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French maps (but not GIS data) become available on-line
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Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:38:55 -0500
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Subject:        French maps (but not GIS data) become available on-line
Date:   Fri, 4 Jun 2010 06:26:25 -0500
From:   Chris Winters <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Some folks may already have already known about this, but I hadn't.

The article is from yesterday's Le Monde:

Ressources géographiques : le géoportail français s'enrichit
 | 03.06.10 | 16h21  •  Mis à jour le 03.06.10 | 16h21


Toute la topographie française est désormais accessible sur le géoportail en ligne (http://www.geoportail.fr) de l'Institut géographique national (IGN). Enrichi d'une carte du patrimoine naturel, de la localisation des zones inondables et de photographies aériennes anciennes, il regroupe "l'ensemble des données géographiques disponibles en France", indique Patrice Parisé, directeur de l'IGN. Il permet ainsi de superposer aux cartes classiques des couches d'information supplémentaires, telles que les fonds sous-marins en trois dimensions, la géologie ou les zones urbaines sensibles. Beaucoup d'entreprises, de collectivités et de particuliers s'approprient cet outil en intégrant à leur site Web son interface cartographique, disponible sur iPhone et iPad.

Angela Bolis

[sent by Chris Winters, University of Chicago Library]

*the following text is added by Maps-L Moderator*
Rough translation from google translate http://translate.google.com

Geographic resources: the French Geoportal enriched
 |
03.06.10 | 4:21 p.m. • Updated 03.06.10 | 4:21 p.m.


Any French topography is now available on-line Geoportal (http://www.geoportail.fr)
 of the National Geographic Institute (IGN). Enriched with a
map of the natural heritage of the location of floodplains and aerial
photographs, it includes "all the geographical data available in
France," says Patrice Parise, director of the IGN. It allows to superimpose conventional maps additional layers
of information, such as underwater in three dimensions, geology or
deprived urban areas. Many companies, communities and individuals such
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