System design and organization, access to data
Partnerships
There is a requirement for partnering organizations to modify their
methods. These may be modifications to accommodate their partners’
data within their own organization or modifications which benefit their
partners. The three organizations contributing to this paper are committed to the development and maintenance of partnerships for the
delivery of their products and services. They recognize that partnerships
improve organizational effectiveness. Partnerships enable the organizations to respond to larger opportunities and can actually create new
opportunities. They allow each organization to concentrate on its core
competencies and to benefit from synergistic relationships. A partner
can bring new clients for an orgamzation’s products. Together, partners
can clevelop new products for their existing or new clients. Three partnerships are described below.
The primary information source for geomorphic interpretations for
both the ARSMP and the CIS is oblique aerial video with expert voice
commentary collected by the Geological Survey of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Coast Guard, the Federal Department of
Fisheries and Oceans and oil companies. Aerial photos were used as a
secondary source where video coverage was unavailable. Archeological
site data for the ARSMP existed only in hard-copy. Agreements were
negotiated for the conversion to digital form and the sharing of the
resulting digital information.
The partnership for the NSCS resulted in the development of new
products for the Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre: a digital database for
GIS users, a 1:50,000 scale hard copy monochrome map series, and a
print-on-demand colour map series. The partnership also brought new
clients, including aquaculturists, nearshore fisheries’ managers, coastal
zone management authorities, recreational enthusiasts and tourist facility operators to the provincial agencies and the Canadian Hydrographic
Service.
The NSCS also represented a new use for the existing data sets of the
three collaborating organizations.
A Coastal Zone Information Infrastructure
Masser (1999) in his review article summarizes the objectives of all
spatial data infrastructures: “To promote economic development, to
stimulate better government and to foster environmental sustainability”. These objectives are compatible with the objectives of Integrated
Coastal Management (ICM). In Atlantic Canada, economic development
is a major concern for the people and policy makers. The cross jurisdictional nature of the coastal zone between federal, provincial and
municipal governments in Canada suggests that partnerships for data
sharing would provide better government. Finally, sustainability is key
to ICM. A spatial data infrastructure for the coastal zone would seem
to be a natural vehicle to provide information for ICM. A Coastal Zone
Information Infrastructure is a vehicle for putting the puzzle together.
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Partnerships
There is a requirement for partnering organizations to modify their
methods. These may be modifications to accommodate their partners’
data within their own organization or modifications which benefit their
partners. The three organizations contributing to this paper are committed to the development and maintenance of partnerships for the
delivery of their products and services. They recognize that partnerships
improve organizational effectiveness. Partnerships enable the organizations to respond to larger opportunities and can actually create new
opportunities. They allow each organization to concentrate on its core
competencies and to benefit from synergistic relationships. A partner
can bring new clients for an orgamzation’s products. Together, partners
can clevelop new products for their existing or new clients. Three partnerships are described below.
The primary information source for geomorphic interpretations for
both the ARSMP and the CIS is oblique aerial video with expert voice
commentary collected by the Geological Survey of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Coast Guard, the Federal Department of
Fisheries and Oceans and oil companies. Aerial photos were used as a
secondary source where video coverage was unavailable. Archeological
site data for the ARSMP existed only in hard-copy. Agreements were
negotiated for the conversion to digital form and the sharing of the
resulting digital information.
The partnership for the NSCS resulted in the development of new
products for the Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre: a digital database for
GIS users, a 1:50,000 scale hard copy monochrome map series, and a
print-on-demand colour map series. The partnership also brought new
clients, including aquaculturists, nearshore fisheries’ managers, coastal
zone management authorities, recreational enthusiasts and tourist facility operators to the provincial agencies and the Canadian Hydrographic
Service.
The NSCS also represented a new use for the existing data sets of the
three collaborating organizations.
A Coastal Zone Information Infrastructure
Masser (1999) in his review article summarizes the objectives of all
spatial data infrastructures: “To promote economic development, to
stimulate better government and to foster environmental sustainability”. These objectives are compatible with the objectives of Integrated
Coastal Management (ICM). In Atlantic Canada, economic development
is a major concern for the people and policy makers. The cross jurisdictional nature of the coastal zone between federal, provincial and
municipal governments in Canada suggests that partnerships for data
sharing would provide better government. Finally, sustainability is key
to ICM. A spatial data infrastructure for the coastal zone would seem
to be a natural vehicle to provide information for ICM. A Coastal Zone
Information Infrastructure is a vehicle for putting the puzzle together.
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