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Renewed GeoConnections
The 2010 Federal Budget announced renewed funding for the GeoConnections program. The Budget provides $11 million in funding over the next two years to continue development of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and to provide consolidated geographic-related information to Canadians via the Internet.
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A CGDI-enabled Portal to Support Decision Making for Public Health and Land Planning
This project will equip the Region of Waterloo, located west of Toronto, to share location-based or “geospatial” information more readily among its departments and with other organizations. Specifically, the project will create an application (a web portal) that will blend map services to support community-health decision making. The project will break down data silos, turn raw data into geospatial information, provide broader access to web-based maps while respecting confidentiality, and create efficiencies by reducing the number of one-off mapping projects undertaken.
The Region expects its population, now at half a million, to increase 40 percent over the next 30 years. By integrating geospatial information into web-based maps, the Region will be better able to plan for and manage this growth.
Relying on Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) standards, the project will further introduce the concept of shared map services to various Region of Waterloo departments and local organizations. Expected users of the portal include departments such as Public Health and Social Services, as well as national organizations such as the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Ultimately, the project will permit public health planners to understand the
relationship between developed areas and population health, and therefore better
shape the community to support the health of its residents.
Primary Partner:
Region of Waterloo
Kitchener,
Ontario;
Partners: Region of Waterloo, Planning Information and Research; E-government Services and GIS; Public Health, Health Determinants/Planning & Evaluation; Social Planning, Policy and Program Administration; ESRI Canada Inc.
Funding From GeoConnections: $141,930.00 ( 43.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: October 1, 2006
Estimated Completion Date: October 30, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: Ontario;