Vancouver Historic Maps and Plans
The 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
/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
/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.).
Sources of Nova Scotia Geospatial Data
/in Open Data, Free Data & Software/by tmackinnonOn this page we maintain a dynamic growing list of sources where you can download Nova Scotia open data and related Nova Scotia geospatial data to use in GIS applications …
1895 Ottawa Panoramic Map
/in Historic Cartography/by tmackinnonThis 1895 Ottawa panoramic map provides viewers an oblique aerial view in a south direction from the east looking west up the Ottawa river. It contains detailed sketches of several principal business buildings at that time, that are displayed around the edges of the map. You also get a look at the transit rail system and a view of Parliament Hill before the big fire in 1916. Find out how to get a high resolution copy of this historic map ….
Game of Thrones GIS Data and Maps
/in Free Data & Software/by tmackinnonThe ‘Learning GIS with Game of Thrones’ guide is aimed to encourage people to learn GIS with a user-friendly open source GIS software while having some fun …
National Hydro Network (NHN) – Canadian Open Data
/in Open Data/by tmackinnonThe National Hydro Network (NHN) is a seamless geospatial vector data set with attributes that represents Canada’s framework of inland surface waters. It was created from different databases as part of the GeoBase Surface Water Program, to help with flow analysis, watershed management, environmental and hydrographical applications, as well as a multitude of other cartographic applications.
Canadian Cartographic Association Student Map Competition Awards
/in Geospatial Resources, Data and Software/by tmackinnonEvery year the CCA announces awards, prizes and scholarships for Canadian post-secondary students involved in any forms of cartography or map-making. All entries should be accompanied by an official entry form
Indigenous Place Names in Canada Map
/in Free Data & Software, Canadian Maps, Geospatial Resources/by tmackinnonThe map depicts Indigenous place names all across Canada, shared by permission from several First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. A high resolution digital version is provided that may be downloaded for free and printed for personal or educational uses.
LiDAR Extracted Building Footprints Open Data
/in Geo Industry News, Free Data & Software, Geospatial Resources/by tmackinnonNatural Resources Canada recently added a new data layer to the Federal Government Open Data portal to help with emergency management (particularly for flood and earthquake risk analysis).