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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hey Folks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Canadians are usually pretty silent. But when it comes to free data we want to tell the world (or some of us do at least).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Although the Spearfish dataset is great for training and such we wanted to undertake the challenge of building our own such dataset. Perhaps some day it will be used in class rooms to teach students about Canada's geography and how to use GRASS. See out Tutorial section bellow.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">GRASS Atlas of Canada 0.1</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Ottawa OSGEO group has put together an Atlas of Canada Dataset to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Atlas.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The original source of the data: </FONT><A HREF="http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/clf/en?action=canadaFrameworks"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/clf/en?action=canadaFrameworks</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Atlas in GRASS Format: </FONT><A HREF="https://ottawa.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=87&expandFolder=87&folderID=86"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">https://ottawa.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=87&expandFolder=87&folderID=86</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The data has not been sub-licensed officially yet. But always consult the source data licence for acceptance of use</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/clf/en?action=userAgree"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/clf/en?action=userAgree</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tutorials:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">More tutorials will come about as we make more use of the datasets. Probably as school comes back in September we'll get these started again. Check out what we have so far</FONT></P>
<P><A HREF="https://ottawa.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=90&expandFolder=90&folderID=85"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">https://ottawa.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=90&expandFolder=90&folderID=85</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Feedback</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please post back to this group to provide feedback or visit the </FONT><A HREF="http://ottawa.osgeo.org"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://ottawa.osgeo.org</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> local chapter site and join the mailing list there for up to date discussions</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you find this dataset fun, useful, informative or a positive contribution to the GRASS community please post with a +1 to this list UNDER THIS THREAD</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you would like to add something, fix something or make things clearer, by all means let us know you want to help.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Warnings</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">* Not all topology has been run since import. Before reporting problems ensure you run topology of suspect layers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">* Resolution of Default region is greater than Radarsat imagery. Set a new region with appropriate resolution. Check metadata</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">* Other undocumented glitches exist for problem solving opportunities</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cheers</FONT>
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