Andrea Buffam Presented by Terry Fisher CEOS WGISS Access Subgroup Meeting ESRIN (Italy)

GeoAccess DivisionCANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING Natural Resources Canada

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GeoConnections Discovery GeoConnections Discovery PortalPortal

A component of the Canadian Geospatial Data A component of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)Infrastructure (CGDI)

Canadian IDN Status ReportCanadian IDN Status Report

Andrea BuffamPresented by Terry Fisher

CEOS WGISS Access Subgroup MeetingESRIN (Italy)

May 6 – 10, 2002


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GeoConnections Discovery GeoConnections Discovery Portal Portal

The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) is being built by GeoConnections, a partnership of government,

industry and academia led by Natural Resources Canada.

The Discovery Portal (formerly CEONet), provides a powerful spatial and keyword search engine to discover,

evaluate and access data products and services.

http://ceonet.gc.ca

http://ceonet.gc.ca/




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GeoConnections Discovery GeoConnections Discovery Portal Portal

The GeoConnections Discovery Portal (GDP) is the Canadian node cooperating with the North American IDN Node (GCMD) at

NASA.

IDN_Node: CANADA/CGDI


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PortalPortal• Clients input their data product and service metadata

entries using an intuitive English/French HMI.• A team of metadata coordinators assist clients and

suppliers by:• Seeking new data and services information for GDP population.• Increasing GDP useage through promotions. • Monitoring content for quality assurance.• Contributing feedback and working on metadata standards

development. • Working with system developers to implement improved interface

tools, resource tables, etc.



Portal – IDN Node Portal – IDN Node

• Currently the GDP is using CEONet V2.7.1 customized software technology.

• The next-generation software (V3) using Oracle 8 is scheduled for a June release.

• Style independent output (XML) is planned for V3.1 in the Fall 2002.


Slide 622 Apr 2023GDP/GCMD Content GDP/GCMD Content

Administration and MetricsAdministration and MetricsEnglish Canadian DIF’s are transferred at the

beginning of each month from the Discovery Portal to the IDN’s GCMD node.

Export Statistics from September 2001 to May 2002 are:

92 New DIF’s 878 Modified DIF’s 37 Deleted DIF’s


Slide 722 Apr 2023Discovery Portal/GCMD Content Discovery Portal/GCMD Content

Administration and MetricsAdministration and MetricsIDN DIF’s are imported from the GCMD into the

Discovery Portal on the 15th of each month.

Import Statistics from September 2001 to April 2002 are: 1470 New DIF’s 15507* Modified DIF’s 221 Deleted DIF’s 120 New Suppliers 416 Modified Suppliers* Additional field increased number of modifications for November Import


Slide 822 Apr 2023Discovery Portal Client Useage Discovery Portal Client Useage

StatisticsStatistics

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Slide 1122 Apr 2023Discovery Portal/IDN Discovery Portal/IDN

Participation and PromotionParticipation and Promotion• IDN and GCMD involvement has continued to be promoted

at numerous meetings/presentations with provincial, national and international management; technical representatives, suppliers and infrastructure developers since the Fall 2001.

• Reference to the IDN is in the downloadable on-line English/French CGDI Technical Manual on the GDP home page. It is available in both PDF and html formats. The latest update (V2) will feature multiple metadata standards including a DIF to GDP field comparison table.


Slide 1222 Apr 2023Discovery Portal/IDN Discovery Portal/IDN

Participation and PromotionParticipation and Promotion• Public Agency Content and Connectivity

• CGDI services (including GDP) are promoted and funded 50/50 with other Federal and Provincial agencies

• Several national initiatives are participating (Forestry, Geology, Marine)

• Focus on supply of data and services is shifting to increasing demand of these services as expressed by “Communities of Practice”.

• Recent conferences include:• GeoSask in Regina, Saskatchewan• GeoTec in Toronto, Ontario • Technology in Government Week (gold medal award)


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PortalPortal• Current GDP Metadata Coordinators:

(Canada’s IDN Node Contacts)

Anne Stanton (IDN)

Annie Laviolette-LaponseeCindy Mitchell

Renee-Marie BelairAndrea Buffam (IDN)

http://ceonet.gc.ca


Andrea Buffam Presented by Terry Fisher CEOS WGISS Access Subgroup Meeting ESRIN (Italy)

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