Abstract

Proof of Concept for an Enterprise Environmental Spatial System
Track: Environmental Management
Authors: Chiadih Chang

Spatial assets and technologies to support the environment and natural resources related regulatory agencies are required to be implemented and delivered within an enterprise maturity model. The objective of this project is to demonstrate a prototype of an enterprise environmental spatial system for Alberta, Canada that integrates the following components:

• Data access from multiple internal and external sources,
• Automation of thematic mapping at different scales,
• Enabling/facilitating the use of spatial environmental evaluation applications, simulation models, and tools,
• A spatially-searchable information and knowledge management superstore utilized by multidisciplinary environmental analysts and evaluators, and
• A web-based, spatial-enabled, open and transparent reporting system.

The proposed integrated spatial system would allow agencies to manage the environment in an effective, efficient, responsible, and transparent manner, which leads to the achievement of desired environmental outcomes and sustainable development of natural resources.