The Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network (CGKN) is an initiative of the National Geological Surveys Committee (NGSC) to provide an Internet portal to Canadian geoscience information.

Dramatic advances in data management and communication technology have revolutionized how we access information. With the development of CGKN, the Canadian geoscience community is becoming a global leader in providing rapid access to its knowledge assets. Through the CGKN web site, clients are now able to discover, view, evaluate and obtain consistent and standardized geoscience data, maps and publications.

The NGSC have coordinated partnerships with the federal, provincial, and territorial government agencies, as well as private-sector organizations establishing a nationally comprehensive network in CGKN. As one of the partners, GeoConnections is the program responsible for the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). CGKN will become the geoscience component of CGDI.

Highlights

CGKN will:

	provide a single Internet portal for the discovery and evaluation of geoscience data
	link the client to the data provider
	provide the infrastructure, tools and standards for the integration and use of geoscience knowledge
	establish national standards for terminology and exchange of geoscience data
	allow agencies to exchange and access consistent, standardized information
	provide national coverage of regional scales for key data types
	allow access to NGSC data holdings through CGKN and CGDI services
	enable NGSC members to deliver geoscience information independently or within CGKN

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