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Ottawa
For further information, please contact
Chair - John Donner - Email: jdonner@nrcan.gc.ca
Past events
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Life Member’s Night / Soirée des Membres à Vie Jean-François Dionne is an accomplished GIS/Geomatics specialist. He has a broad-based technical expertise in all areas of spatial technologies with over 15 years of experience. He has worked in various areas of the geospatial sciences, giving him a global perspective on the recent evolution and future direction of geomatics. Over the last 4 years, he has developed expertise using UAVs for various environmental driven applications. This presentation will give an overview of real-life experience, results and future outlook of this new exciting technology. Jean-François Dionne est un spécialiste accompli en SIG / Géomatique. Il dispose d'une expertise techniqueà base élargie dans tous les domaines des technologies spatiales avec plus de 15 ans d'expérience. Il a travaillé dans divers domaines des sciences géospatiales, en lui donnant une perspective globale sur l'évolution récente et l'orientation future de la géomatique. Au cours des 4 dernières années, il a développé une expertise en utilisant des drones pour diverses applications environnementales. Cette présentation donnera un aperçu de l'expérience de la vie réelle, les résultats et les perspectives d'avenir de cette nouvelle technologie passionnante.
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The Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 2013 Presented by Marc Véronneau Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has released the Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 2013 (CGVD2013), which is now the new reference standard for heights across Canada. This new height reference system is replacing the Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928 (CGVD28), which was adopted officially by an Order in Council in 1935. CGVD2013 is defined by the equipotential surface that best represents coastal mean sea level around North America, according to an agreement reached between the United States and Canada. This new vertical datum is realized by the CGG2013 geoid model, which provides the separation between the GRS80 ellipsoid and the selected equipotential surface in the NAD83 (CSRS) reference frame. Such a datum provides a direct connection to heights measured with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) technologies, such as GPS. The heights of existing benchmarks are also available in CGVD2013. These heights were obtained by re-adjusting the entire federal firstorder levelling network. CGVD2013 heights obtained by combining GNSS ellipsoidal heights and CGG2013 geoid undulations will This presentation will review the evolution of the CGVD28 network, highlight the technical advances that made possible the realization of CGVD2013 and summarize the differences users should expect when migrating to the new datum. Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Reservations |
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CIG Ottawa Branch is pleased to announce Student Awards Night – April 11, 2013 In recognition of the student participation in the activities of the CIG Ottawa Branch, we are pleased to present the annual Student Awards Night. Students from the Algonquin College GIS Technology Program and the University of Ottawa will present their work. The Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), along with Ottawa corporate sponsors, is organizing the meeting this year. We are very pleased with the continued support shown by the local geomatics business community. For complete details, view the PDF |
OTTAWA BRANCH - Life Member’s Night
Seats are still available
Date: Wednesday May 30, 2012
Time: Cash bar: 5:30 PM, Dinner: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant International / Building H, Algonquin College; 1385 Avenue Woodroffe Avenue
The widespread growth in popularity of consumer and mass-market oriented Web maps has shown the immense value of having access to current, high quality online map information in support of decision making. Professional GIS users and knowledge workers who support mission-critical applications in government agencies, industry and academic institutions also require ready access to consistent online data and maps. To meet this need Esri Canada developed the Canada Community Map, which provides a cost-effective and efficient framework for Canadian organizations to share their geographic information with other professionals and with the online public. It is a high-performance application; has Canada-wide coverage; is derived from authoritative sources; is up to date; and is of high cartographic quality. The program currently has over 100 participating Canadian organizations, with a goal of 1000 plus organizations participating by 2017. The seamless national map is also rendered with uniform cartography, cached and integrated into the World Topographic Map on ArcGIS Online. This presentation will explain what the Esri Canada Community Map program is, how it works, what are the benefits of participation and will demonstrate some uses of the interactive online map.
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OTTAWA BRANCH / SECTION D'OTTAWA
Real Time Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Networks
Presented by: Mike Strutt
Real Time Network Administrator, Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc
GPS is a mature technology that supports services ranging from navigation and timing to sophisticated weaponry. As precise real time kinetic (RTK) GPS enters its third decade, the emergence and proliferation of Real Time Networks (RTN) is having a major impact on the Geomatics, Construction and Agriculture industries.
RTN’s consist of a collection of GNSS receivers linked together over the internet and managed by software located at a central processing site. By connecting to this network, surveyors, engineers, GIS professionals and machine operators (bulldozers, graders, planters/fertilizers/ harvesters) can improve productivity and profitability while realizing sensor precisions ranging from sub-meter to centimetre.
This presentation will describe the technology, applications, accuracy, advantages and distribution of real time GNSS reference networks in Canada.
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GPS est une technologie mature qui prend en charge des services allant de la navigation et de synchronisation à un armement sophistiqué. Aussi précis en temps réel cinétique (RTK) GPS entre dans sa troisième décennie, l'émergence et la prolifération des réseaux en temps réel (RTN), est d'avoir un impact majeur sur les industries de géomatique, de la construction et l'agriculture.
RTN consistent en une collection de récepteurs GNSS reliés entre eux sur Internet et géré par un logiciel situé sur un site de traitement central. En vous connectant à ce réseau, géomètres, ingénieurs spécialistes des SIG, et les opérateurs de machines (bulldozers, des niveleuses, des jardinières ou des engrais ou les moissonneuses) peut améliorer la productivité et la rentabilité tout en réalisant des précisions de capteurs allant de sub-métrique en centimètres.
Cette présentation décrira la technologie, les applications, la précision, les avantages et la distribution des réseaux en temps réel de référence GNSS au Canada.
Where & When?
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Time: Cash bar: 19:00 hrs, Meeting 20:00 hrs
Location: RA Centre, Room “Courtside A”, 2451 Riverside Drive, between Bronson Avenue and Billing’s Bridge Shopping Centre
Admission:
$15 Members (reserve by April 3rd)
$17 Non-Members & At the Door
$ 8 Students (reserve by April 3rd)
Reservations:
Paul Mrstik, Geodigital International 613-820-5131 x 222
David Boal 613-731-4301
David Broscoe, Algonquin College 613-727-4723x3350
Roger Shreenan, Geodigital International, 613-820-4545
John Donner, Natural Resources Canada, 613-995-7673 Or email: jdonner@nrcan.gc.ca
CIG GOLF TOURNAMENT
Friday, September 30, 2011
First "tee off" at 11:00 a.m.
Registration: Single; Groups of 4
Deadline: September 27, 2011 - Complete Details - PDF
Life Members Night
Presents
KABOOM
By - Ron Gould
Date: Wednesday June 15, 2011
Time: Cash bar: 6:00 PM, Dinner: 6:30 PM.
Twice now, Ron Gould has blown up an airplane in Ottawa. Actually it was all for science, and visitors from many agencies in a number of countries travelled here to see it happen. It was invitation only, but now the CIG Ottawa Branch is inviting you to hear about it too. Ron will describe how he and his team developed the idea, then planned and executed KABOOM and KABOOM2 at the NRC's Uplands Campus next to the airport. Explosives, Emergency Services, high speed imagery, aerial imagery and remote sensing, and mobile LiDAR were all ingredients used in the KABOOM project. Ron will talk about the data they collected and what they learned. Join us for this unusual, unique and very interesting discussion on Life Members Night.
Indoor Geolocation
by
Mike Ballard
Professor, GIS Graduate Certificate and Geomatics Technician Program
Algonquin College
Date: Wednesday March 2, 2011
Time Cash bar: 19:00 hrs, Meeting: 20:00 hrs
Location: Control Tower Airforce Mess, 158 rue Gloucester Street
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Life Members Night / Conférence & Soirée des Membres a Vie
With Guest Speaker / Conférencier invité
Pierre Sauvé
Centenary of the Geodetic Survey Division
Wednesday November 25th, 2009 / Mercredi Novembre 25, 2009
For complete details
Presents
Dr David Coleman
Dean of Engineering and Professor of Geomatics Engineering at the
University of New Brunswick.
" The Potential and Pitfalls of Volunteered Geographic Information:
Who are the "Volunteers" and What Motivates Them"
See PDF for complete details
In recognition of the students participation in the activities of the Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics, we would like to invite you to our 10th Annual Student Awards Night. Students from 3 local Universities and Colleges will present their work. The Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), along with corporate sponsors is organizing the meeting this year.
The Student Award night is being held at 7pm on November 12th, 2008 at the Air Force Mess (158 Gloucester St).
All the best and we look forward to seeing you at the event!
Susanne Klassen
CIG Ottawa Branch Chair
See PDF for details
CIG OTTAWA BRANCH
Presents
Life Members Night - Thursday, May 22, 2008
With Guest Speaker
Jeff Dole of Stantec
Using Geomatics Technology for Rapid Bridge Replacement
See PDF for details
CIG OTTAWA BRANCH - STUDENT AWARD NIGHT
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time: Cash bar: 19:00 hrs, Meeting 20:00 hrs
Location: Control Tower, Air Force Mess, 158 Gloucester Street
See PDF for details
CIG OTTAWA BRANCH - STUDENT AWARD NIGHT
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
See PDF for details
CIG OTTAWA BRANCH GOLF TOURNAMENT
Friday September 29, 2006
Hammond Golf and Country Club
See announcement and map for further details
CIG Ottawa Branch Presents
Datum Issues Theoretical and Practical
Pierre Sauvé
Coordinator, Quality Management System, NRCan
With the current push towards integrated surveys, issues concerning Datums and Reference Frames come to the forefront as never before. NAD27, NAD83, NAD83(CSRS), ITRF, WGS84, local datums, CGVD28 published elevation vs GPS/Geoid models. Confusing enough? This talk aims at setting the story straight on horizontal and vertical datums. It will also present some little-known but serious shortcomings in today's GPS equipment, techniques and standards and the resulting practical implications for GPS users.
Please see attached PDF file for more details.| Date: | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
| Time: | Cash bar: 19:00 hrs, Meeting: 20:00 hrs |
| Location: | Control Tower, Airforce Mess 158 Gloucester Street |
Reservations
| David Broscoe, Algonquin College | 727-4723, x 3350 |
| Paul Mrstik, Terrapoint Canada | 820-5131 x 222 |
| Dave Boal | 731-4301 |
| Costas Armenakis, Geomatics Canada | 992-4487 |
| John Donner, Geomatics Canada | 995-7673 |
| Roger Shreenan, Terrapoint Canada | 820-5131 x 242 |
| Or e-mail: | broscod@algonquincollege.com |
Admission:
$12 members (reserved)
$15 at the door & non-members
Students $8 (reserved)
CIG Ottawa Branch Presents
Cybercartography in the context of contemporary mapping
Sébastien Caquard
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Center – Carleton University
The world of maps and mapping is being rapidly transformed. Recent technological developments have brought maps into the daily life of societies all over the world in unprecedented ways. The entire domain of mapmaking is experiencing a profound change in the way maps (re)produce territories. This change is the result of developments in industry, the open source community, community based initiatives as well as in academia, science and art. Cybercartography aims to capture and build on this diversity and to further explore the changing nature of maps. In January 2003 a multidisciplinary research team at Carleton University in Ottawa began to further develop a foundational paradigm for cybercartography. This paradigm will be presented and discussed, illustrated by examples developed in the context of the Cybercartography and the New Economy project.
Please see PDF file for more details
| Date: | Tuesday, Nov 22nd, 2005 |
| Time: | Cash bar: 19:00 hrs, Meeting: 20:00 hrs |
| Location: |
Control Tower, Airforce Mess |
Reservations
| David Broscoe, Algonquin College |
727-4723, x 3350 |
| Paul Mrstik, Terrapoint Canada | 820-5131 x 222 |
| Dave Boal | 731-4301 |
| Costas Armenakis, Geomatics Canada | 992-4487 |
| John Donner, Geomatics Canada | 995-7673 |
| Roger Shreenan, Terrapoint Canada | 820-5131 x 242 |
| Or e-mail: | broscod@algonquincollege.com |
Admission:
$12 members (reserved)
$15 at the door & non-members
Students $8 (reserved)
CIG OTTAWA BRANCH GOLF TOURNAMENT
Friday September 23, 2005
Hammond Golf and Country Club
See announcement for further details
The CIG Ottowa Branch
Presents / Présente
Life Members Night / Conférence & Soirée des Membres a Vie
With Guest Speaker / Conférencier invité
Ted Lawson
Sergeant, 1st Canadian Field Airsurvey Company, WWII
Sergent, 1ère compagnie canadienne de levées aériennes de campagne
( II-ième Guerre Mondiale)
Mapping the Front: Military Mapping in WWII
Cartographier le front: la cartographie militaire pendant la II-ième Guerre Mondiale
A brief outline of how military maps were made in WWII by the Royal Canadian Engineers, 1st Canadian Corps Field Survey Company. The subject matter is from memory and the thankful blessing that details of the day were documented by Senior Officers. Ted remembers: They were all hand-drawn maps. Our unit did 450 of them as we made our way to Holland. We had trucks set up with printing presses in the back of them, to get the maps out to the field commanders as quick as possible. You could tell, by what they wanted printed as a map, where the next battles would be taking place. We were never far behind them. (quote from Ron Corbett’s Ottawa Citizen article, May 12th 2003)
La présentation décrit brièvement comment les cartes étaient produites pendant la II-ième Guerre Mondiale par la Compagnie de levés d'arpentage du 1er Corps canadien, Génie royal militaire canadien. Un sujet intéressant décrit à partir des souvenirs de l’auteur et grâce aux détails documentés par les officiers supérieurs. Ted se rappèle : ‘Toutes les cartes étaient désignées à la main. Notre unité a fait 450 pendant la campagne de Hollande. Nous avions des presses installées dans des camions. Il fallait livrer les cartes le plus vite possible aux commandants sur le front. Nous n’étions jamais trop loin d’eux. On pouvait deviner ou sera la prochaine bataille d’après les cartes imprimées.’ (article de Ron Corbett, Ottawa Citizen, 12 mai 2003)
| Date: | Thursday, June 2, 2005 / Jeudi, le 2 juin 2005 | |
| Time: | Cash bar: 6 PM, Dinner: 7 PM. Meal includes Appetizer, Salad, Beef with Potatoes and Vegetables, and a Baked Cheesecake Dessert (Wine is not included in the cost of the meal). A Vegetarian meal is also available. Please specify when you reserve. Meeting : 8:30 PM | |
| Heures: | Bar payant : 18h. souper : 19h. Le repas comprend une entrée, salade, rôti de bœuf avec pommes de terre et légumes et le gâteau au fromage ou four. Un repas végétarien est disponible en option. SVP mentionnez votre choix lors de la réservation. (Le vin n’est pas inclus dans le prix du repas) La réunion suit à 20 30h. | |
| Location / Lieu: | Restaurant International / Algonquin College; 1385, Avenue Woodroffe Avenue | |
| Go to / voir: | http://www.algonquincollege.com/ highband/swf/middle/woodroffe_tour.htm and click on International Restaurant for a restaurant panorama. |
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Life Members / |
$28.00
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| Non – Members / Non-membres : |
$50.00
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| Members, Guests of Life Members / Membres et invités des membres à vie : |
$40.00
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RSVP: before May 26, 2005 / RSVP avant 26 mai 2005
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Reservations
| Paul Mrstik, Terrapoint | 820-5131 x222 |
| Dave Boal | 731-4301 |
| Costas Armenakis, Geomatics Canada | 992-4487 |
| David Broscoe, Algonquin College | 727-4723, ext. 3350 |
| John Donner, Geomatics Canada, | 995-7673 |
| or / ou e-mail: | broscod@algonquincollege.com |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Developments and Applications / Développement des véhicules aériens sans pilote et leur application
presented by / présenté par
Sean McCann, President, MMIST Ottawa
Date:
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
mercredi 16 février 2005
Time / temps:
Cash bar: 19:00 hrs, Meeting: 20:00 hrs
Bar payant: 19h, Réunion: 20h
Location:
Control Tower / Tour de control
Airforce Mess / Mess de l'Armée de l'air
158 rue Gloucester Street