BC Opens Government Data Portal

Hello Everyone,

Hope you're all enjoying summer.

Check out this latest news from BC about access to data:

http://blog.gisuser.com/2011/07/20/b-c-canada-opens-government-data-portal-to-all-data_bc/

Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre

A new initiative based in Lethbridge and funded by the Rural Alberta Development Fund:

http://www.radf.ca/projects/building_land_management_tools/

Looks like it could be a good option if any of you (or the CRP as a whole) are considering monitoring land use/cover change over the long term.

Happy Canada Day! Have a great weekend,
greg

INSPIRE Directive in Europe

The Europeans seem to be focusing on data issues

http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Washington DC Data Catalogue

Check out the data calalogue for Washington DC. Impressive!

http://data.dc.gov/

Free & Open Source Software Conference Schedule

Take a look at the many exciting topics in this years conference:

http://2011.foss4g.org/program/session-schedule

Hundreds of Free Geospatial PDF Books from the National Academies Press

This might be of interest to some of you:

http://slashgeo.org/2011/06/07/Hundreds-Free-Geospatial-PDF-Books-National-Academies-Press

Location Standards – How Do They Help Government?

Hello Everyone,

This webinar is worth watching:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/en_US/island/webinar/registrationPost.tmpl?Action=rgoto&_sf=4

Toronto and Open Data

Here's some recent news about Open Data in Toronto:

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/open_data/open_data_home?vgnextoid=b3886aa8cc819210VgnVCM10000067d60f89RCRD

LiDAR for sale.

FYI, AltaLIS has just introduced a new product - 30cm LiDAR elevation data. Cost is $100/township, and it looks like most of the CRP region is covered.

I know many of you are receiving elevation data through your orthophoto contracts, but this may be a viable option for others.

Capital Regional District Recognized for Information Sharing

A blog post back in January of this year mentioned a little about this initiative on Vancouver Island. Now there are more details including a way of viewing and downloading data:

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2011/apr/13/news5.html