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SCORE (Système de cartographie en ligne pour les ouvrages de retenue), an online mapping system for retaining structures in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint Jean region
The SCORE project will include a Web-based mapping system that will avail thematic and descriptive data on the area's dams to allow planning and management of consequences in the context of various flood simulation scenarios for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. The system will provide continuous access to up-to-date data that enable public safety agencies, municipal managers and dam controllers to have situational awareness of the effects of the various types of flood situations—specifically, dam failures—and to make informed decisions more quickly (security measures, evacuations and response team deployments). By providing essential map data (municipal boundaries, road networks, flood zones, drainage basins, etc.) the system will enable users to react, but also to take preventive action. The content will be presented in a standardized, uniform environment consistent with the protocols of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, thereby preventing delays in access to map information.
Primary Partner:
Centre de géomatique du Québec Inc. (CGQ)
Chicoutimi,
Quebec;
Partners: City of Saguenay; Alcan; Direction régionale de la sécurité civile; Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM; Maria-Chapdelaine RCM; Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM; Domaine-du-Roy RCM; Chicoutimi CEGEP
Funding From GeoConnections: $58,530.00 ( 50.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: September 04, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: April 30, 2008
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: Quebec;