CSW, ontology webinar and SmartAtlas Workshop

A webinar on CSW, semantics and ontologies was sponsored by COINAtlantic and followed by a workshop on SmartAtlas 21-22 May 2014 in Halifax. The agenda included an Introduction to OGC and CSW by Jeff McKenna, Gateway Geomatics and a member of OGC, the ICAN CSW mediator by Yassine Lassoued (CMRC), ISO ontology initiatives by Jean Brodeur, Natural Resources Canada, Ontology research at Memorial University by Arnaud Vandecasteele, and ICAN ontology development again by Yassine. The presentations and video will be posted on www.coinatlantic.ca Follow @coinatlantic to find out when they will be available.

Some Halifax participants in the CSW webinar and guests out for Thai food
(from the right) Arnaud Vandecasteele (Memorial University), Lenore Bajona (Ocean Tracking Network OTN),
Yassine Lassoued (CMRC), Jeff McKenna (Gateway Geomatics), Bob Branton (OTN), Shirley Sangster and Sheila Clyburne
Yassine leads the SmartAtlas workshop

Vol, 8, Nr 2 - Now Available!

We are now entering our 9th year publishing the ICAN newsletter. Many thanks to our Editor Andy Sherin!

Please consider preparing an article for the next newsletter that will likely be published in the spring of this year.

Happy New Year!

Photos from CoastGIS 2018

Our friends from CoastGIS 2018 have posted a wonderful gallery of photos, including the recent ICAN mini-workshop:

See how many ICAN members you can spot!