[Qgis-user] New user

[Stephen Wandling]

Nicolas,

I got back into using GIS software after deciding I wanted to become 
proficient in navigating BC's rain-forests with only map and compass.  I 
purchased 3 1:20000 maps from a local outlet and was surprised to find a 
major creek was missing on one of them.

 From this I learned that BC eliminated all of it's cartographers in 
about 1992.  A firm in Victoria took over plotting the provincial data 
for sale.  But, this firm was only a printing company and no revisions 
were made.

I live on the Sunshine Coast, and I know that the maps I purchased are 
missing hundreds of kilometers of trails that cover the entire coast.

It was only last night that I finally figured out how to get 1:50000 
data from geogratis.  From this I will make maps that cover the areas of 
the old 1:20000 provincial maps.  I think they will serve my needs.

Thanks for all the info on sites I might use for data.

Stephen

On 15/02/2017 9:10 PM, Nicolas Cadieux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Canada has lots of free stuff including topographic maps.  Most topographic base maps are 1:50k (called canvec) or 1:250k. Provinces usually use 1:20k.   You can search for canmatrix also.  Geogratis and geobase web site has lots of database and nrcan does a very good job giving stuff out for free.  You will find some great wms servers also.   You will also find stuff on open.canada.ca.  The site is not a map data site but it does have a lot of stuff like Lidar data.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nicolas
>
>
>
>
>
> http://open.canada.ca/en
>
> http://www.geobase.ca/
>
> http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/geogratis-web-services/17216
>
> http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/-/(urn:iso:series)canvec
>
> http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/11042
>
> http://www.atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html
>
>    
>> Le 15 févr. 2017 à 20:04, Stephen Wandling [via OSGeo.org]<ml-node+s1560n5308147h18 at n6.nabble.com>  a écrit :
>>
>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Qgis-user mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>
>> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below:
>> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/New-user-tp5308147.html
>> To start a new topic under QGIS - User, email ml-node+s1560n4125267h38 at n6.nabble.com
>> To unsubscribe from QGIS - User, click here.
>> NAML
>>      
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/New-user-tp5308147p5308162.html
> Sent from the QGIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>    
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Qgis-user mailing list
> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/attachments/20170216/61bf826a/attachment.html>