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Nicolas,<br>
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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. <br>
<br>
>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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Thanks for all the info on sites I might use for data.<br>
<br>
Stephen<br>
<br>
On 15/02/2017 9:10 PM, Nicolas Cadieux wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://open.canada.ca/en">http://open.canada.ca/en</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geobase.ca/">http://www.geobase.ca/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/geogratis-web-services/17216">http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/geogratis-web-services/17216</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/-/(urn:iso:series)canvec">http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/-/(urn:iso:series)canvec</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/11042">http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/11042</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html">http://www.atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html</a>
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<pre wrap="">Le 15 févr. 2017 à 20:04, Stephen Wandling [via OSGeo.org] <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ml-node+s1560n5308147h18@n6.nabble.com"><ml-node+s1560n5308147h18@n6.nabble.com></a> 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
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