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Committees

Geomatics Yukon participates in the following geomatics related committees:

CSDI Steering Committee

The CSDI (Corperate Spatial Data Infrastructure) Steering Committee sets the priorities and makes any major decisions.for the CSDI.

The members of this commmittee are:

Chris Almstrom - Development Services, ICT, Dept. of Highways and Public Works
Beth Hawkings - Information Management & Technology, Dept. of Environment
Ross McLachlan - Corporate Services, Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources

Yukon GIS Users Group

This group provides an open forum for Yukon GIS profesionals to share ideas and keep informed on GIS activities.Membership is open to private and public sector GIS professionals.

Yukon Imagery Coordination Discussion Group

Yukon Imagery Coordination Discussion Group meetings are an opportunity to discuss imagery availablity, status of new imagery and current Geomatics Yukon imagery projects. Meets occur 4 times per year. Membership is open to private and public sector imagery users.

Canadian Council on Geomatics

The Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) is the federal-provincial-territorial consultative body for geomatics in Canada on which the governments of Canada and each province and territory are represented. CCOG meets at least annually. Chris Almstrom is the Yukon member of CCOG.

The aims of CCOG are to:

   1. provide a consultative forum of federal, provincial and territorial government representatives for such purposes as:
         1. the consideration and discussion of important common issues and concerns;
         2. the exchange of information on current and future programs;
         3. the discussion of proposed legislation of general interest;
         4. the presentation and discussion of reports on achievements, organizational changes, new ideas, technology and procedures developed during the preceding year or to be developed in future;
   2. develop, promote and promulgate national and international geomatics standards;
   3. work together to support a Canadian geospatial data infrastructure ;
   4. promote cooperation and the exchange of geomatics data to reduce duplication of effort and to facilitate easy access to and use of geographical information by all Canadians; and
   5. formulate recommendations and resolutions as are from time to time deemed appropriate.