USING A WEB-BASED GIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF A CRUCIAL WINTER TRANSPORTATION ROUTE IN NORTHERN CANADA

A seasonal snow and ice road – the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road (TCWR) – is constructed each winter to provide a reliable transportation route to and from the operating diamond mines and various other exploration projects in northern mainland Canada. The TCWR is an approximately 600 km long rout...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: R. A. Sims A, K. Warrendorf A, J. Matheson A, E. Madsen B
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
KEY WORDS
Transportation Planning
Northern Canada
Ice Roads
Environmental Management Systems
Emergency Response ABSTRACT
Canada
Contwoyto Lake
Echo Bay
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Tibbitt Lake
Yellowknife
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.150.6768
http://www.isprs.org/congresses/beijing2008/proceedings/4_pdf/142.pdf

Similar Items