CGDI online training
This online course is designed to introduce you to the various components of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, their functionality, and the standards and specifications necessary to implement them.more
Resources & Tools
Overview
Over the years, GeoConnections has established strong and mutually beneficial relationships with those who develop applications for and using the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). GeoConnections intends to maintain and expand those relationships as demand grows for tools and solutions that capitalize on the CGDI’s power as a decision-making resource.
Current technologies are vital to the CGDI
Standards broaden market opportunities for applications
developers
Data sharing expands the CGDI’s utility
Funding opportunities are tailored to obtain desired results
CGDI Development Network offers forum for discussion and
learning
Current technologies are vital to the CGDI
To offer end-users as much value as possible, the CGDI and its technology must remain up to date. And that’s no easy task. Advances in computers, software, and web services technology continually redefine “leading edge” in the geomatics industry. Systems and applications deemed advanced today can quickly become outmoded as the latest innovations reach the market and raise the bar.
GeoConnections is relying on your services and skills as an
applications developer to keep CGDI technology current. Consequently,
we’re now working closely with applications developers, just as
we did when building the CGDI in the first place. In fact, we credit
Standards broaden market opportunities for applications developers
The broader one’s potential market, the greater one’s
potential revenues. You stand to gain from this fact. That’s
because if you develop applications that conform to CGDI
standards—as advocated and endorsed by GeoConnections—there
is the potential to reuse services and offerings. And you can build
your solutions not only for markets in
Data sharing expands the CGDI’s utility
Data standards in themselves are insufficient to capture the whole value of the CGDI. Organizations that own and provide data must be persuaded to share their information with others. In fact, the success of the CGDI hinges upon providing access to and enabling the integration of a variety of data sets—e.g., road networks, wildlife habitats, watersheds, and municipal boundaries—to generate unique views of the world.
GeoConnections therefore works to encourage data owners and providers to make their data readily accessible to others. These efforts not only enhance the value and accessibility of existing geomatics data and services, they also expand your opportunity to create new applications, products, and services.
Funding opportunities are tailored to obtain desired results
GeoConnections contributes funding toward projects that meet specific needs for CGDI applications. Those needs are specified in the program's announcements of opportunity and requests for proposals.
To be eligible for funding, proposed projects must meet at least one of two essential high-level criteria: one, that they evolve the CGDI to better meet the needs of decision-makers in four priority areas (public health, public safety and security, Aboriginal communities, or the environment and sustainable development), or two, that they keep CGDI technology at the leading edge. Projects must also address a number of other specific criteria that are outlined in each announcement of opportunity.
CGDI Development Network offers forum for discussion and learning
The CGDI Development Network offers an online forum in which to share ideas, ask questions, find answers, contribute knowledge, and explore solutions—all related to the technical components of the CGDI. Comprising more than 200 members from the geomatics industry, all levels of government, academia, and not-for-profit associations, the CGDI Development Network offers dialogue between experts, best practices, presentations, online training, and other resources to help you create applications for the CGDI. All developers are invited and encouraged to join, so register today.
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