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Volume 10 No.1
- Building a cadastral fabric in Newfoundland and Labrador
In 2005, Ian Edwards, a private surveyor and founder of IBL, had the idea for the LandGazette. The purpose of the LandGazette is to allow land surveyors to submit their surveys to a clearinghouse and for the data to be accessed by a wide range of users. Working with ESRI Canada consultants, IBL utilized ArcGIS Server and ArcSDE as the foundation technologies for the LandGazette program. The developers of the system used ArcObjects in a .NET environment for the construction of a comprehensive geodatabase which became the heart of the web-based application. Surveyors can easily upload their survey files to the database of existing survey fabric.
- ROHL uses ArcGIS Server as backbone for Canada One Call solution
Alberta's ROHL Geomatics has been providing outside plant services (OSP), design, and drafting to the telecommunications industry since 1988. ROHL's initial service offerings have expanded over the years and now include project management, engineering, and design, GPS data collection, buried facility screening, locating and contract inspection, and GIS solutions for utility companies, municipalities, and larger urban centers. After an extensive search, they selected ArcGIS Server to store, integrate, and manage key assets. With ArcGIS Server they were able to produce GIS maps and better communicate key asset information by having the maps built from a common geodatabase rather than shapefiles and then presented via the web. Also, by building the maps from the geodatabase, it offered them direct access to the map data, which in turn allowed them to provide near real-time updates to their maps from any web-enabled device. The end result was current data to all users of the system both in mobile and local use of the program.
- Interactive web-based mapping in Quinte West
The City of Quinte West is a municipality of approximately 43,000 people in Eastern Ontario. The City's GIS Division was formed in 1999 and is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and creating datasets to support the City's municipal applications. In 2004, the City developed a GIS Strategic Plan in partnership with ESRI Canada to help guide the future of its GIS program through funding provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources' GeoSmart program. One of the goals outlined in the Strategy was the development of a public web-based GIS. In the summer of 2005, the City selected Latitude Geographics' Geocortex Internet Map Framework (IMF) and ArcIMS to deliver their solution. The IMF is an enterprise Internet mapping solution that provides a consistent interface for ArcIMS-based spatial web mapping. The core IMF was developed and is maintained by Latitude's business partner Moxi Media Inc.
- Urgences-santé uses GIS to save lives
The Corporation of Urgences-santé is the largest emergency pre-hospital services provider in the Province of Québec serving a population of more than 2.24 million and covering a territory that includes the cities of Laval and Montreal (744 square kilometres). With nearly 1,300 employees and 160 ambulances, Urgences-santé responds to more than 900 calls and carries out more than 530 ambulance transports per day. In North America Urgences-santé is regarded as a pioneer for their use of a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system for emergency ambulance routing. Urgences-santé tracks their ambulances using GPS in conjunction with ArcGIS and the Network Analyst extension, which provides them with the ability to perform network-based spatial analysis. GPS data is synchronized with the Network Analyst extension to display the status of each vehicle on a map.
- Urgence-santé utilise les SIG pour sauver des vies
La Corporation d'Urgences-santé est le plus important service ambulancier au Québec. Avec près de 1300 employés et 160 véhicules, Urgences-santé répond, en moyenne, à plus de 900 appels par jour et effectue, quotidiennement, plus de 530 transports ambulanciers. Urgences-santé dessert une population résidente de plus 2,24 millions de personnes et son territoire s'étend sur les villes de Laval et de Montréal (744 km2). Urgences-santé est un pionnier en Amérique du Nord dans l'implantation et l'utilisation d'un système de Répartition Assistée par Ordinateur (RAO). Toutes les ambulances sont munies d'un GPS et le système ArcInfo, associé au module Network Analyst, effectue les analyses de proximité basées sur le réseau routier. La position de chaque véhicule est affichée sur une carte à l'aide d'un symbole dont la couleur variera en fonction de leur statut.
- Improving service to residents and the business community in the City of Surrey
The City of Surrey is located in southwestern British Columbia at the crossroads of the Pacific Rim, Greater Vancouver, and the United States. It is one of the fastest growing major cities in Canada. With a population of over 410,000 and a land area covering 35,000 hectares, the demand for sophisticated City spatial data management capabilities is high. In 2006, the GIS Section developed an ArcGIS extension with custom tools and processes that have dramatically reduced the effort to maintain the City's cadastral and infrastructure datasets.
- Powerful web application makes it easy to explore Ontario's North
The Government of Ontario is working diligently to ensure that the province continues to be a preferred destination for mineral investment. In an effort to promote sustainable development initiatives, and the responsible use of the province's wealth of earth resources in the North, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) successfully implemented a powerful web application to make investors from around the world aware of Ontario's mineral development advantages.
- Putting students' GIS skills to the test
Each year Skills Canada - Ontario coordinates the Ontario Technological Skills Competition. This is a three-day event where students from across the province have the opportunity to showcase their talents and test themselves against industry standards in contest areas ranging from robotics and animation, to culinary arts and photography. The Communication category of the competition includes a GIS contest that has attracted exemplary students for the last several years.
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