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The Great Lakes Commission is an eight-state compact United States agency established in 1955 through the Great Lakes Basin
Compact, in order to "promote the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water
resources of the Great
Lakes Basin," which includes the St. Lawrence River. The commission provides policy development, coordination, and advocacy
on issues of regional concern, as well as communication and research services.
The commission, in a cooperative venture with other Great Lakes agencies
and organizations, hosts the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN), an Internet-based network that serves as a decision-support
tool for those who make, implement or otherwise influence public policy in the region. The GLIN website contains data and
information about the region's environment, economy, tourism, education, and more; and provides access to GLIN-Announce, an email
list that covers news and information about the region.
Another Commission project, Great Lakes GIS Online, involves creating an online spatial data library, including the Great
Lakes shoreline, soils, land use and land cover, hazardous waste
sites, demographics, watersheds and transportation. The project is planned
to include an online mapping system that will enable users to perform GIS analysis and other tasks over the Internet. As of
summer 1998, the project was under development.
Member states
Source
The source text for this article is at [this ] public domain U.S. federal
government website.
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See also: Great Lakes - Bioregional democracy
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