International Geospatial Briefing July 25: 1. GIS data to draw up risk assessment maps for dengue and chikungunya; 2. Europe and the U.S. Temperature Maps; 3. Europe Wildfire Maps; 4. Siemens partners with GIS software provider to level up grid planning; 5. Seattle tsunami predictive mapping

25 July 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | earthquake

GIS data to draw up risk assessment maps for dengue and chikungunya Dr S Sabesan, an adjunct professor at the Vector Control Research Centre, has been using several parameters with satellite data to make time […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing May 16th: 1. Correlation between BC wildfires and floods 2. NG9-1-1 GIS Validator 3. NRCan migrated petabytes of geo data to the cloud 4. Aerial Imagery Cost-Sharing 5. RCMP using aerial images for missing people

16 May 2022 GoGeomatics Canada | aerial imagery

Satellite mapping finds correlation between B.C. wildfires and floods Data scientists at SparkGeo, a geospatial company based in Prince George, BC, produced a series of maps to point out 2021 wildfires and damaged highways by […]

Canadian Wildfire Mapping Resources 2021 Fire Season

30 July 2021 Saeideh Hejazi | air quality health index

Western Canada has been experiencing extreme fire conditions following an intense heatwave since late June. According to BC Wildfire Service, 243 wildfires are currently burning in British Columbia. Due to the fire threats, many residents […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing July 5, 2021: Geospatial Applications for Indigenous Issues; Canadian Company Teledyne CARIS is Mapping the Seafloor; How SBEO is Helping Track Extreme Weather Events from Space; and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s New Drought Forecast Tool

5 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | AAFC

New Applications are Bringing Attention to Important Indigenous Issues June 2021 was a National Indigenous History Month like no other. With the heartbreaking discoveries made at former residential schools across the country, it is crucial […]

Your International Geospatial Briefing for November 4th: Is geospatial data the key to leaving no one behind?; OGC updates IndoorGML standard; Observing California’s Wildfires from the Space Station; Major Wood Chip Exporter Now Prefers Drones to Calculate Volumes

4 November 2019 GoGeomatics Canada | drone

Is geospatial data the key to leaving no one behind? Some of our planet’s leaders may still be deliberating the existence of global warming, but for the communities experiencing this very real issue, the only […]