Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Interoperability Pilot

The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) Interoperability Pilot developed a nation-wide demonstration of standards-based products that make immediate access to current data a reality. The CGDI Pilot showed that municipal, provincial and territorial authorities can update data and automatically make their up-to-date data available online in real time to those who need it, anywhere across Canada.

GeoConnections

Open Geospaital Consortium

LISAsoft extended GeoServer to support cascading WFS functionality central to the success of this project. This functionality was contributed back to the community.

LISASoft developed a browser based client using MapBuilder framework for visualization and digitization of spatial information.

The client incorporated support for:

• the Catalog (CAT) specification allowing the search and discovery of datasets known to the central server
• a GeoRSS feed reader to subscribe to changes from data users and data custodians
• Web feature Server Transaction (WFS-T) to enable the creation, update and deletion of features

Products:

• GeoServer

Technologies used:

• Web Catalog Service  (CAT)
• Web Feature Server - Transactional  (WFS-T)
• Web Map Server (WMS)
• MapBuilder

Publications:

• GeoConnections CGDI Pilot
• CGDI Summary Report (08-000)

Videos:

• OGC CGDI Pilot Demonstration

MapBuilder

MapBuilder joined the Open Source Geospatial Foundation as one of the founding projects.

Due to the cost of cross browser Javascript coding MapBuilder combined with other leading browser based mapping applications to form the OpenLayers project.

MapBuilder

Details

• The CGDI-IP is coordinated by Geoconnections, the sponsor of the Canadian national Spatial Data Infrastructure.
• The pilot has been run as part of an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) testbed in partnership with the OGC.
• The Australian Corporate Research Center for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) part sponsored LISAsoft’s involvement in order to bring Standards based Spatial Infrastructure expertise back into Australia.
• Canadian Provinces (equivalent to Australian States) deployed WFS and WMS servers.
• Technology has been developed and part sponsored by industry (LISAsoft in Australia, Cubewerx and The Carbon Project).
• Provincial services provided by Galdos, Sunertek, and Cubewerx.