Geomatics Survey

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Associations & directories

• Association of Canada Land Surveyors - members located across Canada who have expertise in surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, geodesy, hydrography and land information systems.
• Assn. of Ontario Land Surveyors - a self-governing association, responsible for the licensing and governance of professional land surveyors, in accordance with the Surveyors Act.
• Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
• Canadian Institute of Geomatics
• Ontario Assn. of Remote Sensing (OARS) - O.A.R.S. has, since 1972, served to educate, communicate, and facilitate on a wide variety of remote sensing and geomatics topics. The membership is composed of small business, industrial, and educational members providing for an insightful exchange of ideas.
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Assn. (URISA)

Dictionaries & encyclopedias

• Atlas of Canada - includes a glossary.
• Canadian Geographic Names - from Natural Resources Canada
• Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing - From the Library, University of California, Berkeley
• GIS Dictionary - by the Association for Geographic Information and the University of Edinburgh Department of Geography.

Portals

• Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing - Tutorials, related Canadian companies, definitions of terms, and satellite images from space of various Canadian cities/locations.
• Geomatics Canada - primarily responsible for delivering the federal government's geomatics activities and fostering growth in the Canadian geomatics industry.
• Geoplace - "the authoritative resource for spatial information" Includes some access to journals.
• Planners Web - city and regional planning resources for the U.S. & Canada
• Surveying - from the U. of Portsmouth. Includes lectures on an introduction to surveying, levelling, theodolites, co-ordinate systems and horizontal control.

Databases & e-journals

• Canadian Geographic - the online version. Some full-text.
• Directions Magazine - "Directions magazine is an internet-centered publication delivering news, analysis, commentary and product information to people who need timely, insightful and accurate information about geo-demographic trends and the tools to analyze them." Full text available.
• Geoplace.com: the Authoritative Resource for Spatial Information - home of GeoWorld. Full text of current issue, plus searchable back issues.
• Access to articles that have been published in popular culture magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals is provided by a number of subscription databases licensed to Fanshawe. Click here if you are using a computer at Fanshawe; click here for off-campus (remote) access. Fanshawe student number required.