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Natural Resources Canada
Slide 1
21 Apr 2023
A National Program to develop the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)
...Canada’s geographic ...Canada’s geographic information on the Internetinformation on the Internet
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Slide 2
21 Apr 2023
GeoConnections...GeoConnections...
GeoConnections is a National Program to develop:
• the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) -- delivering Canada’s geographic information on the Internet.
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Slide 3
21 Apr 2023
Five key thrustsFive key thrusts1. client centered access to government
information,
2. which is built on a common national framework
3. using international standards,
4. collected by agencies in cost-efficient partnerships, and
5. provided seamlessly to users within a co-ordinated supportive policy environment
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Slide 4
21 Apr 2023
Seven GeoConnections Seven GeoConnections programsprograms
• National Access -- building common access window • National Framework -- standard geographic foundation to
enable applications and value-added• GeoPartners -- Secretariat to support national partnerships• GeoInnovations -- industrial technology development
through partnerships• National Atlas -- national entry point for perspectives on
data themes and issues• Sustainable Communities -- community-driven and
focused pilot applications• Skills Network -- development of knowledge workers
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Slide 5
21 Apr 2023
CGDI PartnershipsCGDI Partnerships
‘Way of operating’ as much as policy thrust
open consultations
• data sharing and collaboration
• federal-provincial-territorial agencies have adopted a Statement of Principles on partnerships – gather data in partnerships– only once, closest to source– share and use many times
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Slide 6
21 Apr 2023
CGDI Policy EnvironmentCGDI Policy EnvironmentSeamless distribution and use of government
geographic information
• easing policy issues• government viewing itself from its clients’
perspective, and developing access:– from any department– from any level of government– with simpler, common sales and licensing
agreements
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Slide 7
21 Apr 2023
Shared leadershipShared leadership• Open and consultative• consortium approach to decision making
– federal, provincial, territorial agencies
– private sector and academia
• collective leadership among the participants• responds to the need find new ways to manage
horizontal issues• recognizes multi-participants and activities across
different user communities
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Slide 8
21 Apr 2023
Organizational structureOrganizational structure
Mgmt BoardGeoConnectionsSecretariat
Geo-Partners GeoInnovations
SustainableCommunities
National Atlasof Canada
GeomaticsSkills Network
ProgramAdvisoryNetwork
NRCan Minister 17 memberschaired by NRCan5 federal depts5 provinces1 municipal3 industry2 academic1 aboriginal community
Application Areas
1. Sustainable Development - Environment2. Resource Management3. Transportation/Road Applications4. Emergency/Disaster Response5. Marine
Technology AdvisoryPanel
FederalProvincial/territorialIndustryAcademiaNGOs
PolicyStandards
Access - GeoExpress
Framework Data Program Advisory Network
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Slide 9
21 Apr 2023
Support in the Federal BudgetSupport in the Federal BudgetAllocated $60 million over 5 years
– key part of knowledge and innovation strategy– links with ‘Connecting Canadians’ to disseminate knowledge
• National resource for economic and social goals– driven by applications: emergencies-- 911, disaster response,
resource management, transportation, communities, and many others
• Based on matching investments by partners• Majority of work contracted to private sector
– firms and expertise developed across Canada
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Slide 10
21 Apr 2023
Infrastructure CharacteristicsInfrastructure Characteristics
• Loose federation of external heterogeneous suppliers coupled through open, common services.
• Provides discovery, evaluation and access to: data collection metadata; distributed individual product listings; data order and access; interactive services.
• Different levels of ‘buy-in’ representing different benefits and costs to suppliers.
• Public interfaces to common infrastructure services made available to any supplier or developer to provide multiple, custom views.
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Slide 11
21 Apr 2023Open Scaleable InfrastructureOpen Scaleable Infrastructure
OtherNational
SDI
Provincial /Subject SDI
CEONet
US FGDC ClearinghouseInternational Directory NetworkNASA EOSDISAustralian Spatial Data Infrastructure… Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
Land Information OntarioLandDataBCMarine Geospatial Data InfrastructureEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment Networketc ...
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Slide 12
21 Apr 2023
Current Access ComponentsCurrent Access Components
Supplier Toolkits
Other Spatial DataInfrastructures
ReusableComponents
DistributedSearch
Database ADatabase B…
Supplier
Consumer
ApplicationWebAPI
Reusable Components Reusable Components
Distributed Search
Updates
Distributed Search
Web
Consumer
Distributed Search
…...
DirectorySuppliers
Products Services
...
... ...
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Slide 13
21 Apr 2023
Content and UsageContent and Usage
• 1400+ Organisations registered in the directory.• 7000+ Data collections described in the
directory.• 150+ online search connections to remote,
distributed databases/inventories.• 13,000 user sessions per month.