Mapping

• Toronto placemaker combats erasure of Little Jamaica through mapping

  In the spring of 2021, the city announced plans to turn Little Jamaica into an official cultural district and hired Jay Pitter Placemaking to lead the process.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2023
  
• Online map curates Kelowna’s collection of public art murals

  'I see these murals all the time and I'm sure most people do, but they may not be paying attention to them,' Dianne Gray said.

  Tech

  Mar 23, 2021
  
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• What3words app increasingly being used by Ontario’s emergency services to find people who are lost

  OPP and Hastings-Quinte paramedics are actively using the app, which creates three-metre-by-three-metre squares with unique, three-word combinations to provide an exact location.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
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• Mapping of Canadian coasts showing where climate change to hit hardest this century

  A geoscientist has developed fresh maps of coastlines showing where flooding and erosion caused by climate change are likely to inflict maximum damage this century.

  Environment

  Jul 25, 2019
• Calgary professor brings voice to newcomers through interactive health project

  A University of Calgary professor has completed a mapping project that merges big data with the personal stories of Calgary newcomers.

  Health

  May 27, 2018
• Okanagan will use LiDAR to map flood plain

  Countless communities across the Okanagan have been hit by flooding over the years, yet very few have actually been mapped as a flood plain.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2018
• Google Trekker puts B.C. wilderness on the map

  A joint project by Destination BC and Google Canada set out to map 200 treks through B.C. wilderness last summer.

  Environment

  Mar 22, 2017
• German automakers buy Nokia’s map business for $3.1 billion

  A consortium of German automakers Audi, BMW and Daimler announced Monday it is buying Nokia Corp.'s HERE map business in a deal that values the unit at 2.8 billion euros.

  Tech

  Aug 4, 2015
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• Uber acquires Bing Maps technology from Microsoft

  Microsoft is handing off some its digital advertising business to AOL and selling its street-image mapping operation to Uber, as the giant software company tries to focus on its core business.

  Tech

  Jun 30, 2015