UTM Rows and Zones

With this world map you can easily find out what UTM zone you are working from.
Simply click on the image below to enlarge it to expose all of the map, then find out where you are located and look for the zone and row that matches your area.

Archipielago las Isleta on Lake Nicaragua (May 2009)

After checking in the city of Granada we went on an ecological tourism side of things by going on a guided boat tour of the Archipielago las Isleta, on Lake Nicaragua, a few minutes south of Granada. Our young tour guide promised us that on the tour we would see where some of the richest in the country live, see some historic forts and buildings and perhaps see some wild life and nature. Very exciting to some I sure but more so just a nice change from the typical colonial like sights and was also much cooler on the lake then it was in the city – witch was a nice change.

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Granada, Nicaragua (May 2009)

The city of Granada, rich in history and culture, is situated on the northwestern shore of Lake Cocibolca is Nicaragua’s fourth largest city and historically one of Nicaragua’s most important places both economically and politically.

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Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya (May 2009)

After checking out the sites in and around Managua, we ventured off to some of the recommended areas outside of the city since we still had amble time left before our equipment would be released.

South of the City of Managua is the Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya, the countries largest Masaya sulfur dioxide gasNational Park and one of several protected areas of Nicaragua.

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More site seeing in Managua, Nicaragua (May 2009)

So our tour continued around the city of Managua stopping at various historic and modern sites including places like the water front, the Dennis Martínez National Stadium, El Huembes Market and local restaurants. And like always a few laughs …

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Site seeing in Managua, Nicaragua (May 2009)

So unlike most of my jobs that I normally get sent on, this particular one has provided me with an abundant amount of free time due to some security / customs issues involved with our survey gear (fortunate for me, not so fortunate for our company), so I have had amble time to explore the city and it’s culture. Some of the things that I explored were …

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Nicaragua Trip (May – June 2008)

After visiting every province of Canada and almost every state in the United States during the past three years, I have finaly embarked upon my first international trip (not including USA travel …), to the country of Nicaragua, the largest Location Map of Managua, Nicaraguastate in Central America bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south.

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Geomatics Links

Geology & Geomatics Associations
CIG – Canadian Institute of Geomatics
CASI – Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institue
CRSS – Canadian Remote Sensing Society
Geological Association of Canada
AGSAtlantic Geoscience Society
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
Association of Geoscientists of Ontario
BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines
NWT Chamber of Mines
CAMESE – Canadian Association of Mining Equipment & Services for Export
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Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut Territory (Aug 2008)

This trip was not my first trip to the Canadian north (I had been to Yellowknife before) but it was my first time I had ever been to the Nunavut Territory and also the highest latitude (67 degrees north) that I have been to.

I am sure that Nunavut is probably one of the least traveled places by most Canadians maybe because it is so remote with no roads (or very few) connecting it to the rest of Canada making it very hard to get around. Due to the lack of the roads in this area, I almost always traveled by helicopter ( … sometimes by plane). Flying everywhere high above the Earth certainly provides a much better perspective to view the interesting topography and geology here created by various different ice ages over time.

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