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Oil & Gas Impact Assessment - A New Mapping Tool For Industry

ReportViz Allows Users to Assess Impact of Oil and Gas Exploration

CartoVista partner, ICI Innovations, has developed an interactive mapping application for the public and industry to better understand the changes happening in our oceans

Note: Be sure to use ReportViz on a desktop computer as it has not been optimized for mobile viewing at this time.*

In August 2019, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAA) awarded a contract to CartoVista partner, ICI Innovations (ICI), for the development of an interactive reporting and mapping system for use by the general public and industry as part of IAA’s Regional Assessment of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploratory Drilling East of Newfoundland and Labrador (RA). The data to be contained within the system would be defined through the course of the RA’s development, requiring a flexible model for integrating regional geospatial and tabular data that include:

Additional system requirements included:

ICI undertook a comprehensive investigation of available mapping products as part of its proposal to the IAA and determined CartoVista to be the product that best met the requirements of the RA and the IAA as a whole. ICI engaged with CartoVista to execute a comprehensive product review and confirmed the product provided a superior fit. CartoVista’s underlying technologies and architecture were also a very good match for ICI’s expertise, which includes the use of enterprise relational databases for data management and software development using HTML5 standard web technologies, such as JavaScript and CSS. This alignment of technologies, standards and expertise permitted the rapid adoption of CartoVista by ICI for the development of its ReportViz solution for the RA mapping system. The system can be accessed at nloffshorestudy.iciinnovations.com.

ReportViz is a customized version of CartoVista that offers a user experience new to those familiar with CartoVista’s standard user interface. New features include:

The final mapping system for the RA provides a comprehensive mapping solution for a large area of Canada’s eastern offshore environment. With access to over 180 unique layers, the solution offers unprecedented access to a wide array of information related to the region’s physical, biological and socioeconomic environments. Rather than providing a typical document containing static figures of geospatial data, the RA mapping system provides extensive information that is linked to an easy to use, yet powerful mapping solution that allows the public to explore data and layer interactions, resulting in an improved understanding of the potential effects of offshore exploration drilling activities for offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

About ICI Innovations: ICI creates easy to use solutions for the visualization and management of organizational risk. They improve how their customers manage, process, view, and analyze their data so they can see the whole picture and gain the insight their business needs.

About CartoVista: CartoVista is a premier web mapping company that helps businesses and corporations unlock the potential of their geospatial data. With an off-the-shelf software solution as well as professional services, we help our clients create web maps that are meaningful and engaging to end-users and decision-makers.

*Important Notice About ReportViz

ReportViz is intended for use on devices that provide a suitable form factor for simultaneously viewing report modules and geospatial data, such as a desktop and/or tablet, with a minimum width of 1024 pixels. The application is supported by the following list of internet browsers (latest available versions):

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Karl Spencer
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