How do I use the CGDI?

There are many ways to use the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastruture, depending on what you are looking for and/or what you have to offer to others interested in geospatial information and services.

If you would like to find (or discover) particular geospatial data or services, you can use various discovery mechanisms within the CGDI to locate providers of data and/or services.

If you have geospatial resources to share with others, you can publish them for use by the international geomatics community by registering with a CGDI discovery mechanism of your choice.

If you would like to develop your application using geospatial data and technologies, you can use various resources the CGDI makes available to developers, including framework data, web map services, development toolkits and gazetteers.

Click on the next page arrow to learn more about the different ways you can use the CGDI.