EMSA is an acronym that stands for Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness. A project born from the National Oceans Protection Plan inaugurated in 2016 by the federal government of Canada, it is tied to one of the core objectives of this Plan, which is the strengthening of partnerships and the launch of co-management practices with Indigenous communities.

1. EMSA project
Simplifying access to maritime information

2. Who is Mapgears?
 After several years of always
encountering the same needs through
various projects, we decided it was time
to innovate
 Founded in 2006, Mapgears was initially
creating mapping solutions built on tools
from the open source project OSGeo
(MapServer, OpenLayers, GDAL…)
 From there came eVouala, our own
cloud-based geospatial intelligence
platform

3. What is eVouala?
eVouala is a platform built for non-technical users allowing them to centralize, view and analyze
data in real-time, directly from the cloud. It facilitates decision-making and operations overview by
interconnecting data coming from various sources (real-time data from IoT devices, GPS location,
external web services, geospatial files) and by representing them visually in an easy-to-understand
map format. Its core benefits are :
Centralization all sources of data in the Cloud
Intuitive access-management system through priviledges
Available through any smart device, with the ability to go without Internet connection
Sharing of maps and web applications in just a few clicks
Unmatched compatibility with existing systems and files (+200 compatible formats)

4. Part of the National Oceans Protection Plan, inaugurated in 2016 by the federal government, whose main
objectives are:
 Creating a world-leading marine safety system that improves responsible shipping and protects Canada’s waters,
including new preventive and response measures;
 Restoring and protecting the marine ecosystems and habitats, using new tools and research, as well as taking
measures to address abandoned boats and wrecks;
 Strengthening partnerships and launching co-management practices with Indigenous communities, including
building local emergency response capacity; and,
 Investing in oil spill cleanup research and methods to ensure that decisions taken in emergencies are evidence
based.
What is the EMSA project?

6.  EMSA is an acronym that stands for Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness
 Its objective? Develop a web-based geographic information system built on
Mapgears' technology dedicated to indigenous and coastal communities,
allowing them to access and contribute to maritime information
 An agile-development project of $2.5M won by the Fujitsu/Mapgears alliance
What is the EMSA project?

7. Communities participating in the project

8. EMSA
AIS satellite feed
AIS ground feed
Web services
(weather, tide)
Static data
(protected zones)
Observations
Observations
Observations
How does it work ?

9. Data and tracking of ships in near real time

10. History of ship movements

11. Access to navigation conditions (weather, tide, winds, etc.)
using connected web services

12. Mapping of sensitive areas from an ecological and / or
cultural standpoint

13. Collaboration between communities using an
observation system

14. Access to the application on any type of device, with or
without access to the Internet