The SensEarth project consolidated and made discoverable sensors located anywhere on earth. In addition, it made the combined sensor data accessible via the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI).

The available sensors and data sources included: 

• CCMC's SmartBay Buoys
• Environment Canada Water Quality Data
• Meteorological Data from Compusult Weather stations and Environment Canada stations
• Oceanographic Data
• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Water Level/Flow Data
• Ship Traffic Data from Compusult-owned AIS Receivers

SensEarth incorporated the following innovations: 

• new and improved OGC-compliant modules for Compusult's Web Enterprise Suite (WES) product line;
• implementation of the latest OGC standards for Web-based sensor discovery and data collection in accordance with the OGC's SWE initiative;
• a standardized method of accessing sensor data over the Web;
• new opportunities for the use of existing CGDI technologies, and;
• new opportunities for geospatial and other data distribution and dissemination to many different user communities.

SensEarth was intended to support social innovation by allowing various types of users to access and apply sensor-based and geospatial data to meet community, industry, and individual needs.

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