Canadian GIS

The City of Edmonton has been providing an online Open Data service to help make municipal information more accessible since 2009. They feel that through collaboration and innovation that they have become a leader in Open Government by using the latest technology to increase access to their information. One difference that you Edmonton has from the other cities is that they provide the ability to visualize the data sets unsing online ESRI web mapping technology. This way allows users to better unserdtand what the data sets they are downloading consists of.

The City of Toronto has recently celebrated two years of online Open Data service and they continue to build on that success, by stating that they intend to add more data layers and further develop their online data portal. So with that in mind I thought I would take a closer look at how Open Data Frameworks are currently doing here in Canada.

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, close to Seattle, USA.

ESRI Canada is pleased to invite you to join other GIS professionals for this exclusive opportunity to learn about the latest advances in GIS technology and hear first hand how others in the Vancouver area are using a geographic approach in their work.

We just received word that the location for URISA’s GIS-Pro 2011 has been announced, and will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Stay tuned as this page will be updated as more info becomes available …

British Columbia is the western most province of Canada and is known for its natural beauty. British Columbia’s economy is largely resource based, and is also the endpoint of Canadian transcontinental highways and railways to the Pacific, making international trade a key factor. GIS has always played a key role in helping the British Columbia economy flourish.