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The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC): proposed GeoRSS Community Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting public comment on the proposed GeoRSS Community Standard.  First available in 2006, GeoRSS…

Geospatial Earth Observation Using Blimps, Balloons and Kites

These days drones are all the rage. Nevertheless, there are other ways to collect data from the sky! Blimps, balloons and kites…

Predicting the Future of the GIS in Canada

Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Bruce McCormack and Gordon Plunkett. Bios can be found at the…

Open Geospatial Consortium adopts the OGC SensorThings API as an official standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has adopted SensorThings API Part 1: Sensing as an official standard. The OGC SensorThings API…

Esri Canada to Open GIS Centres of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick and York University

TORONTO – February 1, 2016 – Esri Canada, the leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) solutions, has named the…

Trimble Introduces Next Generation Indoor Mobile Mapping System

TIMMS 2–Smaller, Lighter and Easier to Maneuver System Maximizes Performance in Indoor Spaces While Delivering Accurate, High-Quality Data Trimble (NASDAQ:…

OGC Seeks Sponsors for FutureCities Pilot

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) in collaboration with buildingSMART International (bSI) invites sponsorship in a pilot project to help cities…

GGE Images Kings Landing Historical Settlement in 3D

During the summer and fall of 2014, a team of researchers from the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at…

Company Spotlight: Cardinalus

Cardinalus is a spatial solutions company. Our mission is to help organizations make better decisions by effectively employing spatial information…

Hemmera Streamlines Field Data Collection and Geomatics with Flowfinity Mobile Forms

New case study from Flowfinity Wireless reveals how Hemmera significantly increased the productivity of field operations with a mobile data…

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

Sale of Trusted Positioning Inc. to NYSE-listed company a vote of confidence in Calgary tech sector   The sale of…

OGC announces new Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group

Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) have formed an OGC Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose…