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DEPARTMENTS / CHRONIQUES 45 Geomatics and the Law / New Developments in the Duty of Cadastral Surveyors to Third Parties Izaak de Rijcke 51 Book Review: Canada’s Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests Izaak de Rijcke 53 Fifty Years Ago William R. (Bill) Brookes 56 Industry News Amy Barker 61 Lives Lived / In Memorium: Dr. Alexander (Alex) Hittel Gérard Lachapelle 63 Association of Canada Lands Surveyors / Association des arpenteurs des terres du Canada Jean-Claude Tétreault 67 CIG Sustaining Members / Membres de soutien de l’ACSG 69 Calendar of Events / Calendrier des événements Vol. 71, No. 1, 2017 GEOMATICA 1 THE JOURNAL OF GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE / LA REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L’INFORMATION GÉOSPATIALE, DE LA TECHNOLOGIE ET DE LA PRATIQUE GEOMATICA No. 1 2017 Vol. 71 FEATURES / ARTICLES DE FOND 3 Enriched Geometric Simplification of Linear Features Rajesh Tamilmani, Emmanuel Stefanakis 21 An Effective Approach to Estimating Computing Time of Vector Data Spatial Computational Domains in WebGIS Mingqiang Guo, Ying Huang, Zhong Xie, Liang Wu ARTICLES / ARTICLES 27 A Survey of Surveys: The Canadian Spatial .............. Reference System Precise Point Positioning Service. Calvin Klatt, Peter Johnson 37 Estimating Benefits to Canada and the World: The Canadian Spatial Reference System Precise Point Positioning Service Calvin Klatt, Peter Johnson ANNOUNCEMENTS / ANNONCES IFC/CAI Geomatics Atlantic 2017 Conference 20 Call for Papers / Demande de communications : Geomatica 2017 50 CIG Certification Program / Programme de certification pour les spécialistes en géomatique 52 Geomatica Award / Prix Geomatica 59 GIS in Education and Research Conference / Fifth Annual Boundary Law Conference 60 CHC-NSC 2018 Conference / CCA 2018 Conference 62 ISPRS Geospatial Week 2018 / GISTAM 2018 Conference 66 GIS Day 2017 68 New CIG Sustaining Member / Nouveau membre de soutien de l’ACSG : High Eye Aerial Imaging Inc. 68 Geomatica Volume 71, 2017, Online Subscription Photo: C.P.R. engineering party at Moberly House / Équipe d’ingénierie du CFCP à Moberly House, Columbia Valley, B.C. / C.-B., 1884. Credit / Crédit : Canadian Institute of Geomatics archives / Archives de L’Association canadienne des sciences géomatiques, and / et de Surveyors of Canada 1867–1967, Courtenay C.J. Bond, DLS, 1967, Canadian Institute of Surveying / Association canadienne des sciences géodésiques, 133.
