In case you missed it, this week the Government of Canada released their latest iteration of a roadmap towards Open Government. According to the report, there are some 12 commitments in the Action Plan that will be implemented over the next three years. Several action areas of interest include: issuing a government-wide directive that […]
SFU Mapping bike Safety On the Whistler Sea to Sky Highway
A cool mapping / biking safety story out of B.C Canada (via SFU News Online) Cyclists setting out to ride the 120-km Sea to Sky Highway between Horsebay and Whistler, BC can check out hazardous areas on a new map developed by a group of fourth-year SFU geography students. An accompanying study details various safety […]
Islands Trust MapIT online mapping system
Here’s details of a pretty slick online map service in B.C., Canada via the Islands Trust (managing the lands of the Gulf Islands)… his via Canada.com… The new mapping interface provides many new features, such as more frequent updates of geographic information and simple, fast and informative data exploration and discovery tools. How to find […]
CloverPoint Rolls Out Insight: Line of Sight for Multiple Platforms
I’m a fan of “WOW” technology, you know, innovative stuff that come out supporting all the popular frameworks (like Android, iOS, PC and Mac) provides some simple functionality, looks easy, but also makes you sit back and say wow! Well here’s a new year update from my friends at CloverPoint (just down the road from […]
Canada Open Government Consultation #openGov
The Government of Canada is promoting a new, Open Government consultation process. Open Open Gov Canada, Since the March 2011 launch of the Open Government initiative, the Canadian International Development Agency has joined the Open Data portal and posted 24 new data sets to the portal, and 33 other data sets have been added by […]
Seems That Canadian Smartphone Users Prefer Samsung
Interesting stats from Comscore this week on the state of the smartphone market in Canada. Interesting to see that Samsung seems to be the smartphone of choice. Details of the findings… In September, 20.1 million Canadians ages 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.2 percent of […]
Stats Canada to Make Data Products Free and Open
This past week loads of the OpenGov vocalists were all abuzz when it was revealed that finally, after all these years, Stats Canada is emerging from the dark ages and will be making data freely available to the public – although at this time “data” is still undefined so we aren’t really too sure yet […]
Google Enlists Crowd Sourced Community For Map Maker Canada
Yes indeed Canada, you finally have access to Google Map Maker, Google’s crowd-sourcing effort that enables you to contribute and clean up Google map data – Think OSM for Google! Map Maker was launched months ago in the US and is also available in many other countries around the Globe, now finally Canada gets it […]
Atlas of Canada Archives, Over 1,000 Historical Maps
Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) has a nice online resource where visitors can access a digital archive of the Atlas of Canada. Maps dating back to 1906 are available as scanned digital files, or can be viewed online using a handy web map viewer. Made up of over 1,000 maps, the archive include all five past […]
U Ottawa’s Barry Wellar Inducted into GIS Hall of Fame
Via the UVic CAG list, details of recognition by Dr. Wellar by URISA – The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an […]