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• 4 Money-Saving ‘Green' Home Improvements

  

  In home design today “green” is the new luxury. Homeowners are learning that using eco-friendly products in their building plans or remodeling projects results... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Executive Director

  

  Spatial Data Warehouse (SDW) is an Alberta-registered, not-for-profit company created to manage the digital mapping activities of the primary mapping datasets i... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 CAREER

• GIS Developer

  

  Backroad Mapbooks has a great opportunity for someone eager to work in a geospatial development environment. We are seeking an exceptional team player who is... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 CAREER

• Party Chief – Edmonton, Calgary, Or Grande Prairie

  

  Universal Surveys Inc. is now Universal Geomatics Solutions. Universal is growing and changing!  As we continue to provide the same high levels of service to ou... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 CAREER

• GIS Career Tips and Advice

  

  We all know how rough it can be starting off with your new GIS career so I have dedicated a section of the web site to  providing GIS career related tips and... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 CAREER

• Geomatics Jobs in Calgary

  Calgary, the largest city in Alberta, is one of the hot spots in Canada for geomatics related jobs. So just incase you did not find enough jobs posted in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 CAREER, OUTDOORS

• Go Green and Save Green When You Buy in Bulk

  

  When you’re looking for ways to make a positive impact on the environment, consider buying in bulk. Bulk products include very little packaging, and you can... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Be Spatial’13 – URISA Ontario

  

  Event: Be Spatial’13 Date: Tuesday May 6-7, 2013 Location: Stoney Creek (Hamilton), Ontario Venue: Grand Olympia Details If you are in Ontario then you will wan... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Geomatics Acronyms and Abbreviations

  Geomatics has become a pretty common term in Canada lately and includes many different disciplines such as  geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Going Green: Eco-friendly Tips From the Medieval Times

  

  While the Dark Ages undoubtedly had its pitfalls and tales of repugnant hygiene, they had a much closer understanding of the earth around them than many of us... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• GIS Technician

  

  Reporting to the Manager, Information Technology, the GIS Technician is responsible to maintain and enhance the Town’s Geographic Information System (GIS),... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 CAREER

• Green Home Organizing

  

  One of the latest hits in home organizing and improving is the so called green organization. It’s a way of using organic and natural materials as much as... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Top 5 Evergreen Men’s Fashion Style

  

  Men’s fashion styles are as much important as they are for women. Fashion is a means to express one’s personal tastes; it is an art, much like creating a collag... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, LIFESTYLE

• Canadian GIS Data

  

  I am sure that almost any geomatics professional would agree that a major part of any GIS are the data sets involved. The data can be in the form of vectors,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Ontario Medical Association Turns to DMTI Spatial

  

  The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) needed to build a province-wide database to perform multiple pieces of analysis regarding all doctors and facilities in... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• 5 Tips for Going Green on Your Next Trip

  

  Studying abroad has many perks, and one of these is the chance to do your part to protect the environment while you learn about other cultures. Yet, doing so... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, TRAVEL

• GIS Jobs in Toronto

  

  Toronto, provincial capital of Ontario is the largest city in Canada with over two and a half million residents (it is also the fifth most populated area in... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CAREER

• Free Webinar – Web GIS for Engineering

  Join Pacific Alliance Technologies for a free webinar to learn how iVAULT Web GIS is helping engineering firms improve their workflows and increase revenue.... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• LIDAR Jobs

  

  Over the years airborne LIDAR has become a proven technology for providing accurate digital elevation models (DEMs) thus increasing the use and demand of this... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 CAREER

• Where is the Antipode for Your Area? Just Point, Click & Reveal

  

  I am sure some of you may have noticed that I often write about Canadian web mapping related topics here, something that has progressed rapidly over the past fe... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS