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[Brent Fraser]

Stephen,

   I can't speak about BC data specifically, but the Canadian federal 
government has geographic data available at their Geogratis site 
(http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/).  And there are lots of base map tile 
servers available, but they may be hard to use if your intent is to 
print a large map.

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser

On 2/15/2017 6:04 PM, Stephen Wandling wrote:
> I had worked a bit with ArcGIS about 12 years ago and have been 
> struggling to make it work for me again.  I have been pretty 
> successful except in one area.
>
> I do not have an ESRI account, so when I built a map on their free 
> World Topographic Map and exported it as a PDF, it was of very low 
> quality.  It would have been a waste of time and money to have it 
> plotted.
>
> My quest is for high res data.  I live in the SW of British Columbia 
> and have spent a week looking for all of the "free" GIS data that the 
> federal and provincial governments say they have made available.  So, 
> far my searches have failed to find this data.  I can get census data 
> from 2002, but I can not get a topographic base map of the area where 
> I live.
>
> I had some data from my school days, and I can build a fairly decent 
> map with it.  But, it lacks any contour lines.  And being based on the 
> British Columbia government cartography, which was shut down in 1992, 
> it has significant errors, like missing a creek that runs quite near 
> to my home.
>
> 8 or 9 years back, when I was seeking a map for my Garmin GPS, there 
> were a few guys in British Columbia that had good data and were giving 
> it away.  They did not mention where they got this data.  I do not 
> seem to find them these days.
>
> If you can point me in the right direction for this data, I will much 
> appreciate it.
>
> Stephen
>
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