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All of the above will lead to an effective management 
process, able to handle ongoing maintenance, while 
improving accessibility to a variety of users both 
within and outside of government. The DIM system 
will also help ensure that the huge investment that the 
Province has made in raster data will be managed 
appropriately on an ongoing basis. Finally, a number 
of capabilities that could only be handled clumsily, if 
at all, will be realistic to carry out for DIM users. 
By following through with the full construction of 
DIM, the Ministry will able to meet its mandate to 
manage raster data on behalf of all provincial 
agencies. Right now BMGS has produced 
specifications for DIM data and continues to receive 
data from other Ministries. However, its ability to 
manage such data needs to be greatly improved to 
meet the ongoing business needs of government 
associated with fire protection, emergency response, 
forest management, regional and local planning, 
treaty negotiation, cross-border interaction, and the 
like. The DIM program will provide us with the 
necessary mechanism to meet these needs. 
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7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The author would like to acknowledge the support of 
British Columbia Ministry of Sustainable Resource 
Management (MSRM) and also GeoAccess Division, 
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS), Natural 
Resources Canada, Ottawa. 
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