FOCUS ON:
Renewed GeoConnections
The 2010 Federal Budget announced renewed funding for the GeoConnections program. The Budget provides $11 million in funding over the next two years to continue development of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and to provide consolidated geographic-related information to Canadians via the Internet.
Resources & Tools
WebEx Presentation: Aboriginal Community Land and Resource Management Geospatial Data Needs Assessment
August 06 2009
When? October 28, 2009 - 1:00 to 4:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time GMT -04:00)
GeoConnections is pleased to invite you to a web presentation concerning the Aboriginal Land and Resource Management Data Needs Assessment. The results of the data needs assessment will be presented via the web by Makivik Corporation.
GeoConnections is working to facilitate the use and exchange of location-based or "geospatial" data to help support land and resource management by Aboriginal organizations. GeoConnections contracted Makivik Corporation to assess the land and resource management data needs of Aboriginal communities, and to identify custodians and suppliers of the required data.
The data needs assessment included a review of ten Aboriginal community land and resource management plans. This review contributed toward the development of a preliminary list of key geospatial data sets that are critical for land and resource management by Aboriginal people. The list was validated and the data sets prioritized during workshops with Aboriginal community managers and land planners.
As a result of the data needs assessment, three documents were created:
- Aboriginal Community Land and Resource Management: Geospatial Data Needs Assessment and Data Identification and Analysis http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Key_documents/Executive_Summary_E.pdf
- Volume 1 - Aboriginal Mapping and Information Needs: Experiences from Ten Land Use Planning Processes Across Canada http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Key_documents/Volume1_E.pdf
- Volume 2 - Data Identification and Analysis http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Key_documents/Volume2_E.pdf
We look forward to your participation in this web presentation. If you would like to participate or if you require more information, please contact Nora McNichol, nora.mcnichol@nrcan.gc.ca.
Please note: A separate email will follow with the Natural Resources Canada WebEx Meeting Center login information.
"The potential applications of the CGDI are almost limitless."