Canadian Geomatics
Geomatics is a professional discipline that uses a systematic approach to simplify everyday problems by integrating various
means to incorporate and manage data with spatial information. Geographic Information Systems (more commonly referred to as GIS)
is an integral component of Geomatics that has been highly active in Canada over the past few decades and continues to flourish
as technology continues to develop and computers become cheaper. The CanadianGIS.com web site is an online resource tool managed
by Geomatics Specialists working here in Canada to help promote the
Geomatics industry and to share information with other Canadians.
Feel free to browse around the site and check out the growing number of online tools and resources that we are continuing to expand and be sure to join our Canadian GIS group to help discuss, learn more or share some of that valuable knowledge about our industry. Maybe you have something related to Canadian GIS that you wish to share or have a question that your fellow colleagues can help you out with? It is a SPAM free moderated group of hundreds of Geomatics Professionals and students from across the country of whom are very interested in knowing more about Canadian GIS events and may also have the solution to a problem that you came across, since they too may have come across it before on other projects in the past.
GIS is much more then maps
I am sure that we all have faced the comment when talking to people from other industries "oh you make maps..." and we all know that GIS is much more then just making maps on a computer, but sometimes you know it can actually be as simple as that, if you have the right tools and data. Now thanks to software like Google Maps and automotive navigation systems more people seem to have a better understanding of what we do and are more interested in it too. And why shouldn't they ...
Canadian Geomatics Company Directory
Check out the newly updated Canadian Geomatics Company Directory part of the web site to find a GIS company near you. Is your company included? If not send along your company info to have it added to the site for free.
Attending an event or professional conference is a great way to keep update about what is currently happening in the Geomatics industry and also an opportunity to have a good time while networking with others. Many organizations across Canada offer great conferences and events, Find out more ... |
Many web sites offer down load able online spatial information, including maps, vector data sets and satellite images to help Canadians tackle some of their most pressing challenges. get free Canadian GIS data here ... |
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Did you know that Canada is recognized internationally
for developing customized GIS applications for urban planning,
agriculture, geo-marketing and natural resources management
(see more GIS trivia ...).
