Canada has a proud history in the realm of geospatial and location technology. In fact, an Ottawa-based geographer, the late Dr. Roger Tomlinson, is universally recognized as the “father” of what is now known as geospatial information services, or GIS. Despite Canada’s prominence in the history of GIS, the country has lacked a vendor-neutral annual […]
City of Maple Ridge Recognized for Improving Community Engagement with GIS
Spatial technology encourages collaboration in achieving community goals
Spotlight – Township Canada: Explore Canadian Legal Land Descriptions on a Map
Township Canada (https://townshipcanada.com) is a simple tool that allows for searching, converting, and mapping Canadian legal land descriptions. What is a legal land description?
Community Map of Canada Now Available
Seven years in the making and involving massive collaboration across the country, free, digital national basemap is for everyone
MapThis shares Wildfire Maps – Maps, WebMaps and Resources for #BCwildfire Updates
From GEO Jobe GIS – Recall, recently we shared the story of how our friends and colleagues at Esri small business startup, Echosec, supported their lead developer in building a BC wildfire public information ArcGIS online resource in order to help keep the public informed and safe. Building on that and after searching for additional resources, the […]
Government of Saskatchewan Wins Award for GIS Excellence
Enterprise geodatabase enhances data accessibility across the province in support of collaborative decision-making
City of Coquitlam Recognized for GIS Innovation
Targeted approach to web mapping improves support for municipal processes, increasing productivity
NB 911 Bureau Receives Award of Excellence in GIS
Use of geospatial technology improves management of civic address and road data in support of enhanced emergency services
Stats Canada (StatsCan) Mapping your community through crowdsourcing
StatsCanada has made an interesting announcement regarding a crowdsourcing effort. From a recent announcement, “we have officially launched the crowdsourcing campaign for the pilot project “Mapping your community through crowdsourcing.”
County of Simcoe Honoured for Excellence in GIS
New web mapping app improves access to municipal data and provides valuable decision support