Resources & Tools
Foothills Model Forest Regional Online Sustainable Land Management Atlas-User Needs Assessment
This project will produce a user-needs assessment for a regional online land-management atlas that uses the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). Project collaborators include Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Jasper National Park, the Town of Hinton and West Fraser Mills.
The objectives of the user-needs assessment are as follows:
- form a strong relationship with users involved in integrated land management;
- learn about users and identify information products that these users could employ and benefit from;
- rank information requirements and products;
- determine functional requirements such as visualizing geospatial information;
- educate users about the regional atlas, GeoConnections and the CGDI; and,
- identify and explore methods for sustaining the future regional atlas project.
Project participants will use the results of the assessment to establish criteria for the atlas and to ensure that this resource meets the land-management needs of the communities it will serve.
Primary Partner:
Foothills Research Institute (formerly Foothills Model Forest)
Hinton,
Alberta,
Partners:
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Jasper National Park
The Town of Hinton
West Fraser Mills
Funding From GeoConnections: $32,576.00 ( 41.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: April 1, 2008
Estimated Completion Date: July 31, 2008
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: Alberta;