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LAKEVIEWS. A Brief Introduction. WHAT IS LAKEVIEWS?. Response to COA. Federal/Provincial agreement guided by vision of a “healthy, prosperous, & sustainable Great Lakes Ecosystem” for present & future generations” Signed by 8 Federal Departments, 3 Provincial Ministries Establishes: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LAKEVIEWS
A Brief Introduction...
• Federal/Provincial agreement guided by vision of a“healthy, prosperous, & sustainable Great Lakes Ecosystem”
for present & future generations”
• Signed by 8 Federal Departments, 3 Provincial Ministries
• Establishes:• priorities, goals, & results for enhancement & conservation of Basin Ecosystem• management strategies required to achieve these goals• roles and responsibilities of each party• commitment to report regularly and publicly
• Key Principals:• Free Exchange of Information
• data will be collected once, closest to the source, in the most efficient manner possible and will be shared
• Response to COA
WHAT IS LAKEVIEWS?
• Develop an information management system for tracking environmental change & progress
• Parties will ensure accurate and timely information on environmental progress by achieving:
• Scientific data & information shared among government, organizations, and basin residents
• Canada & Ontario will:
• Develop and maintain information management system framework for COA
• Provide public access to monitoring information through the internet and published reports
• Response to COA Annex 4:
WHAT IS LAKEVIEWS?
An interoperable system of distributed databaseslinked by web services & mapping technologies
that serves as adiscovery, access, visualization & reporting toolfor monitoring trends in environmental quality
An interoperable system of distributed databaseslinked by web services & mapping technologies
that serves as adiscovery, access, visualization & reporting toolfor monitoring trends in environmental quality
OUR VISION
HOW DOES IT WORK?
• Information stays at source– Interoperable– Distributed
• Free access to information
• Build within, on, & around existing information services
• Metadata to describe information
• Web services to provide access
• Compliance with standards (metadata and services)
• Adoption of best practices & standards
NEXT STEPS
• Application• Multiple “Views”
• Enhance features
• Content• Requirements
• Training
• Development
• Implementation
• Profile• Marketing
APPLICATION
• Links to multi-media• Improve access to spatial & temporal trend info
• Enhance Features
• Utilize existing architecture• Create/apply page templates• Customize categories, sub-categories, & layers
• Multiple Views
CONTENT
• Introduction at Management level• Working level “buy-in”• Capacity building• Tools
• Training
• What do you need?• What stage of IM are you at?• Who is your audience• What questions do you want to answer?• How do you want to present your information?• What approach?
• Requirements
CONTENT (cont.)
• How do you develop?• Who does the development?• Time…• Resources???
• Development
• Implementation• Making sure systems are compatible• Where does application sit?• Maintenance issues…
