Featured Stories: Volume 9 No. 1

• Crime Mapping at Peel Regional Police / Cartographie de la criminalité pour le service de police de la région de Peel     
  GIS has become a core information infrastructure for the Peel Regional Police. GIS is used to support many aspects of policing including criminal investigations, police dispatch, tactical operations, community policing, and emergency planning.
  
  Le système d'information géographique (SIG) est actuellement le principal système d'information auquel recoure le service de police de la région de Peel. Il est utilisé en tant qu'outil de soutien pour le traitement de divers aspects des fonctions policières, notamment les enquêtes criminelles, la répartition des policiers, les opérations tactiques, les services de police communautaires et la planification d'urgence.
  
  
• Responding to Emergencies in Collingwood 
  The Town of Collingwood, with a population of over 20,000 permanent and part-time residents, is nestled in the heart of Southern Ontario's recreational playground. It is home to some of the best outdoor attractions in the area and as a result, the town is host to guests from all over the world. This poses a unique challenge for the Town's Fire Department.
  
  
• Managing Land Owner Information in the Oil and Gas Industry
  Polar Geomatics, a company based in Red Deer, Alberta that focuses on GIS solutions for the oil and gas industry, has developed a land owner information database (LOID) application to support oil and gas companies in the province of Alberta. With LOID oil and gas companies have access to upto- date parcel and landowner information that allows them to accurately know who needs to be contacted in case of an emergency near oil and gas operations.
  
  
• The National Summer Institute for Statistical and GIS Analysis of Crime and Justice Data
  The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) and Statistics Canada have awarded the University of Regina a grant over three years to implement an institute for the advanced training of statistical and GIS analysis of crime and justice data.