GIS Online

Introduction

The Great Lakes GIS Online project builds upon the regional Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) to provide Internet-based access to, and online mapping capability for, a variety of consistent spatial data layers covering the Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes GIS Online project will provide a solid foundation for interagency spatial data sharing and collaboration across the binational region.

Yet for all the advantages these mapping capabilities offer, beyond them lies an even more valuable goal. A mapping tool like Great Lakes GIS Online requires consistent and accurate spatial data from a variety of sources throughout the region. One of the greatest and most cost-effective long-term benefits that the Great Lakes GIS Online project will provide is institutionalization of a mechanism to build regional cooperation and collaboration in inter-agency spatial data sharing over the Internet.

Current Activities

Great Lakes Regional Geospatial Data Exchange Conference
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Great Lakes Commission hosted a conference focused on the coordination and distribution of GIS data between state, provincial and federal agencies across the Great Lakes Region. There were two primary topic areas for this meeting: online data and distributed mapping tools; and data exchange agreements by lake, state/province and agency.