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6.2.3 Federal Geospatial Platform Project

Data and services identified by the Federal Geospatial Platform Project are de- scribed in figure 6.4 on the following page. The links listed in the figure are repeated here to allow direct follow up: Migratory Bird Species ECCC Data Mart OGP Catalogue First Nation, Inuit Community, INAC ESRI REST Offshore Oil and Gas Rights INAC ESRI REST Northern Major Projects NRCan ESRI REST North American Cooperation on Energy NRCan ESRI REST OGP Catalogue GeoScience data NRCan WMS NRCan Surficial Geology WMS Canadian Geochronology Knowledgebase NRCan ESRI REST National Marine NRCan NMCA WMS NRCan NP WMS National Pollutant Release Inventory ECCC ESRI REST Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators ECCC ESRI REST Chapter 6. Data 62 Title Description Link Migratory Bird Species at Risk Range Maps for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Range Maps for all Migratory Bird Species At Risk within the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Extensive point observation data collected by the Canadian Wildlife Service helped to identify breeding ranges for Migratory Bird Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. ECCC Data Mart OGP Catalogue First Nation, Inuit Community, Tribal Council Locations This dataset is Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada INAC official source for First Nation, Inuit Community and Tribal Council geographic location on maps. INAC ESRI REST Offshore Oil and Gas Rights The Oil and Gas Rights dataset contains the digital boundaries for existing exploration licences, significant discovery licences, production licences, former permits, former leases and the Norman Wells Proven Area. INAC ESRI REST Northern Major Projects Location of Major Infrastructure, Resource, Oil and Gas Projects in Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. NRCan ESRI REST North American Cooperation on Energy Information, Mapping Data Mapping Resources on energy facilities implemented as part of a North American trilateral cooperation on energy information between the Department of Energy of the United States of America, the Department of Natural Resources of Canada, and the Ministry of Energy of the United Mexican States. NRCan ESRI REST OGP Catalogue GeoScience data Various Geoscience datasets from the Geological Survey of Canada. • Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometry AGRS data • Canadian Gravity Anomaly Data Base • Aeromagnetic surveys • Surficial Geology NRCan WMS NRCan Surficial Geology WMS Canadian Geochronology Knowledgebase A compilation of publicly available reports of geochronological information from the Geological Survey of Canada. NRCan ESRI REST National Marine Conservation Area and National Parks Parks Canada manages more than 43 NPs and is responsible to protect NMCAs NRCan NMCA WMS NRCan NP WMS National Pollutant Release Inventory The National Pollutant Release Inventory NPRI is Canadas public inventory of pollutant releases to air, water and land, disposals and transfers for recycling. Under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 CEPA 1999, owners or operators of facilities in Canada that meet the published reporting requirements are required to report to the NPRI. Reported pollutants include toxic substances, air pollutants and other substances of concern. ECCC ESRI REST Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators CESI program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues. ECCC ESRI REST F IGURE 6.4: Selected Web Services relevant to the Arctic Spatial Data Pilot, source: Federal Geospatial Platform Project Chapter 6. Data 63

6.2.4 Geographical Names