Presented by: Jake Dickinson & John Roos Abstract: As shrinking polar ice creates new opportunities for resource exploration and shipping routes, the importance for Arctic nations to monitor the ongoing expansion in the Arctic is ever increasing. Additionally, climate change continues to impact people and the environment. High resolution satellite imagery remains one of the most effective means of monitoring inaccessible and de...

Space-Based Earth Observation in Canada - A Vision for the Future Today, Canada’s landscape, coasts, waters, and cities are changing rapidly, in a large part due to unstable geopolitical currents and the acceleration of global climate change. Our future economic and environmental security, as well as the safety and well-being of its citizens, depend on our ability to understand, plan, and respond quickly to change. Space-Based Earth Observation (SBEO) technologies ...

Ocean, Marine & Coastal Hydro(Geo)spatial Management is critical for the Blue Economy. Much knowledge, data, information and coordination are needed for the marine and coastal sector in time of disruption to maintain safe and efficient operations. This session will cover the scientific basis; the detection and the response of Earthquake in the Canadian coastal zone and underwater that could potentially generate ocean coastal flooding & Tsunamis. The session will be a...

Title: Growing Canada’s Next Earth Observation (EO) GenerationCanada has a proud history in Earth Observation, supporting a strong export industry driven on EO imagery and geospatial analytics. It is incumbent on all of us to continue Canada’s strong presence in the global EO community and we can only do that with a concerted effort and plan to grow the next generation of leaders. After 51 years of leadership in space and spatial information technology MDA was recen...

A closer look at some of the lidar-derived innovations for enhanced forestry management solutions and topobathymetric flood mitigation from Quantum Spatial Canada. Presented by Sven Cowan, Dr. Andrew Brenner, and Colin Cooper. Quantum Spatial, Inc., an NV5 company, is one of North America's largest geospatial services firms, providing insights to organizations that need geospatial intelligence to mitigate risk, plan for growth, better manage resources and advance scientific ...

A new era of human experience is upon us. The current disruption brought by the COVID-19 crisis has thrust us from a mere “digital transformation” into a new digital reality.The COVID-19 crisis is rapidly reshaping the "what" and "how" of digital transformation agendas. Through leveraging IoT, Big Data, blockchain, AI, location intelligence, etc., organizations are improving their operations and business decisions.We reached a turning point in ...

Depuis près de 50 ans, des représentants de la géomatique des provinces et territoires canadiens ont collaboré avec le gouvernement fédéral à des initiatives de géomatique. Cette présentation explorera pourquoi un tel conseil a vu le jour et pourquoi son travail est important pour le secteur canadien de la géomatique et les citoyens. Alors que le secteur de la géomatique et le monde dans lequel nous vivons continuent d'évoluer, le besoin de coordination entre les juridictions demeure crucial ...

Le levé géodésique canadien (SCG) de Ressources naturelles Canada (RNCan) est chargé de définir, de maintenir et de fournir l'accès au Système canadien de référence spatiale (SCRS). Le CSRS fournit une référence cohérente pour l'arpentage, la cartographie et d'autres applications qui nécessitent un positionnement précis. Cette présentation décrira les produits, les outils et les services de BESC actuellement disponibles et donnera accès au Système canadien de référence spatiale (SCRS). Il ...