The Canadian Geomatics Industry Has a Branding Problem

5 May 2014 Sandra Baranek | brand

I have a big confession to make: I have no idea what geomatics is. But I don’t feel so bad about that, because it seems like I’m not the only one. A couple weeks ago, […]

Do You Know Where Your Kids Are? TeenSafe Announces Mobile Phone Monitoring

2 May 2014 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | activity

TeenSafe, the developer of a new sophisticated iPhone and Android monitoring service for parents of teens and children who are smart phone users, today announced the official launch of its comprehensive mobile and social monitoring […]

Bridging the Gap Between GIS Job Seekers and Surveying Jobs in Canada

29 April 2014 Jon Murphy | advancement

Many Canadian survey associations have been grappling with a declining membership and an increasing median age of survey professionals. There are worries that as baby boomers retire, there will be a crisis in this part […]

Geomatics in Canada is about to Change: CGCRT Steering Committee Articles

14 April 2014 GoGeomatics Canada | 2014

For the past three months, the Steering Committee (SC) of the Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table (CGCRT) has been publishing articles on the CGCRT.ca blog. They have been doing this in the hopes of stirring […]

Satellite Navigation Failure Confirms Urgent Need for Backup

8 April 2014 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 2014

Industry Experts Call for Safeguards After Spectacular Failure of “Russian GPS” CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA and LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Apr 7, 2014) – The world’s global positioning industry watched in disbelief on April 2, 2014, as […]

U.S. Surveying, Geomatics, and Angst

7 April 2014 Gavin Schrock | Acquisition

“Not good enough damn it! Not good enough!” – Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Murphy, Managing Director of GoGeomatics asked me many months ago if I’d pen a guest blog entry on the question of Identity […]

Ed Kennedy Discuses GIAC’s Past and Future

10 March 2014 GoGeomatics Canada | aerial

The Canadian geomatics community has been discussing and debating the importance of having a thriving and useful geomatics industry association. In the past the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) has been both of those […]

Additional Input: GoGeomatics Geo-Conundrum about Geomatics Associations

3 March 2014 Greg Duffy | africa

I was recently asked if I believe a Canadian Geomatics trade association is in some form beneficial to the geomatics community. YES, absolutely, definitely. And I sure hope someone else gets one going soon. Anyone? […]