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Jessi Mielke Esri’s Certification Manager Chats About the Esri Technical Certification Program
For the last 6 months I’ve been writing articles and discussing my experience in regards to the Esri technical certification…
Canadian GIS Ambassador Program: Interview with Brent Hall, Director of Education & Research at Esri Canada
Interview with Brent Hall, Director of Education and Research at Esri Canada and, along with his staff, the initiator of…
How Pokémon Go can encourage a love of outdoors … and family …
In a prior piece, Jonathan Murphy pointed out that fun and geospatial awareness can go together through a game. I…
GoGeomatics Goes to East Africa: New Markets for Canadian Technologies
Jambo from Nairobi, Kenya! I, Jon Murphy – GoGeomatic’s intrepid Managing Director, am in Kenya having a look…
Find Your GIS & Geospatial Job: Career Seminar Ottawa April 9th
Finding a job in geospatial technology can be difficult. That’s why GoGeomatics Canada is bringing back our popular Career Seminar…
Building Bridges: GeoAlliance
On March 15-16th the GeoAlliance is hosting a strategy event in Calgary you can see here. They are trying to bring together members…
Esri Technical Certification: Why am I going to take it?
A couple weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to take one of the Esri Technical Certification Exams to improve…
GIS Certifications: Esri, ASPRS, AOLS, GISP, & CIG
Even today, with so much information at our finger tips, graduates and geospatial professionals struggle to understand the myriad of…
Jobs: Career Strategies for Students and Recent Graduates in GIS
What Students and Recent Graduates Can Do Relating to another article I wrote, called “Career Challenges for Students and…
Remembering Roger Tomlinson & Early History of GIS in Canada
It’s two years now since Roger Tomlinson passed away. Roger’s and my career path have crossed several times over the…
Jobs: Career Challenges for Canadian Students and Recent Graduates in GIS
The Challenges As a recent graduate (2013) of GIS training at BCIT in Burnaby in addition to an Honours Bachelor…
Open Data, Open Source, Open Possibilities
Back in 2006 I (Jim) was a student at BCIT and a Vancouver resident, eager to obtain some local data…
