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Canadian Land Cover Data Project
This project added a land cover map layer to the GeoBase portal.
Numerous public and private sector organizations require land cover information to address issues concerning the environment, regulation, public safety, and matters of importance to Aboriginal people.
In the project's first phase, proponents surveyed users about their needs for land cover information in both the short and long terms.
The National Land Cover Project Team was then formed from members of the land cover community of practice and the GeoBase program. The team's objective was to meet user needs by integrating land cover maps from provincial and federal organizations and producing a harmonized database consistent with international standards.
After assessing user needs, project proponents coordinated their efforts with federal and provincial departments to do the following:
- Recommend and promote national land cover standards
- Provide common technical input to national Earth observation strategies and policies that deal with land cover
- Promote and facilitate the sharing of knowledge and data and increase the opportunity for new integrated national land cover products
- Improve the availability, quality, and extent of land cover information
- Support common infrastructure to develop and share land cover data
Land cover data is available on the GeoBase Website at the following link:
http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/landcover/index.html.
Primary Partner:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa,
Ontario;
Partners:
Natural Resources Canada's Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing
Canadian Forest Service
Environment Canada
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR)
Funding From GeoConnections: $5,076,011.00 ( 34.35 %)
Estimated Inception Date: December, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: July, 2008
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces