Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Quality Positioning Services (QPS) has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Esri, the world leader in GIS technology. The agreement enables QPS to bundle its QINSy and Fledermaus products with Esri software and provide a complete hydrographic survey, data management, and charting solution.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
In celebration of GIS Day, Esri Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) today announced a collaborative agreement that will advance the organizations’ common goal of promoting geographical literacy. Esri Canada provides the world’s leading geographic information system (GIS) technology, to which 50% of Canada’s publicly-funded educational institutions have access. The RCGS is a non-profit
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Professionals in the oceanic and atmospheric communities often use the popular file format called the Network Common Data Form (netCDF) to create, manage, store, and distribute scientific data. Esri ArcGIS 10.1 works with this file format, reading and writing data that’s stored in netCDF and letting scientists and researchers integrate data related to temperature, precipitation,
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, join hundreds of Canadians as they celebrate the transforming power of geographic information system (GIS) technology on GIS Day. This year marks the 50th anniversary of GIS, which was invented by Dr. Roger Tomlinson in Canada in 1962. Dr. Tomlinson conceived the idea of using computers to automate mapping analysis for
Monday, November 5th, 2012
Members of the worldwide Esri software user community are invited to tell their GIS story and share their expertise at the 2013 Esri International User Conference (Esri UC). The deadline for abstract submissions is November 9, 2012.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
If you’re a homeowner in New Brunswick who would like to know if your property contains a wetland, a developer looking for new sites, or an emergency manager in the province planning flood mitigation strategies, you only need to visit the GeoNB portal (snb.ca/geonb) to find the information you need. Created by Service New Brunswick,
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Much of the border Canada and the United States share is water. The Great Lakes, the world’s largest freshwater resource, and the St. Lawrence Seaway, as well as thousands of rivers and streams traverse this 8,000-kilometre boundary. Until recently, there had been no consistent data on these water bodies to help prevent and resolve transboundary
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Alberta’s oil sands contain the third-largest crude oil reserve in the world, next to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Managing this valuable resource requires responsible development. To support this, the ministry of Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) created the Oil Sands Information Portal (osip.alberta.ca). The portal uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to make data
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Esri Canada today announced that the Government of Manitoba has selected the company to provide geographic information system (GIS) technology and services for creating a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for the province. The SDI supports increased efficiency through a shared structure that will bring together all of Manitoba’s government mapping data and services. This will allow
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Sépaq manages the largest nature and outdoor network in Québec. They manage public natural territories and tourism facilities throughout the province, including 22 national parks and 15 wildlife reserves. To preserve these natural sites, Sépaq uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to increase their knowledge of the territories under their management, support sustainable development and improve
