Fiona Gregory<p>During the 2000's GIS certificate programmes were sprouting up like mushrooms all over the country - I was part of the development of one of them. The graduates were in great demand. Now they are disappearing. Yet geomatics is more important than ever. Jon Murphy of GoGeomatics has some thoughts <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/geomatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geomatics</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://gogeomatics.ca/treat-geomatics-like-a-national-asset-not-an-afterthought/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gogeomatics.ca/treat-geomatics</span><span class="invisible">-like-a-national-asset-not-an-afterthought/</span></a></p>