Geomatics

Geomatics combines the power of computing with geographic and environmental analysis.

Geomatics' students are...

• In demand - Geomatics is one of the 3 most important emerging and evolving career areas today according to Industry Canada.
• A cut above - it's the only Geomatics program that includes the fundamentals of software design as part of required courses.
• Experienced - high-tech labs, co-op, field trips, and world-class professors help land exciting jobs.
  Geomatics consists of a number of disciplines that are used to create a detailed but understandable picture of the physical world and our place in it.

These disciplines include:

• geographic information systems (GIS)
• remote sensing
• surveying and mapping
• global positioning system (GPS)
• surveying

A world leader in Geomatics

Become part of Canada's geomatics community, which is a world leader in providing the software, hardware, services and knowledge that help clients address challenges and opportunities in such areas as:

• the environment
• health care
• land management and reform
• development planning
• infrastructure management
• natural resource monitoring
• weather reporting
• recreational industries
• sustainable development
• coastal zone management and mapping

The skills students in Geomatics take away will help them in any field they enter. Grace, pictured above, wants to work with relief organizations. Until she gets there, Grace is having fun with her courses. For starters, she think's it's awesome she gets to work with satellite imagery.

What is Geomatics?

Explore the endless possibilities by checking out our Geomatics video.

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