Reginald Maltais is the product lead for the National Road Network (NRN), as well as the Unit Head for Research and Support of Spatial Data Infrastructure at Statistics Canada. With 12 years of experience in geomatics, Reg supports the management and combining of geospatial and other data sources to provide insights for decision makers.
With a background in computer science and GIS, Reg has brought his expertise to projects across multiple federal departments, working with diverse teams to realize the power of GIS in combination with other data interrogation techniques to aid in data driven decision making and the production of valuable and accurate statistics.
An avid supporter of Open Data and Open Information, Reg also participates in communities of practice and working groups to help realize an open and transparent government.
With a background in computer science and GIS, Reg has brought his expertise to projects across multiple federal departments, working with diverse teams to realize the power of GIS in combination with other data interrogation techniques to aid in data driven decision making and the production of valuable and accurate statistics.
An avid supporter of Open Data and Open Information, Reg also participates in communities of practice and working groups to help realize an open and transparent government.
Sessions in which Reginald Maltais participates
Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:00 PM
Reginald Maltais - Unit Head- Statistics Canada, Talk: Road network analysis: now and in the future”
12:00 PM -
12:30 PM |
30 minutes
Canada has at least four federal level road network products. Knowing the differences, and when to use which one, is not as straight forward as it should be. Even worse, these products are updated on different schedules, so knowing which one has the most up to date information is a tricky task.We will discuss what the respective networks are and their intended use, covering distribution formats, dataset coverage, and examples of the types of analysis that can be performed with each on...