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COINAtlantic Development and Implementation Phase I
This project will create an online utility for coastal and ocean managers, as well as users of coastal and ocean space and resources. Known as the Coastal and Ocean Information Network-Atlantic (COINAtlantic), this utility will help users make better decisions by providing access to marine-based data, information, and applications.
A national needs assessment revealed that numerous individuals and organizations working in coastal and ocean regions in Atlantic Canada need information about land, water, and environmental and socio-economic conditions. This information, however, is held by dozens of agencies, groups, and individuals and is therefore difficult to find and access.
COINAtlantic will overcome this challenge by enabling users to search for, access, and overlay information from authoritative data sources registered in the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). The CGDI supports better decisions by providing better data.
COINAtlantic will offer access to data and information that will assist users in implementing integrated coastal and ocean management. Industry representatives, consultants, ocean and coastal planners and managers, community resource managers, and researchers will be able to use COINAtlantic to increase the competitiveness of Atlantic Canadian coastal-related enterprises, and make better decisions affecting coastal and ocean regions in Atlantic Canada.
COINAtlantic will provide a web-accessible user interface along with new Web Mapping Services (WMS) and Web Feature Services (WFS).
This project was funded under the Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) priority area of GeoConnections.
Primary Partner:
ACZISC Association
Halifax,
Nova Scotia;
Partners:
ACZISC Secretariat
ACZISC Committee
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Maritimes
Department of Natural Resources
Dalhousie University
University of New Brunswick
Province of Nova Scotia
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf region
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland Region
Environment Canada
Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition
New Brunswick Data Warehouse
Funding From GeoConnections: $376,376.00 ( 31.8 %)
Estimated Inception Date: January, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: June, 2009
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Quebec;