[Sdi-northamerica] Government of Canada renewed funding for GeoConnections

[Kate Lance]

This news is a few months old... but for those, like myself, who missed it at the time, I thought I'd share.  ~KTL
 
 
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/media/newcom/2011/201146-eng.php
Government of Canada Renews Funding for Geospatial Initiative
March 16, 2011
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/media/newcom/2011/201146a-eng.php?PHPSESSID=3c6ca7a0335a4fb5d32cafe7943e0a8c
 
The first two phases of GeoConnections (1999–2010) helped build a foundation for a geospatial data infrastructure.  With renewed funding to 2015, GeoConnections III will ensure a federal leadership role in the long-term sustainability of the CGDI. It will also ensure that Canadians will benefit from policies that prevent barriers to rapid growth in the geomatics sector; spur the creation of high value-added jobs in the digital economy; help develop better emergency management and public safety; and lead to stronger returns on investment in a range of industrial sectors, and continued technological innovation.

The Government of Canada will provide funding of $30 million over five years ― almost tripling the original two-year allocation of $11 million ― or Natural Resources Canada’s GeoConnections program.
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