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Who We Are
In September 2003 the Manitoba Eco-Network established a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Mapping Centre to assist Manitoba's ENGO community in developing their capacity to gather, store, analyze and manipulate spatial information at a minimum cost in support of their conservation and education goals. The primary goal of this service is to enhance ENGO efforts to educate the public, build a supportive constituency and contribute constructively to public policy. The Manitoba Eco-Network’s GIS/Mapping Centre also identifies and carries out GIS projects that will benefit the environmental community in general.
The GIS/Mapping Centre welcomes partnerships with community colleges and universities whose students are interested in mapping and other GIS applications, through the provision of placements for practicum and work experience. It will also provide opportunities for young people to work on real life conservation and land use issues with community groups. In addition, the Centre has the capability to host students and volunteers seeking practical community-based GIS experience.
The mandate of the Eco-Network’s GIS Mapping Centre is to provide the benefits of GIS technologies to Manitoba’s ENGO community and other interested institutions. This starts with the possibility to generate custom maps and extends to geospatial analyses and the establishment of whole Geographic Information Systems (GISs) or interactive maps that can be used for educational purposes.
We are located in the Alice Chambers Memorial Library of the EcoCentre:
R3B 2B4
Ph: (204) 947-6511
E-Mail: GIS Project Manager at gismanager (at) mbeconetwork.org
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