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...
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...
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...
Two weeks ago we partnered up with our friends at Alberta IoT to host a panel of CEOs working at the intersection of IoT and location-based technology – a powerful pairing. Our CEO, Jonathan Neufeld, was joined by Tom Groenland, CEO of mcThings, Ellen Christopherson, CEO of clearGRID, and Wilson...
Most of the world uses geospatial technology every day, whether users know it or not. Geospatial technology has not only filtered into everyday life, it is also being used in most industries in 2021. mcThings has created a disruptive IoT platform incorporating geospatial technology being used daily...
Geospatial technology has been a niche form of technology that historically has been exclusive for a very specific type of expertise. However, things have been changing dramatically over the past few years in the geospatial technology landscape. It has been more evident than ever to TECTERRA that...
What does processing 1.3 billion inputs of data daily look like, you might wonder? Samdesk has that answer because they do just that. Samdesk has brought a new meaning to using real-time data by revolutionizing what it means to process live content posted online through social media and open web...
Real-time data has become one of the biggest buzzwords in 2021 for geospatial technology. AeroLab has taken real-time data and revolutionized what that means in the high-performance cycling world, which is projected to be a 780 million dollar industry by 2026. Using aerospace technology and...
In February each year, the brightest minds in geospatial technology gather in Banff, Alberta, for the NORTH51 conference. Last year, the 2020 theme, ‘Off the Map,’ represented the continuous evolution of geospatial technology and highlighted the incongruous rise in the reliance on location-aware...
NORTH51 is a time for us to connect and look forward. Unfortunately, this year NORTH51 was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, so we’re reliving some of the best moments online instead. In this post, I’m going to look forward, and hopefully, we can have a robust conversation online...