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GEO.ca Canada’s Federal Geospatial Portal

GEO.ca – Canadian Federal Geospatial Portal

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GEO.ca - Canadian Federal Geospatial Portal, is quickly becoming a cornerstone of Canada’s open geospatial ecosystem, offering an accessible entry point to more than 100,000 federal datasets and applications. It stands as a cornerstone of Canada’s geospatial data infrastructure, offering unparalleled access to authoritative, open, and interoperable spatial data. Its advanced search and visualization tools, commitment to open data and accessibility, and collaborative governance model position it as a leader among national geospatial portals. Designed for everyone, from GIS professionals to anyone interested in GIS, cartography, and public policy, GEO.ca provides the data, tools, and community needed to drive innovation, inform decision-making, and foster collaboration across sectors. For anyone working with location‑based information in Canada, GEO.ca is a resource worth exploring.
Drone Aerial View of Signal Hill, Newfoundland

Aerial View of Signal Hill, Newfoundland

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Signal Hill is a scenic hill that overlooks the city of St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador. Cabot Tower situated on the highest point of Signal Hill was built between 1897-1900, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's (Giovanni Caboto) voyage to the New World. The video featured here is a scenic aerial view of Cabot Tower at Signal Hill captured with a Phantom 2 drone and GoPro Hero 3.
St.Johns Declaration

St. John’s Declaration (Help Improve Geographic Literacy in Canada)

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Last month at the Canadian Association of Geographers conference in St.John's, Newfoundland, a group of concerned geography educators came together to discuss deficiencies in geographic knowledge, work on a strategy and create an action plan to help geographic education in Canada. St. John’s Declaration is a document that resulted from the meeting that will be sent out to all the major educational institutes and professional organizations to seek their endorsements for the cause. “The Canadian GIS & Geomatics website has been a long standing supporter of Geography & GIS Awareness in Canada, and in support geographic learning, teaching and research that is the foundation of the Canadian geomatics sector, supports the St. John’s Declaration for Advancing Geographic Education.”
MUN GISciences Diploma Program

College of the North Atlantic

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The College of the North Atlantic Geomatics program deals with all aspects of Geomatics, including GIS, GPS and field training with state of the art surveying instrumentation and Geomatics software. In addition to theoretical instruction, students obtain considerable field and office experience through a combination of labs, field camps, and work terms.
MUN GISciences Diploma Program

Memorial (MUN) GISciences Diploma Program

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The diploma program in Geographic Information Sciences (GISciences) at Memorial is an intense 30 credit program, it is made up of a from a variety of cartography, geographical information systems, and remote sensing courses along with two field courses that help provide students with real world opportunities to apply skills and knowledge learned in class. Graduates leave the GISciences program understanding and appreciating how cartography, geographic information systems and remote sensing are integrated with one another into the field of Geomatics.

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Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)

Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)

Made up of a from a variety of cartography, GIS & remote sensing courses providing students with real world opportunities to apply skills & knowledge ...
College of the North Atlantic

College of the North Atlantic

The College of the North Atlantic Geomatics program deals with all aspects of Geomatics, including GIS, GPS & field training with state of the art surveying instrumentation and Geomatics software ...