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World Shaded Relief Map

World Shaded Relief KMZ file [free download]

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This handy color shaded relief map of the world including oceans was created from the NOAA ETOPO1 data set and was intended to be used with handheld Garmin GPS units, but can also make a nice colorful back ground image to use in Google Earth. Find out how to download this free resource ...
Download Google Earth Pro

Download Google Earth Pro for Free

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Download Google Earth Pro, a free virtual 3D mapping & geographical information software. It has become one of the key elements over the past few years that has helped people become more aware of the geomatics industry. Find out how you can download Google Earth Pro for free ...
Digital Earth 2015 in Halifax

Digital Earth 2015 in Halifax

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Digital Earth in Halifax explored a wide variety of geographic related theories, technologies, applications and achievements focused around planetary sciences, information technology, computer sciences, social sciences and big data. It was packed with multiple presenters from all over the world, here is a summary of it with photos & videos.
NorthByNumbers Exploring Northen Ontarios Communities

Northern Policy Institute launches ‘North by Numbers’

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Northern Policy Institute, Northern Ontario's independent research think tank located in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, has launched a new interactive online mapping application called North by Numbers. Their new interactive data tool can be used to display census data from Northern Ontario on an interactive map.
PEI Aerial Photograph Interactive Map Tool

Prince Edward Island Aerial Photograph Interactive Map Tool

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The province of Prince Edward Island continues to do a great job at making their aerial photography available to the public and this interactive map tool is your key to finding aerial photography for anywhere in Prince Edward Island that you can then use with ArcMap, MapInfo, Google Earth or any other GIS based software as well as other non GIS uses.
Interactive Historical Maps of Fredericton,

Interactive Historical Maps of Fredericton

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A collection of historical maps and plans of Fredericton, New Brunswick are freely available to the general public.They have been georeferenced so that they can be visualized with various mapping applications (Google maps, Bing maps, Google Earth, ArcGIS etc.), includes metadata and tools for searching have been incorporated.
Free Data Sets for the City of Toronto

DataAppeal Provides Highly Effective & Interactive 3D Maps

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DataAppeal renders art and design with geo-based data into highly effective and interactive 3D maps. No previous experience or training is required. Simply upload your data and use DataAppeal to transform rows and rows of boring data into fascinating and beautiful 3D images. The updated version of DataAppeal, with new functionality makes it even easier and much faster to use. The Dataappeal web-based application is FREE, so I suggest you Sign Up and try creating some 3D interactive maps with your own data, and then share your feedback and experiences with other CanadianGIS.com readers.

Free Data Sets for the City of Toronto

Free Data Sets for the City of Toronto

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The City of Toronto has recently celebrated two years of online Open Data service and they have full intention on continuing to build on that success, by stating that they intend to add more data layers and will further develop their site. Data sets are provided in various standard downloadable file formats such as XLS, CSV, DGN & SHP. All data set contains basic meta info associated with them such as who created the data, date, format, projection, attributes, contact info etc. The bottom line here is the City of Toronto has granted the GIS community a royalty free, non exclusive licence to use, modify, and distribute any of their data sets that they continue to make available via their data catalogue.