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• DataAppeal Provides Highly Effective & Interactive 3D Maps

  

  Recently a fairly new mapping tool called DataAppeal was brought to my attention. DataAppeal renders art and design with geo-based data into highly effective an... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2012 OUTDOORS

• 2012 Global Wind Day – June 15th

  

  This years Global Wind Day will take place on June the 15th. Global Wind Day has been designated as the annual day for discovering & promoting the amazing... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Regina Online Culture Map

  

  The city of Regina, second largest in Saskatchewan is a beautiful little city situated in the center of the prairies offering many different attractions and... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Top Canadian Geomatics LinkedIn Group

  

  Recently our Geomatics LinkedIn group was selected as the top Canadian Geomatics LinkedIn Group by the GoGeomatics team. To come up with their rankings they... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 SOCIAL MEDIA

• Responsible Waste Management

  

  Most of us dispose of our waste materials without ever thinking about what happens to them when we have discarded them. We breeze through the day, tossing... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Lighter Side of Global Warming with Will Ferrel

  as George Bush. Here we have a vacationing President Bush in this very Special Announcement about global warming, penguins, frisbee golf and the perils of pop-u... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Canadian GIS Software

  

  GIS software packages come in many different formats and designed to handle many applications. Some are more robust then others offering a wide range of tools... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• the Green House Effect

  The process know as the greenhouse effect earns its description from a comparison between the temperature of air inside a greenhouse compared to the air outside. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Prince Edward Island Aerial Photograph Interactive Map Tool

  

  The province of Prince Edward Island has always been pretty good and open about making their aerial photography available. They have an in house library in... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 OUTDOORS

• Reuse, Recycle & Donate Your Junk

  

  I am always amazed at all the things that people toss out at the curb on garbage day (and that is just the larger items that we can see, so not counting the... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Power

  

  Wind powered energy has been increasingly used in European countries for years and is now increasingly being used in Canada and the United States lately as well. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Exchange Used Goods Through Trade, Goodwill, Or Money

  

  Joel and Josh of ZooFaroo.com asked if I could help share with EnvironmentGreen readers a little bit about their website. ZooFaroo is an online social... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New Atlas of Canada Map Featuring the Canadian North

  

  The Atlas of Canada recently published a beautiful new cartography product featuring the Canadian North in support of Natural Resources Canada and the Governmen... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 OUTDOORS

• Eco-friendly Cures To Sleep Issues

  

  Disability of sleeping well is a disease known as insomnia. Insomnia is a serious issue and hence should be cured or it will lead to other health issues. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Geomatics Social Networking – Get Involved

  Social media is a method for online networking interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing and marketing techniques. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Niagara College GIS Certificate

  

  Niagara College (Glendale Campus) Location: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario Program(s): GIS Certificate Prerequisites: University degree or College Diploma Info: A... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• NOAA Interactive Weather Map

  

  This link to an online web map was emailed to me recently and although it contains mainly American weather stations there are a good number of Canadian ones on... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• City of Terrace Migrates to iVAULT MapGuide Open Source for Web Mapping

  

  Challenge The City of Terrace (British Columbia) hosted a public web mapping application that was developed on Autodesk MapGuide 6.5 technology. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Niagara Falls Online Maps & Data Downloads

  

  Ever since I reviewed the GEONB online mapping application by Service New Brunswick (SNB) and started to investigate various Canadian Open Data Sources, emails... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• Carbonrally Survey

  

  With all of our help, Carbonrally has been kept at the leading edge of experimenting with the use of online communities in fostering sustainable environmental... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT