The Borealis GIS
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Mapping Solution
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Mapping
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The ability to link a geographic location to descriptive data, or to display information in context on maps and within forms and reports, is an integral part of Borealis' system design.
The GIS & Interactive Mapping module is a geospatial service embedded within the Borealis IMS that enables companies to manage geospatial information. The module is integrated with central authentication and role-based privileges to provide application security.
- Enables a better understanding of the environment in which stakeholders live by synthesizing information to facilitate better decision-making, while taking into account social responsibility.
- Allows project employees who are not geographic information systems experts to use this tool as an asset to assist in project management.
- Enables customers to benefit from a wide range of viewing possibilities through the use of interactive maps and by performing direct calculations on geospatial data.
- Facilitates decision making for stakeholder engagement, land access or community investment activities.
What is GIS & Interactive Mapping?
GIS & Interactive Mapping is mapping support that allows the user to view geographic information and to query the map in order to retrieve corresponding descriptive information from an information management system database.
Why is it important to address GIS & Interactive Mapping in the context of extractive industries?
Increasingly, managers at all levels are challenged by the absence of effective tools to synthesize large volumes of data. The Interactive Mapping module enables managers to utilize available data to frame strategy options in a simple and understandable manner.
Most mining or oil & gas information, including financial and asset information, has some sort of spatial component that can be represented in map form. In fact, maps are an ideal platform to centralize and visualize large volumes of information and provide greater context for decision-making.
Read more...The four components of Borealis GIS & interactive mapping software
Interactive Maps
Interactive maps display geographical information for Borealis IMS modules such as stakeholder engagement, land access, or community investment activities.
More specifically, grievances, formal meetings, and informal communications are all displayed as layers to enable spatial analysis of events and key issues. By pinpointing each complaint, grievance or incident with precision, maps are very helpful for identifying riskier project zones.
For example, for land compensation activities, geospatial data (e.g. parcels, crops, buildings) linked with descriptive data within the IMS are used for the calculation of eligibility and compensation packages, budgets for areas to be cleared, etc. In the context of resettlement, maps are also a useful tool for quickly assessing the field's conditions of access.
The user is able to explore maps, change parameters, navigate and interact with the map in order to reveal additional information and link to other resources. Users can easily navigate between the maps and the IMS, either by starting from a geographical point and tracking its corresponding data in the IMS or by targeting given data in the IMS and quickly visualizing its corresponding geographic information.
Data Access and Integration
The Interactive Mapping module can use geospatial data originating in the enterprise GIS. As the company's master geospatial repository, the enterprise GIS can be integrated with web services such as WFS and WMS.
The system also provides geospatial data import and export capabilities for exchanging data with ESRI Arc SDE (Spatial Data Engine).
The Interactive Mapping service is also available on mobile devices such as Iphone™, Ipad™, Android™, Blackberry ™, GPS, etc. to facilitate the work of teams working on the ground.
Analysis
Besides enabling customers to benefit from a wide range of viewing possibilities from the interactive maps, the module also allows users to perform direct calculations and analysis of geospatial data.
In the context of stakeholder engagement activities, users can also generate new geospatial data based on the locations of events and engagement activities. These datasets will be stored into the IMS database and will be made available through a web interface so that layers can be accessed.
The process developed for land access and compensation streamlines field data collection, data integration, compensation package calculations and payments using geospatial datasets and valuation information as core elements within the overall process. It enables the data acquired in the field to be seamlessly integrated with the other modules in the Information Management System.
