Our planet is in flux: pandemics, climate change, inequality. This talk will explore the ideas of "planetary-scale" as it pertains to the geospatial community’s work. We will be looking at how we need planetary-scale thinking to address the planetary-scale problems we are now being challenged with. We don’t have a “Planet B", so how can geospatial technology be used to ethically approach some of the most pressing issues our species have collectively faced? &...

Will Cadell

Keynote speaker

Maxar’s WeatherDesk is a mature product platform that has continually evolved to satisfy changing customer requirements.  It sets the standard for reliable and accurate weather forecasting through sound attention to science, an intense focus on customer service including 24/7 meteorological and operational support, and optimally solving customer problems.  WeatherDesk products elegantly translate weather data into insights and actionable intelligen...

Chris Hyde

Speaker

This workshop will use open tools and standards to create STAC compliant data for a Canadian Federal Dataset.  The workshop will focus on the nuances of working on Canadian Data in a Cloud environment. It will further demonstrate modern geospatial data science tools to create a SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogue.  Sparkgeo will also demonstrate use in leading desktop and cloud mapping software. 

Tomer Rockman

Speaker

James Banting

Speaker