http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Advice-converting-geogratis-data-to-Google-format-tp1517p1520.html
exist for "Shapefile to KML conversion".
a bonus you'd get Google Earth too.
d.
> Hi,
>
> My friend is looking for advice on how to convert neighborhood boundary data from the 2001 census, courtesy of geogratis, to a format useable by Google Maps. He's buiding a FixMyStreet.com-like tool, and would like to enable relating problem reports to neighborhoods/municipalities. The value of this data set is that it has that boundary info, as census subdivisions, for all of Canada, all at once. I've posted his question below.
>
> It would be nice, generally, to have this info easily available for use in any Google Maps mashup. I notice there's Federal Electoral boundary info there too.
>
> Ideas for alternate data sources or approaches are welcome.
>
> Jennifer
>
http://visiblegovernment.ca>
> --------------------
>
> I'm trying to convert the Population Ecumene Census Division Boundary
> File (
http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?
> id=426) from its e00 format to a series of WGS84 lat/lon points.
>
> I've tried doing this by first converting the e00 file to a shapefile
> (using the steps here:
>
http://freegeographytools.com/2007/converting-e00-vector-data-to-shap...)
> , then using MapWindow GIS to reproject the data to WGS84, and then
> exporting the shapefile to .mif lat/lons using FWTools ogr2ogr.exe.
>
> However, the coordinates I end up with won't successfully map in
> Google Maps.
>
> Any ideas? Is there an easier way to do this? My end goal is to get
> these polygons into a MySQL database using the geospatial extensions.
>
>
>
>
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