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India NSDI Feasibility Study
Canadian GeoProject Centre
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada. Apr 25, 2005 -- Canadian GeoProject Centre (CGPC) is pleased to announce that the India NSDI Feasibility Study has been approved by Canadian International Development Agency – Industrial Cooperation Program (CIDA-INC). This project is being undertaken by CubeWerx Inc. and Holonics Data Management Group Inc., both based in Gatineau, Québec, with CGPC and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) playing support roles.
This study is a project under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). The work to develop this project began during a business mission to India in November 2002, when the MOU was signed. Interest in collaboration on the development of national spatial data infrastructures (NSDI) was first explored in a workshop organized by NRCan, CGPC and other industry partners during this mission, and became a focus of the MOU.
The main objective of this Feasibility Study project is to analyze the relevant factors affecting the successful implementation of an NSDI in India. The Indian government wants to involve some of Canada’s leading SDI firms in an assessment of the feasibility of their own country's migration toward Canada's example of an open-architecture, standards based, multi-vendor NSDI. Canada’s leadership role in establishing an operational data infrastructure under the GeoConnections/CGDI program was a key factor in DST’s decision to proceed with this project.
This initiative demonstrates the merits of CGPC’s business development approach. The close working relationship between Natural Resources Canada and CGPC and its network of partner firms was instrumental in winning this project. NRCan played a central role in developing the working relationship with the client in India and providing a framework for the negotiations on the project with Department of Science and Technology.
The project will begin with a Stakeholder Workshop in early June 2005.
ABOUT CUBEWERX INC.
Founded in 1996, CubeWerx has been developing standard-based off the shelf software products (SCOTS) in response to Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) requirements for interoperable information infrastructures. CubeWerx is an innovative software company whose expertise includes development, marketing and selling of Web Services and Spatial Warehousing software products. These products and other location-based software product components support the most demanding requirements for the integration, access, and management of very large volumes of Spatial Data over the web. CubeWerx products such as CubeXPLOR, CubeSERV and CubeSTOR were developed using open and interoperable specifications from the Open GIS Consortium. These products allow organizations responsible for Geospatial data to respond to their most demanding client requirements and offer them on-line Web services in a multi-vendor products environment. More information on CubeWerx is available on the Internet at www.cubewerx.com.
For more information please contact:
Edric Keighan (CubeWerx)
Tel.: (819) 771-8303 x207
E-mail
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