2018-10-23 - Scenario 3 - FGP
- Diego Cesa de Meira (Unlicensed)
GIS and Non-GIS Data Inputs
The Federal Geospatial Platform (FGP) includes a catalogue of authoritative geospatial datasets published by the various departments of the Government of Canada (GoC) with links to access them.
Each geospatial dataset includes a metadata record that documents the purpose, provenance, usage limitations, currency, accuracy, and other information about the dataset.
Users provide ad-hoc or structured terms to search for geospatial datasets.
Data Processing
Authoritative geospatial datasets are subject to a governance process that may include processing to ensure data quality.
Authoritative geospatial datasets that are updated regularly may have processing scripts that are subject to a governance review, rather than requiring a governance review of each incremental update to the dataset.
Geospatial datasets that are to be made available to the public (i.e., "open" datasets) may be subject to processing that removes attributes that contain protected data.
User Stories
User Story 1
As a user, I need to search for authoritative geospatial datasets from across the GoC so that I can add them to a web map that I'm authoring.
User Story 2
As an analyst, I need to determine the provenance, currency, and accuracy of an authoritative geospatial dataset from another GoC department so that I can determine if it is suitable to use in an analysis that I am performing.
User Story 3
As a data custodian, I need to share an authoritative geospatial dataset with the public so that I can satisfy the GoC's Directive on Open Government .
Outputs
Authoritative geospatial datasets maintained by Transport Canada (TC) are available to the rest of GoC via FGP. These datasets and / or the processes that maintain them are subject to a data governance regime. Each dataset has a metadata record that provides a complete description of the dataset.
From the TC enterprise GIS portal, users can search for authoritative geospatial datasets published by TC and other GoC departments. Users can view the metadata records of datasets that they discover in order to determine the suitability of the datasets for the users' purposes. Users can use the datasets to make maps, to perform analyses, or as inputs to web, mobile, or desktop applications.