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Hi - Canadian geographers, with geospatial interests, might be interested in some new open source, non-commercial resources our faculty, staff and students (and their colleagues) have been heavily involved in developing.
The first is Natural Earth Data, an effort to create a comprehensive set of freely accessible geospatial data. The effort was led over the past six months by Nathaniel Kelso of the Washington Post and Tom Patterson of the US National Park Service. The data is now freely available here:
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/
Additional information:
http://kelsocartography.com/blog/?p=3173
The second is Cartography 2.0, a free online knowledge base and e-textbook for students and professionals interested in interactive and animated maps:
http://cartography2.org/
We hope these resources are of use to some of you.
Best wishes,
Kris
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Kris Olds
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Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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