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Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Canadian GIS data
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:00:29 -0400
From: Marcel Fortin <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
The best postal code and road data for canada is
probably DMTI Spatial's products
http://www.dmtispatial.com/street_networks.htm and
http://www.dmtispatial.com/cm_postal_geo.htm.
Unfortunately they are not free. They provide the data
to most canadian institutions at academic pricing
through a consortium purchase. There had been a plan to
introduce the consortium in the US but I'm not sure
where that is at this point. If you wish further
information, I can get you a contact name at DMTI.
Geobase has most roads but with very few attributes
attached and you usually have to download quite a few
tiles to get the area you want. DMTI's roads are up to
date with very good attributes and come in provincial
files. The postal code files are the ones Canada Post
actually uses to do their routing.
Marcel Fortin
Angie Cope, AGSL wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Canadian GIS data
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:39:03 -0500
> From: Chieko Maene <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Mr. Winters,
>
> I also want to know about this too. I heard that Statcan published the
> 2005 network data, but I don't know the difference between this data and
> the ones by Geobase. Network data from Geobase I obtained have empty
> street name fields, which is not good. I believe the statcan data is the
> best data due to the fact that the creator(s?) of the geocoder.us could
> create a Canadian version of the free geocoding service using the
> statcan data, http://geocoder.ca/
>
> Statcan:
> http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Data/Data_e.cfm
>
> Geobase:
> http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/index.html
> (Data > National Road Network)
>
> For zipcode, I used the ESRI Data & Maps (now 2005 media kit?) CD &
> DVDs, but it is 3digit postal code and point data, but the series may
> have polygon data too. I don't remember.. I heard that the Canadian
> postal service office creates data but we may need to pay for it, like US?
>
> Chieko
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> Chieko Maene
> Map Librarian
> Government Documents, Maps and Microforms Department
> Richard J. Daley Library
> University of Illinois at Chicago
>
> Angie Cope, AGSL wrote:
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Canadian GIS data
>> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:12:32 -0500 (CDT)
>> From: Christopher Winters <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
>> <[log in to unmask]>
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>>
>>
>> I'd be very grateful for information about an up-to-date source of
>> Canadian vector street and postal code data. _GeoGratis_ doesn't
>> seem to lead to them.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Chris Winters
>> University of Chicago Library
>>
>>
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