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Cross border Projects
The FGDC Cooperative Assistance Program collaborated with the GeoConnetions, Natural Resources Canada, (the Canadian FGDC equivalent) to fund mutual CAP Grant projects across the US-Canada border.
Projects
- FGDC & GeoConnections Sponsored Four Geospatial Projects
- Yellowstone to Yukon (2000-2001) focus on Wildlife Habitat
- Red River Basin (2001-2002) focus on Water Management
- Lake Ontario/ St Lawrence River(2002-2003) focus on Coastal Data Integration
- Gulf of Maine (2003-2004) focus on Integrated Ocean Observing
- Mapping Infectious Disease across the Maine-New Brunswick Border (2006-2007)
- Critical
Infrastructure (2008-2009)
- These projects highlight and further our scientific and technical understandings of the complexities, challenges and efforts required to develop and use geospatial data to address a common issue over a contiguous geography
- The Gulf of Maine Project was recognized by Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister at Geo-5 meeting in held in Ottawa Canada in November 2004
Key Objectives
- Stimulate cross border cooperation
- Private sector participation
- A US lead organization and a Canadian lead organization
- Two project meetings one in US and one in Canada
- 100% Matching contributions
- Find tangible solutions to a specific issue
- Common geographic area of mutual concern that crosses the international boundary
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Use established spatial data/metadata standards and models
Some Outcomes
- Assemble spatial data crucial specific project issue
- Develop integrated US/Canadian Spatial data
- Establish solid network of US/Canadian partners
- Advance legal mechanism and network to share spatial datasets
