YorkInfo Partnership

York Region and the YorkInfo Partnership

The YorkInfo Partnership comprises of the Region, nine local municipalities, two conservation authorities and two school boards with the responsibility to deliver services that fully employ our best use of technology for the best value to our residents.

Through cooperation, the Partnership and its members have developed and continue to enhance an efficient information infrastructure that is requisite to manage the challenges of rapidly growing urban areas alongside vast farmlands and evironmentally sensitive sites.

This geospatial information framework enhances sharing opportunities, creates efficiencies and common applications. By developing standards and facilitated by open policies and technology access to information will increase, new business processes will be implemented, duplication of effort will be reduced and cost will be avoided among tax-funded organizations and their constituents enhancing service to the residents and businesses in York Region.

YorkInfo Partnership Vision

Our communities will be enriched through the provision of a coordinated geospatial information infrastructure.

YorkInfo Partnership Mission Statement

The Partnership will develop a Geospatial Information infrastructure enabling efficient integration and access to mapping technologies and information.

Principles

Strong partnerships evolve from mutual respect and complementary strengths, combined with collaborative planning and decision-making. Consequently, the following principles guide the YorkInfo Partnership:

We will

Create and share data and knowledge in a coordinated and cooperative manner
Enable access to spatial information for internal operations and the public
Respect intellectual property
Operate in a financially responsible manner through the efficient use of resources
Adopt standards that enable interoperability
Communicate and promote understanding of the Partnership's activities
Foster awareness of geomatics

Goals

Create a geospatial framework to facilitate sharing of accurate, current, relevant geographic information including:

o Governance framework

o Policies

o Standards

o Technology

o Information

o Knowledge and training

o Access

Create a geospatial framework to facilitate sharing of accurate, current, relevant geographic information including:

o Reduce duplication of effort and costs

o Jointly invest in the creation and maintenance of core geographic information such as:

Orthophotography

Parcel Fabric

Single Line Road Network

Address Points

Create efficiencies and economies of scale related to the development and acquisition of tools, licences and training

Create opportunities for joint initiatives

Provide coordinated GIS emergency management planning and support

Organizational Framework for the YorkInfo Partnership

The Partnership is co-ordinated through members participating in an Executive Board, Co-ordinating Committee, and Information Management and Technology Team. Task forces and standing committees are established as required to meet objectives.

Representatives may include GIS users, as well as management and other professional staff.

Membership

Current members of the YorkInfo Partnership are:

Regional Municipality of York
Town of Aurora
Town of East Gwillimbury
Town of Georgina
Township of King
Town of Markham
Town of Newmarket
Town of Richmond Hill
City of Vaughan
Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
York Catholic District School Board
York Region District School Board