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Ottawa, ON - Canadian agencies, organizations, and companies are invited to attend the Canadian Interoperability Day hosted by the Geoconnections Program of Natural Resources Canada and ESRI Canada on Friday, April 20, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa. Federal and provincial/territorial governments, industry, academia, and geomatics associations from Canada and around the world will be on hand showcasing their products and discussing the benefits of interoperability enabled by open interfaces and encodings that comply with the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) OpenGIS specifications.
"The reasons for attending the Canadian Interoperability Day are numerous," said Lucie Séguin, Acting Director, GeoConnections. "Participants will learn about the vision of GeoConnections, the architecture, standards, and services of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure; they will see a showcase of CGDI tools and applications and they will be able to explore users' contributions thus far to the CGDI."
"This event will demonstrate to participants the benefits that have grown from interoperability standards development and from the GeoConnections program," said Gordon Plunkett, Director, Spatial Data Infrastructure, ESRI Canada.
Registration is limited. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register before March 30th, 2007 to avoid disappointment. Feel free to share this invitation with other interested parties who may benefit from participation in the Canadian Interoperability Day.
For more information about the Canadian Interoperability Day and to register, please visit: https://www.esricanada.com/events/OGC/CID/
About ESRI Canada:
Established in 1984, ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) solutions. We distribute the world's leading GIS software solutions from ESRI Inc., Miner and Miner, and Azteca. In order to provide organizations with complete industry-specific solutions we have established an extensive business partner program that includes more than 125 Canadian organizations. ESRI Canada also provides professional services including consulting, training, technical support, and enterprise GIS implementation. We are leaders in providing world-class enterprise GIS solutions for many industries including local government, utilities, public safety and defence, business demographics, education, natural resources, and transportation. ESRI Canada has thirteen regional offices across the country, with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. For more information, please visit http://www.esricanada.com/ or call 1-800-447-9778.
About The GeoConnections Program:
With financial support from GeoConnections, a national program initiative led by Natural Resources Canada. GeoConnections and its program participants are working to enhance the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, an on-line resource that enables decision-makers to access, combine, and apply geographic information to gain new insights into social, environmental, and economic issues. For more information, please visit http://www.cgdi.ca/
About The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC):
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international industry consortium of more than 300 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications. OpenGIS Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications. For more information, please visit http://www.opengeospatial.org/.
Media Contacts:
John Waite
GIS Marketing Specialist
ESRI Canada
T: 416-441-6035
E: jwaite@esricanada.com
W: http://www.esricanada.com/
Barbara Ballantyne
Natural Resources Canada, GeoConnections Program
T: 613-947-1345
E: Barbara.Ballantyne@NRCan.gc.ca
W: http://www.cgdi.ca/
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