Tag Archives: canada
we can has street names
Pierre Béland reminded the Canadian OSM group of the GeoBase WMS, which has all the NRN road names in it. Here’s my neighbourhood’s OpenStreetMap data with the road names overlaid. Pierre Béland reminded the Canadian OSM group of the GeoBase … Continue reading
untangling CanVec
It’s almost as if NRCan doesn’t want anyone to use CanVec. I mean, it’s a free and comprehensive data set for the whole country; anyone who can type in a postal code and click a couple of times can download … Continue reading
free geodata for the numpty-about-Toronto
So if I want to learn some GIS skills, it would be helpful if I had some data to work with. Here are two data sources I have slight familiarity with: toronto.ca | Open Shapefiles, comprising: Municipal Address Points – … Continue reading