Information Systems

As new technologies are introduced into the market, GREENLAND® and its business partners keep pace through their own software development, client training, and dissemination of knowledge on how these technologies relate to their core business units.

GREENLAND® originally distributed environmental software by Environment Canada. We also developed a popular hydrologic model (Visual OTTHYMO) still being used world-wide as a stormwater management and master drainage planning tool. Greenland has also developed stormwater management design and flood forecasting system software known as ISWMS®

After fall-out from drinking water tragedies at the turn of the millennium, GREENLAND® focused its software efforts on source protection needs. This included the development of an integrated water budget and nutrient loading model. The GIS-based program includes an intuitive and stable interface whereby users are able to quickly create models from scratch. We also incorporated features such as customized output files, cross scenario plotting, importing routines and search tools.

In November 2004, this project produced CANWET^TM (v1.0), the "CAnadian Nutrient and Water Evaluation Tool". Greenland Technologies Group further adapted the CANWET^TM software code in 2005-06 for TMML (Total Maximum Monthly Load), assimilative capacity and nutrient management / trading projects and as part of a CANWET^TM (Version 2.0) development program for the Government of Ontario . Work is now underway on the CANWET^TM (Version 3.0), which will be completed by the end of 2007 and in collaboration with Canadian and U.S. Universities, as well as Federal and Provincial Governments.

Our expertise was also important to the Ontario Government to organize a training seminar about the latest ArcGIS tools for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling applications. The seminar addressed current capabilities for integrating GIS with hydrologic and hydraulic models using ArcGIS, ArcHydro, HEC-GeoRAS (Version 4.0) and the Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst extensions for ArcGIS".

The workshop included lessons on industry standard hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software packages, as well as migration issues related to upgrading projects from older software to newer platforms. Case studies by GREENLAND® complimented the course material. The use of remote sensing technologies, as part of sub watershed and floodline mapping projects by GREENLAND® were also presented.

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