Project Contributors

Financial Contributors

GeoConnections Secretariat

GeoInnovations Program / Programme de GéoInnovations, GeoConnections Secretariat / Secrétariat de GéoConnexions, Natural Resources Canada / Ressources naturelles Canada

The GeoInnovations Program was the largest financial contributor to the project. We are very grateful for their investment and support for the project and for the concept of geodata conferencing.

Total contribution: $250,000, 33% of project value.

Canadian Space Agency

Canadian Space Agency / Agence spatiale canadienne

The CSA supported phases 5 and 6 of the GeoInnovations project. These phases were an extension to the original project and concentrated on developing a data connector and on-the-fly image manipulation components for images stored in GeoTIFF format for GeoConference.

Total contribution: $69, 950, or approximately 9% of project value.

Project Collaborators

Consultants TGIS Inc.

Consultants TGIS

Consultants TGIS was the prime contractor for the project and is the developer of GeoConference software for geodata conferencing. TGIS’ participation in the project includes:

►      GeoChat prototype (the starting point for functional analysis in the project)

►      Analysis and software development of GeoConference software for geodata conferencing

►      GeoConference licenses for other participants in the project

►      Conferencing server hosting

►      Demonstration scenarios and testbeds

►      Project management

Directions des opérations territoriales de la sécurité civile

Direction des opérations territoriales de la sécurité civile (DOTSC), Ministère de la sécurité publique du Québec.

DOTSC is the most important public sector collaborator in the GeoInnovations project. The organization anchors the Organisation de la sécurité civile du Québec, the primary emergency management coordinating body in Québec. In the project, the DOTSC’s contribution included

►      Functional requirements from the point of view of the emergency management and coordination.

►      EM scenarios and data for testbeds and demonstrations

►      Software trials and demonstrations

►      GeoConference server hosting

DOTSC is now performing operational tests of GeoConference with the intention of incorporating it in the SyGIG environment (Système de gestion de l’information et géomatique).

CubeWerx Inc.

CubeWerx Inc., Gatineau Québec.

CubeWerx is a world leader in the in development of software for geodata warehouses and OGC Web services. Participation of the firm in the project included:

►      OGC Web services expertise,

►      Data loading and SLD

►      Access to the demonstration WMS for the for testing and demonstrations

►      Support of a WMS segment specific to project testbeds,

►      Web services infrastructure exploited by the project

►      Demonstration server hosting for public access

Natural Hazards and Emergency Response Program,
Earth Sciences Sector

Natural Hazards Information System / Système d’information sur les risques naturelles, Natural Hazards and Emergency Response Program, Natural Resources Canada

NHIS

►      Functional requirements from the point of view of the information / expertise provider in emergency management

►      Demonstration scenarios and data related to natural hazards and search and rescue

►      Software trials and demonstrations

►      GeoConference server hosting

Direction générale de l’information géographique

Direction générale de l’information géographique, Ministère des Ressources naturelles

The DGIG is the mandated provider of geospatial information for the Québec government. Its contributions to the project included:

►      Imagery and data for testbeds and demonstrations

►      Functional requirements from the data provider’s point of view

Other Collaborators

These organizations, while not part of the project team, were essential partners in the development of GeoConference applications in the project.

Centre des Informations topographiques

Centre des Informations topographiques / Centre for Topographic Information

The CIT/CTI in Sherbrooke hosts a CubeSERV-based WMS that provides for visualization of the National Topographic Data Base covering all of Canada, as well as a variety of other useful geoinformation. The activation of the CIT WMS was a key element in proving the utility of geoconferencing in emergency management. We thank the personnel of the CTI for their exemplary cooperation.

Laboratoire de télédétection et d’analyse d’images

Laboratoire de télédétection et d’analyse d’images
Institut national de recherche scientifique – Eau, terre, Environnement (Québec)

The Laboratoire de télédétection et d’analyse d’images of INRS-ETE has, with its partners in the FRASIL GEOÏDE project, developed new techniques for monitoring river ice conditions using Radar satellite imagery. They have been kind enough to permit us to use their earth observation image products in our examples and demonstrations, including in the River Ice/Flood Simulation in these pages (see under Project Results).