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## The Problem
Canada creates incredible amounts of open data, from foundational road networks, federal census statistics, orthoimagery, and other. However, these datasets are often locked in legacy formats, fragmented portals, or structures that require significant engineering effort to normalize before they can be used. For a researcher or a system developer, the "time-to-insight" is often bottlenecked by data preparation.
Canada creates incredible amounts of open data, from foundational road networks to federal census statistics and orthoimagery. However, these datasets are often locked in legacy formats, fragmented portals, or structures that require significant engineering effort to normalize. For a researcher or system developer, the "time-to-insight" is often bottlenecked by data preparation.
## The Solution
We act as the transformation layer. We aggregate datasets with permissive licenses and process them into "digestible" standards optimized for modern downstream applications.
* **For Researchers and Developers:** Skip the cleaning phase. Access normalized, documented data ready for analysis.
* **For Data Engineers, Researchers/Scientists, and Developers:** Skip the cleaning phase. Access normalized, documented data ready for analysis.
* **For Systems:** Standardized data structures designed to feed directly into pipelines, data warehouses, and downstream services.
**Our Stewardship:**
Data for Canada takes ownership of the datasets we create, from start to finish. We ensure that data structures remain consistent, allowing for reliable analysis across **time and space**.
## What Guides Us
We prioritize our work in a utilitarian manner, aiming to provide the greatest amount of good to the greatest amount of individuals, though we remain open to making exceptions where necessary.
Our approach is informed by key federal digital standards:
* [Guidance on assessing readiness to manage data according to Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) principles](https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/information-management/guidance-assessing-readiness-manage-data-according-findable-accessible-interoperable-reusable-principles.html)
* [GC White Paper: Data Sovereignty and Public Cloud](https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/cloud-services/digital-sovereignty/gc-white-paper-data-sovereignty-public-cloud.html)
## High-Level Overview
```mermaid
flowchart TD
subgraph ds [Data Sources]
StatProducts@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Statistical Products"}
Foundation@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Foundation"}
Statistical@{ shape: lean-l}
Foundation@{ shape: lean-l}
Orthoimagery@{ shape: lean-l}
FieldImagery@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Field Imagery"}
EnvironmentClimate@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Environmental & Climate"}
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end
%% Relationships
StatProducts a1@--> Raw
Statistical a1@--> Raw
a1@{animate: true, animation: slow}
Foundation a2@--> Raw
a2@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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a23@{animate: true, animation: slow}
%% URLs
click Foundation "/docs/processes/foundation/" _blank
click StatProducts "/docs/processes/statistical_products/" _blank
click Orthoimagery "/docs/processes/orthoimagery/" _blank
click FieldImagery "/docs/processes/field_imagery/" _blank
%%click EnvironmentClimate "/docs/processes/environmental_climate/" _blank
%%click Elevation "/docs/processes/elevation/" _blank
click Foundation "https://github.com/dataforcanada/process-foundation-labs/" _blank
click Statistical "https://github.com/dataforcanada/process-statistical-labs/" _blank
click Orthoimagery "https://github.com/dataforcanada/process-orthoimagery-labs/" _blank
click FieldImagery "https://github.com/dataforcanada/process-field-imagery-labs/" _blank
click EnvironmentClimate "https://github.com/dataforcanada/process-environmental-climate-labs/" _blank
click Elevation "https://www.dataforcanada.org/docs/dissemination/" _blank
click WebCorpus "https://github.com/dataforcanada/process-web-corpus-labs/" _blank
click Parquet "https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/" _blank
click FlatGeoBuf "https://flatgeobuf.org/" _blank
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click MLT "https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-tile-spec/" _blank
click COG "https://cogeo.org/" _blank
click Zarr "https://github.com/zarr-developers/geozarr-spec/" _blank
click WebP "https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/riff_container/" _blank
click WebP "https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/" _blank
click PMTiles "https://github.com/protomaps/PMTiles/blob/main/spec/v3/spec.md" _blank
click JPEGXL "https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/" _blank
click AV1 "https://aomedia.org/specifications/av1/" _blank
click DecentralizedDistribution "/docs/dissemination/" _blank
click DecentralizedDistribution "https://www.dataforcanada.org/docs/dissemination/" _blank
click Metadata "https://stac-utils.github.io/stac-geoparquet/latest/spec/stac-geoparquet-spec/" _blank
click GeoSpatialServices "https://github.com/dataforcanada/geo-services-labs/" _blank
click Martin "https://martin.maplibre.org/" _blank
click GeoServer "https://geoserver.org/" _blank
click ZOOProject "https://zoo-project.org/" _blank
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click Panoramax "https://gitlab.com/panoramax" _blank
click Pelias "https://pelias.io" _blank
```