The project will include the development of web services based on open and international geopatial standards.

CARIS, New Brunswick, Canada, will collaborate with Holonics Data Management Group Ltd. to develop a standards-based set of geospatial web services for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).

The full contract, estimated to be in excess of $274,000, is to provide the DFO with a common marine data entry point, a GeoPortal. The GeoPortal platform will access and extract knowledge from DFO’s various marine and hydrographic data holdings. The knowledge-based geospatial infrastructure it will augment and enhance DFO products, services and programs.