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Canadian Cartographic Association Student Mapping Competition

Canadian Cartographic Association Student Mapping Competition

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Are you a University or College student passionate about mapping? Then you will want to participate in the 2015-16 Canadian Cartographic Association Student Mapping Competition. Chances are you have already made some great maps for your projects or course work, so why not submit a copy to the CCA Student Mapping Competition and get recognized for creating your spatial master piece while earning some cash at the same time. Then check this out ...
Creative Art/Map Competition for Nova Scotian Students

Creative Art/Map Competition for Nova Scotian Students

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The Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) have announced that they are hosting a Creative Art/Map Competition for Nova Scotian Students for International Map Year. The creative mapping GANS contest is open to students of all grades including post secondary students and is intended to help encourage young people to participate in creative cartographic activities while learning more about the geography, heritage and history of Nova Scotia.
Ontario Trail Maps

Ontario Trail Maps

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The Ontario Trails Council is a charity that was created to promote the development, preservation and management recreational related trails in Ontario. Several Ontario trail maps have been created to help people find cycling routes and loops with descriptions, hiking and walking trails, and other recreation related trails such as ATV, snowmobiling, canoeing and many more.
Historical Maps of Toronto

Historical Maps of Toronto

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Historical Maps have existed in libraries & various personal collections for years but thanks to advancement in digital technology and the internet, we have started to see more old maps being shared in the geospatial community. The Historical Maps of Toronto blog provides simple and free access to a large selection of notable historical maps of the Toronto area that have been scanned from collections at the Toronto Library and the Toronto archives.
Prince Edward Island Pirate map

Canadian Pirate maps

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Pirate maps are often hand drawn spatial representation on paper that mark locaions of buried treasues and are ussually appear rough or tattered from being passed through time or simply being used in the rough elements, like on salt spray on the deck of a pirate ship. Where does one look when they want to find Canadian Pirate Maps?

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Acadia University Aerial View

Acadia University

Acadia University teamed up with COGS (Centre of Geographic Sciences) in 2005 to provide a unique joint Master of Science in Applied Geomatics program ...
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)

Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)

Made up of a from a variety of cartography, GIS & remote sensing courses providing students with real world opportunities to apply skills & knowledge ...
Dalhousie University Certificate in Geographic Information Science

Dalhousie University

The Geographic Information Science Certificate program provides training and hands on experience in GIS as part of an undergraduate degree program ...
University of Waterloo Geomatics Program

University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo Diploma of Excellence in Geographic Information Systems is available to any student who completes specific geography courses ...