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toronto data updated

Posted on 2010/07/16 by scruss

Hey, they’ve updated most of the data sets on toronto.ca | Open! Hey, they’ve updated most of the data sets on toronto.ca | Open!

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Land Information Ontario – or, how I semi-accidentally ordered 3.5GB of terrain data

Posted on 2010/05/26 by scruss

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has a fairly well-hidden service that provides free geodata to the general public. One has to register with a sign and e-mail form, but there’s a large number of useful data sets available. The … Continue reading →

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untangling CanVec

Posted on 2010/05/23 by scruss

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 →

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free geodata for the numpty-about-Toronto

Posted on 2010/02/20 by scruss

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 →

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