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Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre: Facility Navigation Capstone Project

Background The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) provides work-integrated courses to students in the final year of their program. These courses allow students to participate in a semester-long capstone project; allowing them to work in multi-disciplinary teams on a real-life project with the support of a SAIT faculty member and member(s) of industry. The […]

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SPOC Modernization Project

About SPOC Survey Plan On-line Checker (SPOC) is a web-based plan checking system that is designed to provide Alberta Land Surveyors and their staff the ability to verify that the digital CAD file meets Alberta Land Titles specifications. This system assists the Land Titles staff in the quality assurance of digital CAD file submissions and […]

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Another MNC Staff Member Receives Professional Certification in Safe Software’s FME Platform

Calgary, Alberta, January 8, 2020: The MNC team is pleased to congratulate Linda Mudie, MNC GIS Technician, in obtaining her accreditation as an FME* Certified Professional on December 23, 2019. With support for 350+ formats and applications, FME® (Feature Manipulation Engine) is the data integration platform that converts, transforms, and automates data whenever and however, it’s […]

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MNC GIS Specialist Earns Esri’s “Going Places with Spatial Analysis” Certificate

Calgary, Alberta, October 22, 2019: The MNC team would like to congratulate GIS specialist, Heather Campbell, on earning Esri’s “Going Places with Spatial Analysis” certificate through Esri’s MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) training. This six-week online course allows learners to gain a deeper understanding of spatial data analysis by giving them hands-on experience using the […]

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MNC GIS Specialist Earns Esri’s “Earth Imagery at Work” Certificate

Calgary, Alberta, July 8, 2019: The MNC team would like to congratulate GIS specialist, Linda Mudie, on earning Esri’s “Earth Imagery at Work” certificate through Esri’s MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) training. This six-week online course allows learners to explore how imagery provides information that supports decision making and helps save time, money, and resources. […]

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MNC Staff Member Earns Esri’s ArcGIS Desktop Entry Certification

Calgary, Alberta, May 23, 2019: We would like to commend Heather Campbell, MNC GIS Technician, who earned her Esri ArcGIS Desktop Entry certification in May 2019. This certification tests one’s ability to work with programs such as ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Apps For The Field, and ArcGIS Pro. Heather has demonstrated her comprehension of basic ArcGIS […]

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MNC Staff Member Completes Esri’s Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps Course

Calgary, Alberta, January 28, 2019: We would like to commend Wendy Amy, our GIS Project Manager, on completing Esri’s Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps Course. This course is one of the many available through the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) program offered by Esri. Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps is a four-week self-paced course geared towards teaching students how […]

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Presenting our ‘Story’ to Esri Canada

Good data supports good business, and creating good data is our business! That is the message we recently shared with the Esri Canada sales team through the use of their Story Map platform. As Canada’s premier ‘Cadastral and Parcel Mapping Experts’, we have led the modernization of mapping programs across Western Canada. Today, we are […]

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An Introduction to Esri Story Maps

On September 25, 2018, the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG) held its 2018 Fall Learning Session & Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Calgary. Several members of the geomatics community were invited to speak at the AGM, including one of our Geomatics Technicians, Heather Campbell, who spoke about her experiences using Esri’s Story Map online platform. Story […]

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MNC Staff Member Completes Esri’s MOOC Program

Calgary, Alberta, August 13, 2018: The MNC team is pleased to congratulate Heather Campbell, MNC GIS Technician, on completing Esri’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) program. This six-week course, which millions of adult learners around the world use to keep up with the fast-paced developments in the ArcGIS platform, is packed full of practical, contemporary […]