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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.
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Integrated Bathymetric-Topographic Digital Elevation Data
This project will create a new GeoBase Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) layer that integrates both land and marine data sets from across Canada.
A vast community of users have expressed need for land-sea products that marry land and marine data sets. These users include engineers, oceanographers, biologists, mariners, port authorities, emergency response organizations, coastal management authorities, land use planners, and the military.
Traditionally, marine and land measurements have been collected independently for different purposes, a practice that has separated the marine and land environments. Today, however, numerous coastal scientific processes and socio-economic activities need integrated land and sea data. A land-sea database will not only help address these needs but also equip Canada to better deal with global warming, which is expected to affect Canada's coasts earlier than it will the country's interior.
This new Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) framework data layer will integrate the CDED model from GeoBase and the digital bathymetric model produced from the Canadian Hydrographic Service sources data.
Making this data product available on GeoBase and maintaining it there will allow end-users to find information easily. As well, users will know that the data comes from an authoritative source. Consequently, the project will standardize and strengthen the analysis done with elevation data across Canada.
Primary Partner:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Partners: Center for Topographic Information (CTI) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Funding From GeoConnections: $399,910.00 ( 50.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: April, 2008
Estimated Completion Date: March, 2010
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces