Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder
The new improved Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder is an online mapping application used to allow the public to view civic address information, including civic numbers, street names and more …
1898 Vancouver Panoramic Map
/0 Comments/in Historic Cartography /by tmackinnonThe 1898 Vancouver Panoramic Map provides an oblique look at the City of Vancouver looking from the north. There are also pictorial representations of buildings, industrial activity, various boats and vegetation. Streets, names of buildings and businesses are labeled, as well as the locations of the City foundry, machine works and more. Check out this historic look at Vancouver …
47th Annual CaGIS Map Design Competition
/0 Comments/in Canadian Maps, Geo Industry News, GIS & Geomatics Education /by tmackinnonThe purpose of the annual CaGIS map design competition is to promote interest in map design and to recognize significant design advances in cartography. The focus of this competition is design; therefore, judging is based on cartographic design criteria, such as creativity, text (spelling and grammar, too), balance, unity, clarity, use of color, and subject matter.
The competition is open to all map-makers in the United States and Canada for maps completed or published during the current calendar year (2019). Help showcase some great Canadian geospatial projects, and find out how to submit your entries …
Canadian Geospatial Data Extraction Tool
/0 Comments/in Open Data, Free Data & Software /by tmackinnonThe Canadian Geospatial Data Extraction tool is a handy resource that allows users to extract seamless geospatial open data based on specific user-defined geographic area and data options
Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada
/0 Comments/in Canadian Maps /by tmackinnonIn Canada close to 30,000 official place names are of Indigenous origin, this story map provides a small sample of the official Indigenous Place Names from the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
Northern Canada Map
/2 Comments/in Free Data & Software /by tmackinnonBeautiful map featuring the Canadian North in support of Natural Resources Canada and the Government of Canada’s Northern Strategy. This bilingual map product (available either in paper or digital formats) features the vast geography of the north from approximately 50° latitude and above.
Learning GIS with free online courses and open source
/0 Comments/in Free Data & Software /by glenn lethamGeography is increasingly being recognized as a critically important element. Take free GIS courses online to build your skills and advance your career using open-source software.
Vancouver Historic Maps and Plans
/2 Comments/in Canadian Maps, Historic Cartography /by tmackinnonThe City of Vancouver Archives contains over 4000 Vancouver historic maps and plans that have been repaired, restored, scanned, and made freely available to the public to use. The collection is …
Canadian Arctic High Resolution Digital Elevation Model
/1 Comment/in Open Data /by tmackinnonNatural Resources Canada (NRCan) has recently produced a new release of the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) product for the entire Canadian Arctic and made it available to download from the Open Government Portal. It allows …
Guidelines for Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Surveying
/1 Comment/in Geospatial Resources, Data and Software /by tmackinnonBoth RTK & RTN GNSS surveying can allow people to achieve relative positioning with centimetre (cm) precision, however there are several important factors that need to be considered and thus a need for a good guide of best practices (equipment calibration, errors, multipath, geometry, etc.).