http://www.geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/collection/detail.do?id=28954 Abstract
CanVec is a digital cartographical reference product produced by Natural
Resources Canada. CanVec originates from the best available data sources
covering Canadian territory and offers quality topographical information
in vector format that comply with international geomatics standards.
CanVec is a multi-source product coming mainly from the National
Topographic Data Base (NTDB), the GeoBase initiative (www.geobase.ca)
and the data update using Landsat 7 imagery coverage. CanVec product
contains more than 90 topographical entities thematically organized into
11 distribution themes: Administrative Boundaries, Buildings and
Structures, Energy, Hydrography, Industrial and Commercial Areas, Places
of Interest, Relief and Landforms, Toponymy, Transportation, Vegetation
and Water Saturated Soils.
CanVec aims to standardized and actualized representation of
topographical phenomenon for the entire Canadian landmass. Various
topographical entities coming mainly from the NTDB are not up to date.
These entities are included in CanVec product only to answer
topographical reference needs.
The CanVec product will be maintained in partnership with the
organizations providing the data.
CanVec is scheduled to be published by edition (or release) twice a
year. The CanVec product is free and is distributed via GeoGratis portal
(www.GeoGratis.gc.ca) in output file formats GML (Geography Markup
Language) and SHAPE (ESRI™).
Purpose
CanVec aims to standardized and actualized representation of
topographical phenomenon for the entire Canadian landmass.
CanVec can be used to produce thematic maps, for web mapping as well as
GIS applications. CanVec many attributes allow for extensive spatial
analysis.
Contact Information
Customer Support Group
Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector,
Centre for Topographic Information (Sherbrooke)
2144 King Street West, Suite 010
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Phone: +01-819-564-5600 / 1-800-661-2638 (Canada and USA)
Fax: +01-819-564-5698
E-mail:
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