Regional GIS Day 2014 - November 19!

Do you know what the word Geomatics means?  How about GIS? Believe it or not, Geomatics technology is part of your life…every day!

Join the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG), the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) in celebrating GIS Day 2014 at the TELUS Spark Science Centre on November 19^th. Through various hands on activities, an innovation and career tradeshow with more than 30 booths, and activities for kids related to geography and Geomatics, we hope to educate a new generation of Geo-Nerds! If that wasn’t enough, many of the exhibits at the TELUS Spark centre will be open to explore!

If this hasn’t peaked your interest, there will door prizes throughout the evening as well as light refreshments.

Visit www.AlbertaGeomaticsGroup.ca and register today.  Its only $10 per adult and $5 for children under 12 years of age.  As well, you can download the poster for the event and post it in your staff room to ensure others within your teams are aware of this great opportunity.

Come spend the evening at TELUS Spark!

Life is an Adventure, know where you’re going!  Come find out Geomatics plays a part in this journey!

5 Common Web Map Design Mistakes to Avoid

Some good points in this article...

http://blog.mangomap.com/post/65510122361/5-common-web-map-design-mistakes-to-avoid#

Open Government Tour 2014 #OGT14 Hits Victoria BC

Although this event has already happened, there are some comments related to current Government participation levels...

http://blog.gisuser.com/2014/08/26/open-government-tour-2014-ogt14-hits-victoria-to-stimulate-opendata-dialog-opendata/

Spatial Data Warehouse Ltd. Stakeholder Meetings

In November, Spatial Data Warehouse (SDW) will host two stakeholder meetings to discuss current and future plans for the organization as part of their strategic renewal plan. These meetings are designed to create a conversation with stakeholders in regards to their ideas and concerns about current SDW products as distributed through AltaLIS. Discussion about new products and opportunities for providing access to geospatial data that supports the needs of industry, government and the public will also be on the agenda.

• November 13, 2014 - Delta Edmonton South Hotel & Conference Centre
• November 17, 2014 - Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Calgary Airport

For more information contact Erik Holmlund.

Spatial Data Infrastructure Summit

GeoDiscover Alberta, in conjunction with GeoConnections, is pleased to invite the Canadian spatial data community to attend their 1st annual Spatial Data Infrastructure Summit being held at the University of Calgary, September 17 to September 19, 2014. This conference will explore the role of governments in realizing better means for sharing geographic data and developing improved location-based services for meeting real world needs. For more information, click here.

URISA Recommends the Addition of Addresses as a Framework Data Theme

Although this will be focused on the USA, hopefully Canada can follow a similar direction:

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2014/jul/22/news2.html

First commercial Earth observation satellite with 31 cm resolution to be launched Aug 13

This sounds impressive...

http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2014/08/first-earth-observation-satellite-with-31-cm-resolution-to-be-launched-aug-13.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fzeissg%2Fgeospatial+%28Between+the+Poles%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

Next Phase of Canadian Open Gov

Recent news from our Federal Government:

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=874909

Content and Growth of Municipal Open Data Catalogues

Interesting posting related to Open Data in Canada.


http://www.gogeomatics.ca/magazine/content-and-growth-of-municipal-open-data-catalogues.htm?utm_source=GoGeomatics+Canada+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f7ba60d2d9-Canadian_Spatial_Times_13_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4512ec0c46-f7ba60d2d9-53818093#

What’s the Deal with 3DEP?

The USGS is starting an interesting program related to 3D data...


http://gisandscience.com/2014/07/18/whats-the-deal-with-3dep/