urban planning
Celebrating Earth Day with Conventional and Unconventional Applications of Geospatial Technology: Part 1
With the passing of Earth Day this weekend, GoGeomatics Canada would like to celebrate our planet and highlight some of…
Walkability and Deep learning
Walkability is about how friendly the neighbourhood is to walk. Walkability holds many advantages in terms of environment, health, and…
NeoGeo Technologies Ready to Grow in Canada
Award Winning Company Eager to Provide Solutions A livestream on March 3, 2022, from the GeoIgnite, Winter Geo conference, delighted…
Detecting Change Becomes Easier Using Point Cloud Data
Blue Marble Geographics Gets Hands On With Change Detection On March 3, 2022, David McKittrick, Outreach and Training Manager for…
Canadian Geospatial Briefing August 16th: Mapping potential intensification area at Ottawa, future challenges caused by climate change, Latin flavor map to explore Latino culture, 2022 Agro-Geoinformatics Event Quebec City, Canadian Coast Guard testing out new fixed wing drone
New map helps policy makers to find out potential areas for intensification In the City of Ottawa, the projected population…
GoodScore.City: Comparing the Environmental Health of Canada’s Downtown Cores
The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) is a group dedicated to understanding urban living and its impacts on…
International Geospatial Briefing March 8th: Geography, a cause for inequality; Drone Survey of a Wind Farm Access Road; Loss of soil study using satellite imagery; Japanese noisy children map; Minority-owned businesses map
Geography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks A…
Building-height Estimation using Street-view Images, Deep Learning, and Building Footprints
Introduction Building height is an important piece of information that has various important applications such as economic analysis, urban planning,…
GeoIgnite 2020 Video: Innovations and Lidar Applications for Trees & Water by Quantum Spatial Canada
The 2020 Geolgnite conference was put online and brought the Canadian geospatial sector together. One of the topics included updates…
GIS Technology tracks Toronto’s urban growth
In our last article on land use in the Greenbelt, we discussed the Places to Grow Act, an Ontario policy…
Putting Map Making Back Into the Hands of the Community
On April 7th, I attended the community mapping showcase at the NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). This project is…
A Refreshing Approach to Geomatics
The conference committee of the GIM International Summit has announced a refreshing list of inspiring and original speakers who will…
