Environmental IT and Geomatics

Environmental IT and geomatics are already being used support environmental research in forestry, ecology, business management and community planning. As such, this technology cross cuts the proposed CEE pillars. This technology could be used to monitor water flows, energy usage, water and waste water treatment and any other aspect of community management necessary to promote sustainable communities. This data could be fed into a modeling unit to give communities real time modeling of their environmental performance. This technology could also be used to develop a detailed three-dimensional virtual image and model of natural areas, with a focus on incorporating biophysical data, as well as economic (tourism/forestry) data. This integrated model would be a showcase national (and perhaps international) project that would support additional research in the forestry and tourism pillars. The College of the North Atlantic in Corner Brook houses the Geospatial Research Facility (GRF), an outstanding geospatial research unit. Working with this facility will allow the CEE to move forward in the geomatics sector in a number of new directions.