Groundwater Information Network (GIN) - Interoperability framework for groundwater information
Éric Boisvert, Boyan Brodaric, D R Sharpe · 2010
Online access to Canadian groundwater information is being realized through the groundwater information network (GIN). The Groundwater Information Network is an information architecture that connects distributed sources of data related to groundwater. Each data source retains its original database structure and content, and a central mediator makes the necessary transformation on the fly to present the complete collection of data as a single homogenous database. GIN uses international open geospatial standards and protocols to query and disseminate the data.