What's New ?
New product : CanVec
April 18, 2007 - CanVec is a new digital topographical product offered by Natural Resources Canada that originates from the best available data sources covering Canadian territory. CanVec is quality geospatial information in vector format that complies to international geomatics standards.
New product : Canada3D
April 13, 2007 - Canada3D is a digital elevation model (DEM) covering the entire Canadian landmass.
Important notice
April 2, 2007 - In response to demands from users for no fee access to framework geographic data and the increasing technological shift in the marketplace, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is pleased to announce that starting April 1st 2007, the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) will change the way its Digital Topographic Data (DTD) can be accessed.
On April 1st, 2007, NRCan will start to make its existing DTD products available through the Geogratis Web portal (http://www.geogratis.ca). By combining the functionality from the current On line Purchasing and Subscribers Web sites, the user will be provided with no fee access to DTD products. Under the new distribution policy, commercial licenses will no longer be required, as all users will obtain rights for unlimited use and royalty free distribution of the data through a single unrestricted use license agreement.
NRCan is pleased to expand no fee access to its collection of digital topographic data products. After extensive consultations with other federal agencies and stakeholders, followed by the development of supporting technical systems, NRCan has begun the transition to this new approach to data access. We recognize the importance of providing geospatial information to Canadians to enable users to customize applications which benefit from integrated geographic information. We are keeping pace with advances in all areas of mapping to ensure that everyone can benefit from "no fee" topographic data through the use of cutting edge technology. Through our ongoing partnerships with stakeholders, we will continue to develop our topographic products to meet the needs of Canadian groups and individuals in the private sector, academia and government.
GeoGratis has a new look!
September 18, 2006 - Major changes have been made, and the site architecture and search types have been completely redesigned. The result: a more enjoyable site, where it is easier to select and download geospatial data. So, have a good visit and send your comments to help us make GeoGratis a portal that meets your needs.