We’re making changes to our programs so that we can better serve the geospatial community in Alberta. We’re looking at ways we can provide more resources to companies and individuals who work within the geospatial technology industry (or community).

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   Written by: Matthew Lowe, CEO & Co-founder, ZeroKey ZeroKey was launched in 2016 with the dream of building a novel human-machine interface so natural and so intuitive that users needn’t spend months learning to use it like they would a keyboard. We dreamt of productivity gains, futuristic...

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Written by: Donnalee Riley, Culture & Communications, LoKnow RainBarrel is a proprietary audience graph based on commercially available geo-spatial data. We use probabilistic models to aggregate devices based on how they interact in the physical world, providing relevant, custom-built audiences...

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Written by Gary Zhang, CEO of MRF Geosystems:  In 1998, MRF’s revenue was mainly from GIS software licenses. While we felt like winning a gold medal every time we sold a license, we were frustrated that the volume of software sales was not high. A typical project was less than $50,000, even with...

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Written by: Christopher Kam, CEO, ARK Innovation Technology: At Ark Innovation Technology, we've developed and supported our flagship SaaS product, Fieldshare, for ten years. And while keeping an online data management platform secure and up-to-date has challenges expected, the last two years have...

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Remote-sensing Pioneer Stephen Achal wins the 2021 Influencer of the Year Award By the autumn of 2019, after more than 30 years working for ITRES Research, a Calgary-based manufacturer of an array of remote-sensing and mapping applications, Stephen Achal had made an out-sized mark on the spectral...

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Ecopia AI Wins the 2021 Most Disruptive Technology Award Maps have been a vital form of technology for millennia. Any innovation that improves the quality of maps has a cascading effect for individuals, businesses, and governments trying to navigate, understand, and explain the world. Whenever...

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  University of Calgary Geomatics Professor Wins 2021 Woman of Impact Award Dr. Xin Wang, a professor of geomatics engineering at the University of Calgary, was thrilled but also surprised to discover she won the 2021 Woman of Impact award. It was late September, and she had just finished teaching...

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OpenHouse.ai Disrupts the Homebuilding Industry and Wins Start-up of the Year Buying a house is one of life's biggest decisions. The choice is based on a matrix of practical and emotional factors. No two home buyers are alike. Price, neighbourhood, square footage, nearby schools, even the colour of...

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