Manitoba Land Related Information System: the Information Utility

Author

Oswald, Rolf

Author_Institution

LINNET Geomatics Int. Inc., Winnipeg, Man., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

15-16 May 1995

Firstpage

252

Abstract

This paper discusses a data warehouse facility known as the “Information Utility” (“IU”) which was constructed to meet the land related information needs of government agencies, utility companies and the public in Manitoba. The IU forms the hub of the Manitoba Land Related Information System (“MLRIS”); a multi-participant system with a mandate to provide access to common spatial information. The concept of the IU was formed in the late 1980s with the understanding that many agencies all required access to the large and complex datasets that describe the land and infrastructure base. In exploring the architecture of the IU this paper describes the main system components including the repository, the data catalogue, the data exchange manager, query and browse applications, and the system administration modules

Keywords

government data processing; management information systems; public information systems; public utilities; Information Utility; Manitoba Land Related Information System; architecture; browse applications; data catalogue; data exchange manager; data warehouse facility; government agencies; infrastructure base; public information system; query applications; repository; spatial information access; system administration modules; system components; utility companies; Data warehouses; Databases; Government; Home appliances; Information systems; Internet; Management information systems; Road transportation; Satellite broadcasting; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCANEX 95. Communications, Power, and Computing. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Winnipeg, Man.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2725-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCAN.1995.493980

Filename

493980