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                     YorkInfo Partnership

 
York Region and the YorkInfo Partnership
                    
The YorkInfo Partnership is a GIS collaboration led by York Region GISB with representation by all local area municipalities, the Region, the public and Catholic school boards, and the two conservation authorities. The goal of the Partnership is to maximize the collective value in investments in GIS by enabling information access and sharing, and building technical capacity among the partners.
 
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:
                           York Map        
 
 
 
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