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CANADIAN GEOSPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Telecommunications
  • Astronomy
OBS

The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) is the technology, standards, access systems and protocols necessary to harmonize all of Canada's geospatial data bases, and make them available on the Internet. Geospatial databases include: topographic maps, air photos, satellite images, nautical and aeronautical charts, census and electoral areas, forestry, soil, marine and biodiversity inventories. CGDI is facilitated by GeoConnections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Télécommunications
  • Astronomie
OBS

La technologie, les normes, ainsi que les systèmes et les protocoles d'accès nécessaires pour harmoniser toutes les bases de données géospatiales du Canada et les rendre accessibles dans Internet constituent l'Infrastructure canadienne de données géospatiales (ICDG). Les bases de données géospatiales contiennent des cartes topographiques, des photos aériennes, des images satellitaires, des cartes nautiques et aéronautiques, des secteurs de recensement, des circonscriptions électorales, ainsi que des inventaires des forêts, des sols, des ressources marines et de la biodiversité. GéoConnexions facilite la constitution de l'ICDG.

Spanish

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