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CGDI online training
This online course is designed to introduce you to the various components of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, their functionality, and the standards and specifications necessary to implement them.more
Resources & Tools
Meetings
“It's what you know, and it's who you know.” Fortunately, you can learn new things and meet new people by attending some of the many meetings and workshops held throughout the year. Hosted by a variety of organizations with interests in location-based or "geospatial" data, services, and applications, these events represent sound opportunities to expand your knowledge while making or renewing important contacts.
Oct 03 2002 - CGDI Development Network Meeting #6
Minutes (PDF: 224KB)
May 30 2002 - CGDI Development Network Meeting #5
May 15 2002 - CGDI Development Network Meeting #4
Minutes (DOC: 103KB)
Jan 23 2002 - CGDI Development Network Meeting #3
Minutes (DOC: 79KB)
Oct 31 2001 - CGDI Development Network Meeting and Teleconference
Minutes (DOC: 92KB)
Oct 12 2001 - Presentation to GeoConnections chair/co-chair meeting (PPT: 293KB)
Jul 11 2001 - CGDI Development Network Kickoff Meeting
Agenda (DOC: 23KB)
Minutes (DOC: 112KB)
Kickoff Presentation (PPT: 256KB)
Workshops
Jan 24 2008 - Seminar on Canadian and International Standards in Geographic Information / Geomatics
To report on existing Canadian and international standards in geographic information, to develop an understanding of their implementation and benefit for interoperability, to engage stakeholders into adopting them, to identify current and future needs, and to contribute in further development of standards for sustainable geographic data management in Canadian departments and for the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI).
Agenda (PDF: 35KB)
NAP Metadata Integration into GEOLAP for Data Discovery and Dissemination (PPT: 46MB)
Communities of Advanced Practice (PPT: 100KB)
Geographic Information Standards: Overview of International Activities (PPT: 2.3MB)
Overview of National Standards (PPT: 510KB)
Seminar on Canadian and International Standards in Geographic Information (PPT: 319KB)
CGDI Current Standards / CGSB Standards Workshop (PPT: 1.4MB)
North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata (PPT: 5MB)
ISO-19115 - North American Profile / CTI - Implementation (PPT: 1.8MB)
GeoBase Standards (PPT: 5MB)
Public Safety & Security Standards & Specification (PPT: 16MB)
Emerging Land Cover Data Standards (PPT: 1.3MB)
Ontology (PPT: 6MB)
CGDI_standards (XLS: 77KB)
Apr 20 2007 - Canadian Interoperability Day
The Canadian Interoperability Day was co-hosted recently by ESRI Canada and GeoConnections in Ottawa, Ontario.
Agenda (PDF: 325KB)
Four Priority Areas Capitalizing on CGDI to Improve Decision Making
Standards and Partnerships Connect the Dots of Interoperability
Speech by Jeff Labonté
CGDI Current Architecture and Standards - Peter Schut (PPT: 1.5MB)
NLWIS Where we're at! - Susan Till (PDF: 456KB)
Watershed MAPS - Challenges in Geospatial Information Management - Roger Schroeder (PDF: 507KB)
Jun 23 2006 - GeoConnections' CGDI Technical Workshop
Objectives: To inform, engage and connect GeoConnections' stakeholders in the use and further development of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure by:Highlighting current technical development to date;Describing the technical architecture of the CGDI;Presenting CGDI-enabled tools/applications and services;Meeting and networking with stakeholders and partners (thematic users/industry);Communicating opportunities for collaboration and participation in the CGDI.
Agenda
Introduction (PPT: 2.85MB)
GeoConnections program - Major tracks and governence structure (PPT: 3.04MB)
User Communities (PPT: 1.53MB)
North American Profile of Metadata (PPT: 1.6MB)
Web Feature Services, Considerations for CGDI Government Partners (PPT: 226KB)
Open Geospatial Consortium updates (PPT: 1.31MB)
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (PPT: 474KB)
Google and Where 2.0 (PPT: 2.95MB)
Apr 19 2006 - The National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS) - Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Workshop
Objectives: To build awareness and understanding of the CGDI; To present the business case for CGDI and outline the benefits of "buying in"'; To demonstrate how the CGDI can be implemented and used by provincial organizations to improve operations and decision making
Agenda (HTML: 20KB)
Canadian GeoSpatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) - Brian McLeod, NRCan/GeoConnections (PPT: 3.79MB)
Business case for CGDI - Rebecca Last, GeoConnections (PPT: 2.49MB)
Canada Council on Geomatics - Rebecca Last, GeoConnections (PPT: 1.41MB)
Inter-Agency Committee on Geomatics - Ian Gillespie, Environment Canada (PDF: 1.40MB)
GeoConnections - fostering the continued evolution of the CGDI - Trevor Rankin, GeoConnections (PPT: 1.52MB)
National Land and Water Information Service - Peter Schut, Bob Parkinson, NLWIS (PPT: 14.78MB)
NLWIS Applications - Bob Parkinson, NLWIS (PPT: 3.24MB)
How to implement CGDI within your organization - Peter Schut, Brian McLeod (PPT: 222KB)
Feb 16 2005 - CGDI Implementor's Forum
CGDI Overview - Brian McLeod, NRCan/GeoConnections (PPT: 419KB)
A census of public OGC Web services - Paul Ramsey, Refractions Research (PPT: 555KB)
Digital Rights Management - Mike Adair, NRCan/GeoConnections (PPT: 130KB)
Geoprocessing services - Peter Schut, AAFC/NLWIS/GeoConnections
*Note: this was a verbal presentation therefore no text is available
Apr 23 2004 - Canadian Interoperability Day and Showcase
Agenda (DOC: 44KB)
GeoNET Applying the Power of Place for Environment Canada's Community of Practice (PPT: 4.84MB)
Canada's National Forest System (NFIS):a Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Initiative (PPT: 9.7MB)
CGDI Architecture (PPT: 866KB)
Mapster 2.0 (PPT: 101KB)
Watersheds InfoXchange:Enabling Applications for Communities of Practice using the CGDI (PPT: 300KB)
An Introduction to the OGC: The Quest for Interoperability (PPT: 6.12MB)
Canadian Interoperability Day Panel Session (PPT: 123KB)
Oct 15 2003 - CGDI Development Workshop #9 - Technical Workshop and Technology Showcase
Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure workshop and showcase (DOC: 29kb)
Agenda (PDF: 196kb)
Introduction to CGDI and GeoConnections (PPT: 3.25MB)
Interoperable Web Map Services for High-Resolution Geospatial Imagery (Not yet available) (PPT: )
ESRI Standards and Interoperability - an Overview (PPT: 720kb)
"Reality - What a Concept" Implementing Enterprise GIS using CGDI & OGC Standards (PPT: 1.99MB)
Mobile Multi-Sensor Geomatics (M2G) Systems: The new trend in Mapping and GIS Applications (PPT: 7.95MB)
Mobile Multi-Sensor Geomatics (M2G) Systems: (MOVIE)
Consolidating Canada's Geoscience Knowledge - Geoscience for CGDI (PPT: 3.4MB)
Canada's Oil and Gas Upstream Looks forward to CGDI Opportunities (PPT: 6.9MB)
Jun 10 2003 - CGDI Development Workshop #7 - Demystifying the MetaData Collection Process
Final Agenda (PDF: 145KB)
Presentations
Building the GeoConnections' CGDI: an Overview (PPT: 525KB)
A national program to develop the CGDI partnerships (PPT: 3.15MB)
The Canadian Information System for the Environment (PPT: 2.51MB)
FGDC Biological Data Profile (PPT: 4.66MB)
Controlled vocabularies (PPT: 284KB)
Dublin Core Metadata initiative and Government On-Line implementation (PPT: 119KB)
The impact of ISO 19115 - an overview (PPT: 208KB)
Distributed searching using Z39.50 protocol (PPT: 497KB)
Web Services: What to put in the "On-line Linkage" Field? (PPT: 5.22MB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#1 (PPT: 2.88MB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#2 (PPT: 675KB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#3 (PPT: 271KB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#4 (PPT: 290KB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#5 (PPT: 436KB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#6 (PPT: 265KB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#8 (PPT: 2.4MB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#9 (PPT: 465KB)
FGDC Metadata Training Session#10 (PPT: 1.13MB)
Documentation
FGDC Standard in English (PDF: 216 KB)
FGDC Standard Workbook in English (PDF: 960KB)
Biological Data Profile Workbook in English (PDF: 2.73MB)
Bilogical Data Profile (PDF: 270KB)
Remote Sensing Data Profile (PDF: 328KB)
Shoreline Data Profile (PDF: 481KB)
Graphical Representation of FGDC Sections within the Standard (PDF: 191KB)
Miscellaneous Reference Materials#1 (DOC: 31KB)
Miscellaneous Reference Materials#2 (DOC: 33KB)
Miscellaneous Reference Materials#3 (DOC: 44KB)
Miscellaneous Reference Materials#4 (DOC: 32KB)
Jul 08 2003 - CGDI Development Workshop #8 - CGDI Application Communities
Summary (PDF: 62KB)
Agenda (PDF: 116KB)
Introduction & Objectives (PPT: 112KB)
National Forestry Information Service (PPT: 5.03MB)
Canadian Information System for the Environment (PPT: 1.0MB)
Marine Geospatial Data Infrastructure/GeoPortal (PPT: 1.73MB)
GeoNova (PPT: 4.50MB)
Land Information Ontario (PPT: 3.73MB)
Canadian GeoScience Knowledge Network (PPT: 2.98MB)
National Land and Water Information Service (PPT: 2.17MB)
Toporama & Geobase (PPT: 282KB)
GeoConnections Discovery Portal and CGDI core services (PPT: 116KB)
Summary of requirements (XLS: 227KB)
CGDI Technical Architecture & Services (PPT: 1.68MB)
National Forestry Information Service Operations (PPT: 659KB)
CGDI Business Principles (PPT: 126KB)
Mar 16 2003 - CGDI Development Network - Workshop #6
Abstract and program (DOC: 31 KB)
Introducing the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (PPT: 2.74 MB)
CGDI Target Vision and Implementation Plan (PPT: 4.17 MB)
Emergency Response /Disaster Management Application (PPT: 21.42 MB)
Services Overview (PPT: 4.73 MB)
An OGC-compliant Internet Mapping Framework (PPT: 1.95 MB)
Jump@Delineation (PPT: 10.27 MB)
Digital Image Management Program (PPT: 70 KB)
The GeoConnections Discovery Portal - Technical Overview (PPT: 3.45 MB)
GeoConnections Discovery Portal Front End Interfaces (DOC: 46 KB)
Feb 27 2003 - CGDI Development Network - Workshop #5
Agenda (PDF: 109KB)
Compte rendu (French Only) (PDF: 331KB)
Atelier du Réseau de développement de l'ICDG de GéoConnexions (French Only) (PPT: 319KB)
GéoConnexions : Partenariat national pour le développement de l'Infrastructure canadienne de données géospatiales (ICDG) (French Only) (PPT: 453KB)
GéoConnexions:Vision,Architecture & Implantation (French Only) (PPT: 3.65MB)
La normalisation des métadonnées et des catalogues : Un sujet captivant..? (French Only) (PPT: 526KB)
Cartographie en direct et visualisation des données géospatiales (French Only) (PPT: 3.55MB)
Accès aux services et données géospatiales (French Only) (PPT: 2.59MB)
La géomatique au gouvernement du Québec - Une gestion concertée (French Only) (PPT: 228KB)
Application de la technologie des systèmes d'information géographique au domaine de la sécurité des barrages (French Only) (PPT: 14.01MB)
Architecture, services géomatiques et gestion contextuelle de l'information géospatiale en support lors de situations d'urgence (French Only) (PPT: 567KB)
Oct 03 2002 - CGDI Development Network - Workshop #4
Note for participants (PDF: 124KB)
Introduction and Overview of CGDI Development Network (PPT: 407KB)
GeoConnections program: a summary (PPT: 3.7MB)
Data access and visualization (DM Solutions) (PPT: 1.68MB)
Data discovery and access (Compusult) (PPT: 2.7MB)
Web map services (CARIS) (PPT: 1.79MB)
Marine Geospatial Data Infrastructure: an introductory (PPT: 1.53MB)
GeoNova program Overview (PPT: 97KB)
May 15 2002 - CGDI Development Network - Workshop #2
DFO-GeoPortal (PPT: 851KB)
CGNS Development - 1 (PPT: 254KB)
CGNS Devlopment - 2 (PPT: 430KB)
ISO 19100 - Geographic Information and Geomatics (PPT: 483KB)
OGC Web Coverage Service v0.7 (PPT: 781KB)
May 30 2002 - CGDI Development Network - Workshop #3
Enabling CGDI Web Services (PPT: 492KB)
Digital Image Management Program (PPT: 40KB)
GeoConnections Overview (PPT: 135KB)
CGDI Vision / Architecture (PPT: 1.24MB)
PostGIS Related Links & Information (DOC: 432KB)
PostGIS Slides (PPT: 820KB)
PostGIS - Manual (PDF: 138KB)
WMS Implementation at Geomatics Canada (PPT: 255KB)
GML2 translation Successes (and Issues) (PPT: 952KB)
Distributed Access Control System (DACS) (PPT: 121KB)
Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) (PPT: 2.17MB)
CEONet Development (PPT: 1.84MB)
Pliable GIS (PDF: 2.54MB)
Jan 23 2002 - CGDI Development Network - Workshop #1
Distributed Access Control System (PPT: 494KB)
CGDI Gazatteer Scenario (DOC: 356KB)
CGDI Gazatteer Slides (PPT: 735KB)
Freestyler Map Style Editor (PPT: 531KB)
Geomatic Web Server (PPT: 1.0MB)
Free Tools for Standards Based Geomatics Applications (PPT: 159KB)
WMS Implementation at CTI-Sherbrooke (PPT: 271KB)