Related Links
- Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence
- The New Brunswick Lung Association, Environmental-health Mapping Project
- Canadian Health Infoway
- Public Health Agency of Canada,
- West Nile Virus Surveillance Information
- FluWatch
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Health Practice
- Security and Privacy of Electronic Health Information: Risk Assessment Expert System
Resources & Tools
A Commercial Dynamic Geographic Data Server (GDS) for the Geospatial World Wide Web
This project aims to create a new geographic data server (GDS) which, like the HTTP server for the World Wide Web, will play an integral role in enhancing the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure and developing a Geospatial World Wide Web. The GDS, a standards-based server, will give users fine-tuned access to geographic feature and coverage data, allowing them to request only the information they need. The project will make geospatial data more widely available by enabling anyone with an Internet browser and security authorization to access, manipulate and display feature and coverage data. As well, because the GDS will support distributed information sharing, data can be gathered locally but accessed globally. Thanks to the server's 'transform' component, data providers will no longer need to change their data models to comply with national or regional standards if they want to participate in the Canadian or international geospatial information community. Another notable feature of the GDS is its ability to support dynamic response to changing events. This means the CGDI will be able to support, track and respond to such situations as natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and water and air pollution.
Primary Partner:
Galdos Systems Inc.
Vancouver,
British Columbia;
Funding From GeoConnections: $175,000.00 ( 32.5 %)
Estimated Inception Date: Fall, 2001
Estimated Completion Date: Fall, 2002
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces