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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Blackline Safety Wins Company of the Year at the 2021 TECTERRA Awards Get home safe. That simple, but challenging mission is undertaken by the 450 employees at Blackline on behalf of clients working in manifold industries in more than 70 countries. It was early on a Friday afternoon in the spring...

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We want to congratulate the 2021 TECTERRA Awards Winners! The TECTERRA Awards were developed to create a platform to celebrate the leaders and technological disruptions in geospatial, and there isn’t a better time to recognize those advancements.  Watch the announcement video:

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  We want to congratulate the 2021 TECTERRA Awards Short-List Finalists! The TECTERRA Awards were developed to create a platform to celebrate the leaders and technological disruptions in geospatial, and there isn’t a better time to recognize those advancements. 

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Launched in 2018 and headquartered at Villeneuve Airport, Pegasus develops advanced unmanned aircraft and sensor systems to deliver autonomous data collection at a scale that is creating disruption in the aviation sector for industry and government operations. Pegasus’ unmanned aircraft address...

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