The federal mapping agencies of Canada and the Soviet Union will work together to share technology and develop business opportunities in the geomatics industry which deals with surveying, mapping, remote sensing and geographic information system technologies, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Jake Epp announced in Ottawa. A memorandum of understanding was signed recently by the two countries in Leningrad at the start of an EMR-sponsored seminar on geographic information systems technology that was given at the request of the Soviet government.
The workshop, aimed at demonstrating Canadian geomatics technology and identifying possible projects for co-operation, was repeated in Moscow the same week.
Other co-operative activities under discussion include the use of geographic information systems and remote sensing technologies for monitoring the northern environment, the use of Soviet high resolution satellite images for topographic map revision, and the use of global positioning satellite surveying technology.
Meanwhile, from Ottawa, EMR recently released the 40th edition of the ministry’s comprehensive map of mineral-producing areas in Canada.
Titled “Principal Mineral Areas of Canada (1990),” the new edition pinpoints about 240 metallic, non-metallic and industrial mineral mines, as well as about 220 oil and gas fields.
Seven inset maps of the country show the locations of non-ferrous smelters and refineries, pig iron and ferro-alloy plants, mines being developed for production, and major producing areas for minerals such as uranium, gold, silver, tin, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, iron and titanium.
Limited quantities of the map are available from the Communications Branch, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 580 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0E4.
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