CGDI Advantages

As you have seen throughout the previous modules, taking part in the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure offers many benefits to Canadian organizations and individuals.

• Wide-scale interoperability, thanks to common and open standards;
• Competitive and operational advantages, by consolidating various independent Canadian initiatives;
• Development of Canadian expertise and products for entry into international markets;
• Cooperation with international activities in a variety of geomatics sectors;
• Global delivery of integrated geospatial information, applications and services.

More and more organizations in the public, private and academic sectors are turning to the CGDI for innovative solutions to their business needs. The Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) and the National Forest Information Service (NFIS) are two such organizations.

Click on the next page arrow to learn more about how CGDI-endorsed standards helped both MEDS and NFIS to significantly lower the costs of converting, managing and disseminating the geospatial data for which they are responsible.