look at how Canadian geomatics technology is being deployed in East Africa. The G-Locate team in […]

What is the Difference Between Geomatics and Geography?

15 February 2016 Eric Collins | analysis

There seems to be great confusion between these two great disciplines, especially noting that some geographers and schools claim that Geomatics is a geographical science when it is not. There has been a general confusion […]

Story Mapping: Haida Gwaii

6 July 2015 Robert Maher | 2012

In my previous blog “Storytelling: Haida Gwaii,” I referenced the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia’s (GANS) mentoring program between myself and Melissa Ristow, COGS graduate 2015. Together, our idea was to explore the Story Mapping […]

Intergraph Appoints New Leader for Canadian Business Unit

20 April 2015 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 2015

Mississauga, ON, April 20, 2015 – Intergraph is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacques Tremblay to vice president and general manager of its Canadian business unit for the Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) division. […]

Spring Speaker Series: Intergraph & Education in Ottawa, Toronto

4 March 2015 GoGeomatics Canada | business

We’re pleased to announce a new series of talks at the upcoming GoGeomatics Socials in Ottawa and Toronto. Brad Schmidt from Intergraph Canada will be stopping by our March socials in Ottawa and Toronto to […]

Tech Startup Born in University of Calgary Department of Geomatics Sold for $36 Million

7 October 2014 Schulich School of Engineering | Acquisition

Sale of Trusted Positioning Inc. to NYSE-listed company a vote of confidence in Calgary tech sector The sale of a spinoff company from the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary to […]