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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:52:41 -0800
From: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: SUM: Canadian and Mexican data
Sender: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>



As a follow-up to my question about Canadian and Mexican data, several sites
were overwhelmingly recommended:

http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/ Geogratis in Canada; only small-scale data
available
http://atlas.gc.ca/ National Atlas of Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/english/services/ Statistics Canada


ftp://ftpserver.ciesin.org/pub/data/Mexico/ CIESIN's Mexican data holdings
and viewer
http://www.geografxworld.com/prod03.htm commercial vendor
http://www.inegi.gob.mx/ similar to USGS

For all of these sites, the data available is very small scale, which didn't
give us what we were looking for. Also, several people mentioned the
ArcCanada CD, which is only available to Canadian schools and libraries. I
have yet to find even a commercial source that will sell me detailed
Canadian data for use in an academic setting.

Thanks for all the responses.

Jenny Stone Muilenburg
Geographic Information Systems Librarian
Map Collection, University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900   Seattle, WA 98195-2900
phone: 206.543.2725
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From: "Richard Hugh Pinnell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: Canadian data


> Hi Jennifer
> As a follow up to my earlier email..take a look at this ESRI Canada Web
> page...Here is an excellent description of ArcCanada.  Something you might
> want to purchase given your proximity to the border.
>   Richard
> http://www.esricanada.com/k-12/metadata3/index.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
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> On Behalf Of Jennifer Stone Muilenburg
> Sent: November 28, 2000 11:58 AM
> To: GIS for Libraries
> Subject: Canadian and Mexcian data
>
> Hi all. I have two GIS data questions I'm hoping someone can help me with:
>
> One -- I have a student looking for population data for Canada, by smaller
> enumeration districts than provinces (counties, districts, etc). We'd need
> both a shapefile of said counties and districts, and the population
> attributes for each area. Any pointers on where to look?
>
> Two -- I have another student looking for indigenous population
distribution
> and density in Mexico. Again, pointers for shapefiles and/or attributes
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jenny Stone Muilenburg
> Geographic Information Systems Librarian
> Map Collection, University of Washington Libraries
> Box 352900   Seattle, WA 98195-2900
> phone: 206.543.2725
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>
>
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