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Map Maker for Canada

Avoid the Traffic with ReRouteMe Mapping Application

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Want to avoid the traffic, then the ReRouteMe online web mapping application can help you avoid construction, accidents and traffic congestion.This online mapping application takes the basic functionality of Google maps (such as the display of the reference map and the address search ability) and combines it with custom functionality and databases that are completely independent from Google to provide a powerful value added product that can help you avoid accidents, traffic cams, construction and any congestion on your everyday commute. Today I take a closer look at ReRouteMe mapping applicationand what it has to offer the Canadian Urban Commuter.
DMTI Spatial

DMTI Spatial chosen as provider of geospatial data to the Federal Government

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DMTI Spatial, a Canadian location intelligence company, has recently been awarded the Domestic Vector Data Set contract by the Ministry of Public Works and Government Service Canada (PWGSC) as a result of the exceptional quality of its CanMap® geospatial datasets. The exclusive contract will provide numerous government departments with critical location-based information to help make vital policy and planning decisions. In the past, the Canadian government has used DMTI Spatial’s data to support the operations of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto and the G8 Summit in Huntsville, among other initiatives. This contract provides various federal government departments with critical location-based information to help make important policy and planning decisions affecting the lives of all Canadians.
City of Edmonton & ESRI online mapping tools

Free Data Sets for the City of Edmonton & ESRI online mapping tools

The City of Edmonton has been providing an online Open Data service to help make municipal information more accessible since 2009. They feel that through collaboration and innovation that they have become a leader in Open Government by using the latest technology to increase access to their information. One difference that Edmonton has from the other cities is that they provide the ability to visualize the data sets unsing online ESRI web mapping technology. This way allows users to better unserdtand what the data sets they are downloading consists of.
Map Maker for Canada

Map Maker for Canada

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Google has launched a product that they call Map Maker for Canada that provides users with the ability to add and update geographic information for millions of others to see in Google Maps. People can add businesses, create building outlines, move other peoples place markers to the correct locations.