Geomatics Industry News

Geomatics is a rapidly growing industry that combines a variety of disciplines including GIS, surveying, remote sensing, geographic information, cartography, and photogrammetry. It is used for a variety of applications such as mapping and navigation, urban planning, conservation and resource management, land acquisition, and construction.

The geomatics industry is constantly evolving and improving, thanks to advances in technology and the increasing demand for data and location information. Companies in the geomatics industry are actively seeking new ways to use data and technology to create more efficient, accurate, and cost-effective solutions.

The “Geomatics Industry News” section of our site includes various Canadian geomatics industry related information on GIS surveying, remote sensing, geographic information, cartography, and photogrammetry. See the various pages listed further below for more information …

If you have information related to the Canadian geomatics industry news that you think we should share here, then please do let us know.

Survey Training Program for GIS Grads

OpenStreetMap User Community

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The OpenStreetMap user community had it's two millionth account created last week, reaching another milestone in the continuous growth of OpenStreetMap. A pretty big achievement for the opensource movement and a big step forward for the geomatics sector. More openstreetmap resources and details available at ...
DMTI Spatial

DMTI Spatial & Intact Financial Awarded Technology of the Year Award

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DMTI and Intact Financial Corporation were awarded the Technology Implementation of the Year award for their work in implementing real-time location analytics technology at Canada’s largest insurance company, resulting in a 15 per cent reduction in processing time.
GIS Software

GIS Software category added to Geo-matching

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A new category for GIS Software was recently added to Geo-matching's product categories. The site helps guide users through the maze of product specifications and provides them the opportunity to compare products from different suppliers and read other professionals’ reviews in order to reach a balanced judgment before buying.
KazEOSat

PCI Geomatics Supports KazEOSat-1

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PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has implemented support for KazEOSat-1, an Earth Observation satellite. KazEOSat-1 is capable of producing imagery of up to 1-meter panchromatic and 4-meter multispectral.
Land Applications of Radar Remote Sensing

Land Applications of Radar Remote Sensing

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The book Land Applications of Radar Remote Sensing demonstrates the use of SAR data in land cover, topography, and land motion. The authors go into extensive detail providing a complete review on speckle and adaptive filtering, as well as the generation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and terrain modeling. This remote sensing book is completely free to read online as well as download in PDF format.
Top viewed GNSS Receivers

Top viewed GNSS Receivers

Geo-matching features a variety of the latest geospatial technical equipment used by professionals in the geomatics sector, including GNSS Receivers. The top GNSS receivers based on views from the geospatial community on Geo-matching.com are ...
Geospatial Resume Writing

Professional Geospatial Resume & Cover Letter Writing

Finding a good quality job in the Canadian geomatics industry can often be much harder then an actual job itself. Especially when you consider that there is tough competition and few quality job opportunities out there, therefore you really need to be on your game and do what ever you can to help give your career an edge over your competition. The geospatial resume and cover letter writing services are designed to offer an effective, affordable approach to getting ahead in the job market.
Total Stations - Viva TS15 - Leica

Top 5 Total Stations

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Geo-matching is a product comparison style website for geomatics related devices and provides users with good overviews of Total Stations, UAVs, GNSS Receivers, and other hardware used in the industry. The total-station category offers a variety of hardware including: devices by Topcon, Foif, Nikon, Kolida, LeicaGeomax, TI Asahi and Spectra Precision. The top total stations for 2014 based on views from the geomatics community on Geo-matching.com were ...
Survey Training Program for GIS Grads

New Survey Training Program for GIS Grads

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This year, GoGeomatics is launching a brand new geomatics training program in Canada with some great benefits for both graduates and industry in the Canadian geospatial sector. And the program will be free for all participants, and will also guarantee students a geomatics job when they have successfully completed the program.