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Subject:        MAPS-L: Canada Map Office closure ... fyi
Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:45:16 -0500
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Subject:        [Fwd: [Geonet] Canada Map Office closure ... fyi]
Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:41:46 -0500
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Forwarded with permission from Heather McAdam...


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Subject:        [Geonet] FW: [Caglist] Canada Map Office closure
Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:29:26 -0400
From:   Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <[log in to unmask]>
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FYI:


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Subject: [Caglist] Canada Map Office closure

As of January 2007, Natural Resources Canada will discontinue the
printing of paper topographic maps and will close the Canada Map Office.
Our government wants to get out of the business of producing maps.

Many Canadians place a priority on the paper map service the Government
currently provides. Natural Resources Canada's digital mapping policy
will effectively cut off access to the majority of Canadians. However,
our politicians see this issue as a minor one.
ACMLA, which represents both the public and research communities, would
like to convince them otherwise. This policy will have an enormous
impact on the Canadian public and our map users. The Minister of Natural
Resources has a responsibility to listen to our point of view. This is
not a minor policy amendment but a major change that has implications
not just for map librarians but for the ordinary Canadian who is looking
for a map for their cottage or who wants to go snowmobiling or hiking.
Canada can be a vast and unforgiving country without a map in hand.

How you can help: This is a political issue and we must get the message
out to as many Canadians and organizations as soon as possible. An
independent website has been set up to lobby and inform Canadians. ACMLA
asks its members to support this initiative by sending emails to inform
associations, university departments, schools, individuals, etc. of the
Government of Canada's decision to abandon printing paper topographic
maps. Let your M.P. and your Minister of Natural Resources know what
their constituents think of this decision.

Support Access to Maps for Canadians mapsforcanadians.ca

Heather McAdam
GIS Coordinator
Maps, Data and Government Information Centre Carleton University Library
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: 520-2600 ext. 8924


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