AS THE AGENT FOR Spatial Data Warehouse Ltd.(SDW), AltaLIS has the responsibility of making Alberta's base mapping infrastructure more available, accessible, accurate and affordable. AltaLIS Ltd. is a joint venture company formed by QC Data Ltd. and Martin Newby Consulting Ltd.

 

Since April 1998 the AltaLIS team has been performing the continued updating, re-engineering, storage, distribution, value-added redistribution and general management of primary provincial mapping data sets - Urban & Rural Cadastral and Title, Topographic and Small Scale.

 

SDW is a not-for-profit organization formed in June 1996 when the Government of Alberta discontinued its traditional role of funding and managing Alberta's digital mapping. The core purpose of SDW is to maintain and promote the broadest possible distribution of provincial digital mapping that meets the immediate needs of the Alberta market place and preserves the mapping systems for the long-term benefit of Albertans.

 

AltaLIS and SDW completed a detailed business plan and in December 1999, signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA). This long term agreement has allowed for the implementation of new pricing and licensing options as well as the Value Added Service Providers (VASP) Agreement, and has led to overall reduced pricing to users on virtually all mapping data sets.