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New Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED)
This project will contribute to advancing the coverage of Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) for Canada's North. By combining satellite images with satellite radar data, this project will produce CDED consistent with national standards and CDED product specifications. Specifically, the project will produce 137 data sets at the scale of 1:50 000 for Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
People who live and work in northern Canada require high quality of CDED. Employed largely to produce maps, CDED are used by a variety of individuals and organizations in both the public and private sectors. These applications include maritime transport, Northwest Passage mapping, climate change monitoring, sustainable development, wildlife conservation, energy and natural resource development, and mineral exploration.
CDED are produced from contour lines that have been integrated for consistency and accuracy with rivers, streams, lakes and other topographic features. The contour lines are also used in the production of topographic maps.
This project contributes to the advancement of the CDED layer of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). Northern communities, including First Nations, will benefit from this project by being better able to make decisions about their social, economic, and environmental development.
Primary Partner:
Natural Resources Canada–Earth Sciences Sector–Geomatics for Northern Development
Ottawa,
Ontario;
Partners: Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI); Lands and Resources Department, Nunavut; Natural Resources Canada–Earth Sciences Sector–Northern Energy Development Program (NEDP); Canadian Space Agency
Funding From GeoConnections: $164,400.00 ( 17.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: April 1, 2006
Estimated Completion Date: March 31, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: Northwest Territories; Nunavut;