A fine mainstream media report on a new OpenData resource from Alberta, Canada has surfaced on the CTV (Alberta) web portal. What I like really like about this report is that it is quite accurate and truthful, getting right to the point and describing exactly why opendata is important to users and the business community. […]
Canada Post Suing Over the use of the Postal Code
An interesting issue is unfolding in Canada and quite frankly its darned amazing! This coming from the owner of the website geocoder.ca who has been named as a defendant in a an ongoing legal action from Canada Post (aka. The Government of Canada) – personally, I find personally that in these times of hype and […]
Social Media Awards Canada Call for Nomination @SoMedAwards
Once again, for the third year, the Social Media Awards (Canada) will be held in conjunction with Social Media Camp. Details… The Social Media Awards is Canada’s 1st and largest social media awards – honouring the best social media engagements of the year across 11 distinct categories, to promote and celebrate the expertise of our […]
EDU Tales – the story of COGS
An interesting update about COGS (College of Geographic Sciences) related research project came through our LinkedIn group today… Are you a COGS graduate ? Dr. Bob Maher has started to research ‘the story of COGS’. This is a personal project for Bob and his wife, Heather Stewart. FYI, Bob along with Bruce Peveril taught the first […]
Environmaps uses ArcGIS tools to win honorable mention at AngelHack
Esri Canada has congratulated a Canadian developer, Environmaps, for winning an honorable mention at the recently held AngelHack competition. From Esri… The app leverages ArcGIS, Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) solution, integrated with open-source software and consumer-oriented maps. Through the app, property developers can easily search for a property by address, view data on land […]
Have Breakfast with Microsoft's Steve Coast in Calgary
Are you an Alberta-based GIS/Geo tech professional? Interested in hearing all about OSM and other goodies from Steve Coast? Tecterra Inc. is hosting an event in November with special guest, Steve Coast Principal Architect of Microsoft’s Bing Mobile. About the event – Mr. Coast will be presenting his perspective on new geomatics applications and concepts, […]
Must Have Government RFP and Tender Resources For Doing Business in Canada
Doing business in Canada can be a little challenging, particularly to stay in the know about public tenders, RFPs and bid opportunities. Many local governments maintain their own RFP and tender section on their website, I suggest you search your local resources for these, however, there’s also a number of official Provincial government resources of […]
Google Finally Rolls Out Official Google Canada Blog
Well, well lookee there… a Google Canada blog… I’m almost kind of stunned! Even with many Canucks flocking to the Googleplex over the years (Mike Pegg a Google Maps evangelist comes to mind) it took them until 2012 to finally get an official Google Canada blog (I’m actually a bit surprised it took that long) […]
Happy Canada Day to Canada!
July 1, that means Happy Birthday to Canada (est. 1867)… from Wikipedia… Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 (today called the Constitution Act, 1867, in Canada), which united three […]
Mapping Canada With Climate Trend Mapper
Climate Trend Mapper (CTM) from the University of Winnipeg, is an interactive desktop application with which users can visualize temperature and precipitation trends across Canada using Environment Canada’s AHCCD data. This program makes it easy for users to visualize the climate data and trends recorded at weather stations across Canada. In particular, the program allows you […]