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The CGDI encompasses the standards, technology, access systems and institutional arrangements necessary to harmonize Canada’s geospatial data and services and to make them available on the Internet.
Like other national spatial data infrastructures, the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure provides a basis for the discovery, evaluation and application of geospatial data and services by users and providers. All levels of government, commercial and non-profit sectors, academia and Canadians can benefit from the CGDI.
A spatial data infrastructure is a reliable, supporting environment that facilitates access to geographically-related information using a minimum set of standard practices, protocols and specifications. Like roads and wires, a spatial data infrastructure facilitates the conveyance of virtually unlimited packages of geographic information.
The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure is more than a single data set or database.
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