Canadian Cartographic Association’s Annual Conference and AGM
CCA’s Annual Conference and AGM will be held at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Registration and program details will be posted on CCA’s when available.
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Technology
Canadian Geospatial Digest April 17th, 2023
Minerva Intelligence launches Canada’s first wildfire risk map using AI and ML Alberta grain elevators preserved in virtual reality W5, CTV creates a map of asbestos cement pipes delivering drinking water in Canada University of […]
Technology
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 cars started driving across Canada to improve its own maps. The image below, taken by Jesse […]
Technology
Canadian Geospatial Briefing for November 9th: McMaster historical map conservation; Underwater acoustic gliders for whale detection; New satellites to track space debris; Microsoft Azure powers regenerative agriculture; Multi-parties’ drone research; Driverless shuttles take road tests
Newly conserved rare map provides unique snapshot of life in 19th century Ontario https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/newly-conserved-rare-map-provides-vivid-snapshot-of-life-in-19th-century-ontario/ McMaster University Library’s Preservation Lab conservators using new, experimental techniques to combat the challenges of wood pulp paper map conservation and […]
Education & Careers
Five Free and Cheap Ways to Improve Your Geospatial Technology Skills and Learn GIS to Advance Your Career
You don’t have to spend a lot of money or go back to university or college to learn or improve your GIS and Geospatial Technology Skills It’s a competitive job market, but updating your technology […]
Education & Careers
Further your Geospatial Education with these Online Programs
It’s that time of the year – back to school! This used to mean physically entering the classroom for most students, but 2020 has proven to be THE year for online learning. We are still […]
Technology
Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for February 18th: Markham Smart City pilot; Condor drone; Space Flight Laboratory; Canada’s Surface Combatant ships; goodwoodglobes; International Boundary Commission
Smart city technology will monitor Markham infrastructure Bell Canada and IBM Canada will be testing a new generation of systems for monitoring problems like storm flooding in Markham, Ontario. This pilot project is focusing on […]
Education & Careers
A Canadian Geographer’s Notes from Nunavut
For the last five years, I have annually had the opportunity to spend time in Iqaluit, Canada’s fastest growing community in Canada’s fastest growing territory or province. On arrival, I check out the selection of new books at Arctic Ventures and the screening of new movies about the North. This year, there was the chance to see John Walker’s Passage and to buy a copy of Darrel Varga’s book of the same name in the Canadian Cinema series. […]