Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) evaluating Integrated National Thematic Frameworks Project Watersheds Framework as part of National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS)

The realignment has resulted in new national initiatives under the Agricultural Policy Framework (APF), including the National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS). At this time,
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GSDNR Supports "Green" Hydro-electric Power Supply

GSDNR will provide digital elevation model data (DEM) to a company in order to evaluate the hydro-electric potential and environmental acceptability of a hydro project.
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The use of Landsat 7 ortho-images in Québec

The Minstère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs is responsible for the sustainable development of Québec's land, energy, forest, and mineral resources. Read more...

Geographical Names Fundamental to Canada's Geospatial Datasets

The Canadian Geographical Names Service (CGNS), launched on June 25, 2003 uses the latest web technology to distribute Canada's geographical names data via the Internet.
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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Imagery Coverage (Landsat 7) Project - a Successful Partnership

The goal of the Geobase - National Imagery Coverage (Landsat 7) Project, being conducted as part of the Geomatics for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources program (GSDNR) in Earth Sciences Sector (ESS), is to produce a national coverage of orthorectified Landsat 7 satellite images.
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National Hydro Network Contributes to Sustainable Development Reporting

GSDNR will produce and deliver a dataset on the National Hydro Network (NHN) as a contribution to CISE (Canadian Information System for the Environment), which will rely on this framework dataset based on Earth observation data to build the Extent of Wetland Indicator.
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National Road Network Essential Framework Data For Information Display

GSDNR provides the National Road Network (NRN) to Statistics Canada, Elections Canada and Canada Post as a key framework to provide a variety of information as well as a foundation to which geographic features can be linked and displayed.
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