LAKEVIEWS A Brief Introduction...

Federal/Provincial agreement guided by vision of a “healthy, prosperous, & sustainable Great Lakes Ecosystem” for present & future generations” Signed by 8 Federal Departments, 3 Provincial Ministries Establishes: priorities, goals, & results for enhancement & conservation of Basin Ecosystem management strategies required to achieve these goals roles and responsibilities of each party commitment to report regularly and publicly Key Principals: Free Exchange of Information data will be collected once, closest to the source, in the most efficient manner possible and will be shared Response to COA WHAT IS LAKEVIEWS?

Develop an information management system for tracking environmental change & progress Parties will ensure accurate and timely information on environmental progress by achieving: Scientific data & information shared among government, organizations, and basin residents Canada & Ontario will: Develop and maintain information management system framework for COA Provide public access to monitoring information through the internet and published reports Response to COA Annex 4: WHAT IS LAKEVIEWS?

An interoperable system of distributed databases linked by web services & mapping technologies that serves as a discovery, access, visualization & reporting tool for monitoring trends in environmental quality An interoperable system of distributed databases linked by web services & mapping technologies that serves as a discovery, access, visualization & reporting tool for monitoring trends in environmental quality OUR VISION

HOW DOES IT WORK? Information stays at source –Interoperable –Distributed Free access to information Build within, on, & around existing information services Metadata to describe information Web services to provide access Compliance with standards (metadata and services) Adoption of best practices & standards

NEXT STEPS Application Multiple “Views” Enhance features Content Requirements Training Development Implementation Profile Marketing

APPLICATION Links to multi-media Improve access to spatial & temporal trend info Enhance Features Utilize existing architecture Create/apply page templates Customize categories, sub-categories, & layers Multiple Views

CONTENT Introduction at Management level Working level “buy-in” Capacity building Tools Training What do you need? What stage of IM are you at? Who is your audience What questions do you want to answer? How do you want to present your information? What approach? Requirements

CONTENT (cont.) How do you develop? Who does the development? Time… Resources??? Development Implementation Making sure systems are compatible Where does application sit? Maintenance issues…

CONTACT INFORMATION BRAD HILL Environment Canada (905)