Re: North Vancouver open data closer inspection

[Marcel Fortin]

On closer inspection, I now see that many of datasets on the north
vancouver site the city actually charges for use and are mixed in with
the open data. These include the DEM and building outlines. what a shame.

Marcel Fortin wrote:

> sorry for the duplication but I thought many of you would be interested
> in this one.
>
> ---- original message ----
> Sorry if this is old news to any of you but I just read in ArcNorth
> Magazine that North Vancouver has opened up its data and have done it in
> a big way. Not only do they have a mapping portal, they even have 60
> datasets available for download. What is even more impressive is the
> types of GIS layers they have on offer. Things we we could only dream
> about such as Zoning, bike routes, contours at 1m, 10m, 20m, and 100m
> intervals, buildings, even crime data.   The data are available in CAD,
> KML, Shapefile, and even geodatabase.
>
> The license does not look too bad except for this part "NV does not
> permit the user to rent, sell, distribute, transfer, or grant any rights
> to the content in whole or in part to another person or organization."
>
> The article can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2wrpaum
> and the north vancouver data can be found here:
> http://www.geoweb.dnv.org/data/
>
> Marcel
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> Marcel Fortin, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Map Librarian
> Map and Data Library
> University of Toronto 5027 Robarts Library
> 130 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
> tel: [phone] fax: [phone]
> http://mdl.library.utoronto.ca
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/mapsgis

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Marcel Fortin, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Map Librarian
Map and Data Library
University of Toronto 5027 Robarts Library
130 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
tel: [phone] fax: [phone]
http://mdl.library.utoronto.ca
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mapsgis