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GIS Location-Based Spatial Data Standards in Canada

January 7, 2011 – 9:47 am

The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) is the organization that is involved with harmonizing Canada’s geospatial data and services. The CGDI consists of all of the standards, technology, systems of access, and set of rules that are necessary to promote common and open standards for location-based spatial data standards. The organization promotes the use of spatial standards to access and publish data on a common platform that encourages the sharing of location-based spatial data on the internet.

By Adriana Noton | Posted in Culture | Comments (0)

RFID Chips And Their Uses

November 19, 2010 – 9:32 am

Radio frequency identification or RFID is an old concept that has quietly become a large part of everyone’s life. RFID has been around for at least 90 years and was initially put into practice about 70 years, but not many people realized it. These days, you yourself are most likely scanned every day by an RFID reader and the things you purchase are certainly scanned at least once a week.