SDI Interesting Reads - June 2019

What is Canada's RADARSAT Constellation Mission and how will it provide critical data on Canada from space? How will next generation 9-1-1 transform public safety?  Read about Esri president Jack Dangermond’s thoughts on Intelligent GIS and more in our June’s SDI Interesting Reads.

• Canadian RADARSAT Constellation Mission launched successfully on June 12
• GeoNB completes Digital Elevation Model for the province  
• NG9-1-1: A game changer in public safety
• Enabling Open Data: A tale of two data portals (City of Ottawa, ON and Parkalnd County, AB)
• Interactive Wildfire Map shows the location and details of all active wildfires in B.C.
• App of the Month: Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup: Dirty Dozen
• Food insecurity rising in Nunavut since the launch of Nutrition North: study
• Great Lakes Superior and Erie set records as water levels surge
• Metadata helps agencies get more value out of vast information stores
• The transformation toward “Intelligent GIS”