Using location-based information, public safety and security organizations will increase their situational awareness by better understanding incidents–and their management options.
Topics of importance:
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Fun with GeoRSS
If you know what RSS is, GeoRSS is a logical step forward. ... GeoRSS adds a few tags to RSS that hold spatial data.
News Flash :
October 26 2007 Lanark County to Gain Geospatial Emergency Management System
October 04 2007 Raw Earth Data a Boon to Scientific Modelling and Analysis
Upcoming Events :
May 28
2008
GEOIDE 2008 Annual Scientific Conference
June 05
2008
GeoTec Event 2008
Related Links
Resources & Tools
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Funding Opportunities
Announcement of Opportunity for a joint Canada-USA spatial data infrastructure project Closes: December 18 2007
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Success Story
GeoConnections and U.S. FGDC streamline cross-border geospatial data sharing
GeoConnections and the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) have been working together since 1999 to adopt common geospatial data standards for both Canada and the USA.
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GEOIDE Market Intelligence Portal
A new section is now available on the GEOIDE website: the GEOIDE Market
Intelligence Portal (English only). This
section is opened to everyone (member and non member) who is interested of having the latest news from the geospatial industry,
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From The Economist: The World on your Desktop
As the internet becomes intertwined with the real world, the resulting "geoweb" has many uses. Read The Economist's September 2007 report on the geoweb...