SANTIAGO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The governments of Chile and Canada on Thursday signed an agreement on sharing geographical information at La Moneda Palace, Chile's seat of government, diplomatic sources said.

Romy Schmit, Chile's National Assets Minister, and Gary Lunn, visiting Canadian natural resources minister, signed the agreement at a ceremony attended by Foreign Ministry representatives from both nations.

Schmit said the plan was part of the work to link Chile to the International Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure Community, which will in turn allow the nation to develop geographic information distribution applications.

The agreement opens the way for scientific and technological exchanges between both countries and for bilateral swapping of information on natural resources, environment, property, investment and public works, said the sources.