Project Briefing Bob Parkinson Peter Schut

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Project BriefingBob Parkinson / Peter Schut
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What is the National Land and Water Information
Service?

• A 4-year Major Crown Project approved by Treasury
  Board in May 2005
• Implementation is now under way to build the
  Service in a four-phase approach
• A Service providing easy and timely on-line
  access to detailed geospatial data, information
  and application tools to support inform local
  and regional land-use planning and management.

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What is the National Land and Water Information
Service?

• It will integrate land, soil, water, climate and
  biodiversity data from different sources using
  Geographic Information System (GIS) technology
  and provide assistance to access the information
  primarily through the Internet.
• It will provide service nationally and will
  partner and collaborate with other federal
  government departments, provincial, territorial
  and municipal governments, NGOs the private
  sector.

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What is the National Land and Water Information
Service?

• The National Land and Water Information Service
  will advance the objectives of the Agricultural
  Policy Framework.
• (Environmental Farms Plans and Environmental
  Assessments, National Farm Stewardship Program,
  National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and
  Reporting Program, National Agro-Climate
  Information Service, Greencover Canada Program,
  National Water Supply Expansion Program, Water
  Quality Surveillance)

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Why do we need this Service?

• Clients and stakeholders say
• they do not have adequate access to information
  and decision tools to make the best land-use
  decisions
• data and information are not easily accessible
• there is no national focus
• To comply with section 26.5 of the APF
• to make available to land-use decision makers,
  decision tools and environmental information to
  support and inform local and regional land-use
  planning and management

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Bringing Information Together

• Residences

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Bringing Information Together

• Residences

• Land use

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Bringing Information Together

• Residences

• Land use

• Soil drainage

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Bringing Information Together

• Residences

• Land use

• Soil drainage

• Buffer zones

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Bringing Information Together

• Residences

• Land use

• Soil drainage

• Buffer zones

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Value for Clients and Stakeholders

• Improved access to information will
• help balance economic development and
  environmental sustainability
• contribute to regional and rural economic
  development
• National Land Water Information Service will
  enable producers to answer questions such as

Will the water supply be affected by my proposed
production?
What is the contamination risk of groundwater on
my land?
How much fencing and at what cost to protect a
riparian area?
Can this land support an expanded operation?
What kind of production will this land support?
What is the availability and capability of the
land for manure spreading?
Where are the best soils for growing potatoes?
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Partnership and Collaboration are the foundation

• The Service is a horizontal initiative being
  implemented through partnership and collaboration
  with other federal government departments,
  provincial, territorial and municipal
  governments, NGOs and the private sector
• It offers an unprecedented opportunity to
  transform the way in which Canadians access
  agri-environmental information.

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The foundation of the service will be its
collaboration with clients, stakeholders and
related organizations.
The National Land Water Information Service
will be developed through cooperative efforts of
many organizations, to benefit agricultural
producers, land managers, municipalities and the
general public.
Cooperation
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Stakeholder Collaboration
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Components

• The Service will provide
• Applications that meet user needs to support
  decisions
• Data that is current, accurate and at an
  appropriate scale
• Collaboration with other governments, industries
  and farm groups that have a need for and
  ownership of land, soil, water, climate and
  biodiversity information
• IM/IT infrastructure built on GeoConnections
  principles - a network of independent computers
  and databases which will be housed at AAFC and
  its many collaborating agencies and accessible
  through the Internet
• Expertise that includes knowledge management, the
  capacity to interpret the information and to
  collect and maintain it
• The Project is supported by
• Project Management that ensures implementation is
  on schedule, activities are integrated and
  project stays within budget and scope
• Communication activities in support of
  implementation

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Implementation

• The Service will be implemented in four phases,
  over four years. Each phase produces specific
  deliverables with increasing levels of services
  and tangible benefits for the user.
• Phase 1 Single Window Pulls together currently
  dispersed activities within AAFC and provides
  national access to existing AAFC data holdings,
  and collaborators data where agreements exist
• Phase 2 Geospatial EnvironmentInitial
  information technology platform for the Service
• Phase 3 National Source for Agri-Environmental
  Geospatial InformationDelivers new GIS services
  on the new platform
• Phase 4 Specialized Information
  IntegrationCompletes the Service and enriches
  access and linkages to collaborators information
  and data

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Phasing Strategy Timelines
Single Window Common Look Feel, Land Resource
Viewer
Geospatial Environment Initial Information
Platform
National Agri-Environmental Info Source New
Applications deployed
Specialized Info Integration Increasing
Sophistication
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Phase One has been completed with the launch of
the new Web portal

• 22 legacy applications were brought into a new
  Web portal under the National Land and Water
  Information Service.
• Several new applications were created and made
  available on-line.
• The portal features the Service brand and
  follows the Government of Canada common look and
  feel rules.

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Levels of Service

• Self-Service
• Assisted
• Custom

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Project Status

• Project plan, structure and resources in place
• Phase 1 Single Window
• Completed
• Web portal was launched on March 31, 2006
• Phase 2 Geospatial Environment
• Detailed planning and development under way
• Consultations with provinces and federal
  departments ongoing
• Provincial Working Groups organized
• Consultations with users ongoing
• Focus on outreach and validation of business
  requirements

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Web Portal
www.agr.gc.ca/nlwis-snite
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Internet Access

• Easy Access to Maps, Data, Tools and Expertise
• Information about the project
• Latest news
• Contact information

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Maps

• Maps range from national to regional in scope
• Intuitive, easy to use interface

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Data

• Data for download by end user
• Soil, Land Use, Water, Climate, Biodiversity,
  Imagery, and Framework.

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Tools

• Interactive Web-mapping applications, worksheets
  and calculators
• Designed to assist land-use decision makers

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Expertise

• Service supported by the expertise of Agriculture
  and Agri-Food Canada.
• Expertise in land use, soil, water, climate,
  biodiversity and geomatics

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Applications
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Applications
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Applications
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Applications
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Data
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Contact Us

• Project Leader Dr. Susan M. Till
• Assistant Deputy Minister
• e-mail tills_at_agr.gc.ca
• Project Manager Denis Douville
• e-mail douvilled_at_agr.gc.ca
• Communications Mgr Bev Kerr
• e-mail kerrb_at_agr.gc.ca

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