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GND Data Sources

Free Data

The Atlas of Canada - a collection of maps and related information about Canada, with effective and intuitive tools for users.

Canadian Geographical Names Service - provides geographical names data to the public.

GeoBase - quality geospatial information at no cost and with unrestricted use.

GeoConnections is a national partnership initiative working to build the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), which will make Canada's geospatial databases, tools, and services readily accessible on-line.

GeoGratis - a web and file transfer protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada free of charge. Vector mapping data is available in scales ranging from 1:50 000 to 1:30 000 000 in a variety of file formats and several types of full resolution satellite imagery are available on-line.

Topographic Map Search - locate any National Topographical System map sheet number and its metadata.

Toporama - provides easy Internet access to free topographic images and low resolution Landsat-7 orthoimages of Canada that can be used by word processing or image software.


Data Purchases

National Topographic Database - comprised of digital vector data sets covering the entire Canadian landmass and includes features normally found on topographic maps; files correspond to two scales: 1:50 000 and 1:250 000.

National Airphoto Library - has over six million aerial photographs covering all of Canada. The Library indexes and stores all federal aerial photography for Canada, and maintains a comprehensive historical archive and public reference centre.


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