whats new at agrg
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presented at the GANS Christmas Social on Thursday, the 12thTRANSCRIPT
What’s NEW at AGRG?
Bob Maher
Senior Research Scientist
Applied Geomatics Research Group
NSCC, Middleton, NS
GANS Christmas Social December 11/08
OUTLINE
1. Where is AGRG?2. Who is AGRG?3. Highlights for 20084. Internships, Geomatics Products5. Expectations for 20096. Questions for 20097. Questions for GANS
Where is AGRG?
BobDavidTim
RogerChris
Bill – AIF Project ManagerJeff - BIC
Who is AGRG?
Highlights 2008
1. New AIF award2. New Joint MSc. in Applied Geomatics3. Creation of the Business Incubation Centre4. Online Wind and Solar atlas5. Field work in Peru and MacKenzie Delta6. Community mapping workshops
Chris Hopkinson
David Colville
Tim Webster
Roger Mosher
Jeff Wentzell
Bill Livingstone
Bob Maher
Expectations for 2009
Ⅰ New CFI Proposal
New NSERC ProposalⅡ
Ⅲ Proposals by other Institutions
Integrating Remote and In-situ Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, Modeling and Validation
Developing the Maritimes Geomatics industry in collaboration with the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG)
Expectations for 2009
V Geomatics Atlantic Conference
VI Rural Secretariat Proposal
VII AIF Year 2 project
IV Summer Institute
Changes at COGS
Re-use of the term “Geographic Sciences”
Re-design of the Survey stream including 3rd year and Marine Geomatics
Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Geographic Sciences with specializations
Changes at AGRG
Consolidation of joint MSc.
New industrial internship pathways
Questions for GANS?
2. How can AGRG help the provincial government serve maps to the communities? David)
1.How can AGRG help the Geomatics industry in Nova Scotia? (Bob)
Questions for GANS?
What workshops can CIG/AGRG offer at Geomatics Atlantic in Wolfville? (Tim)
What is needed to make the BIC attractive to possible entrepreneurs in Nova Scotia? (Jeff)
