Sites of Interest to Canadian Cartographers
Links
- Cartographic Education ( Map Libraries )
- Web Indices
- Cartography related associations and societies
- Journals, newsletters, etc.
- Government of Canada Departments
- Independent Companies, Agencies or Individuals
- Other cartography related sites
*** This page is constantly evolving. If you have any sites you feel should be added to this page, please contact Anita Müller
Cartographic Education
University with Cartography and GIS web sites
- www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/g370_470.html British Columbia (Brian Klinkenberg) GIS, cartography, links opus.geog.ubc.ca/martha 'MARTHA' : Multimedia Arcview Research and Tutorial Help Assistant
- www.uiowa.edu/~geog/health/ Iowa (Marc Armstrong) GIS and Public Health site, study of infant mortality
- ww.geo.ulg.ac.be Liege, Belgium (Jean-Paul Donnay, Bernard Cornelis) Département de géomatique
- ww.gis.unbc.ca Northern BC (Roger Wheate) course notes in cartography, GIS and remote sensing
- ww.geog.utoronto.ca/cartweb/cartpage.html Toronto (Byron Moldofsky) Cartography Office and links
- ww.fes.uwaterloo.ca/gis Waterloo (Barry Levely) Cart-GIS (Joe Piwowar) /crs/geog376 remote sensing
- publish.uwo.ca/~mcdaniel/weblinks/carto.html Western Ontario (Robert McDaniel, Prof. Emeritus) (links!)
University Geography departments with strong cartographic component
- dsf.uqac.uquebec.ca/teleair/ (Laboratoire de télédétection aérienne / Laboratory of airborne remote sensing)
- dept.kent.edu/geography/ Kent State (Ute Dymon) Remote sensing educational resources
- ww.geo.msu.edu Michigan (Judy Olson) Cartography, GIS and remote sensing research
- ww.geography.ryerson.ca Ryerson (Doug Banting) Geomatics courses and GIS modules for teachers
- ww.maxwell.syr.edu/geo/indexgeo.htm Syracuse (Mark Monmonier) Interactive Geography map, careers
- ww.usask.ca/geography/index.htm Saskatchewan ( Ka Iu Fung) Atlas of Saskatchewan project
- ww.wlu.ca/~wwwgeog/ Wilfrid Laurier (Grant Head) GIS certificate, Geomatics education
- ww.wlu.ca/~wwwgeog/wlgpig/wlgpigmain.htm Grad program with Waterloo: courses/ research projects
- ww.uwinnipeg.ca/~mcgregor/ Winnipeg (Brian McGregor) Cartography and GIS, moving maps
Colleges: diplomas in Cartography and GIS
- www.algonquincollege.com/gis Algonquin, Ottawa (David Broscoe) diploma and evening certificate course.
- www.cogs.ns.ca Centre of Geographic Sciences, NS GIS/RS/cartography diplomas.
- gaia.flemingc.on.ca/nr/cart/welcome.htm Sir Sandford Fleming, Lindsay (Tim Wykes) cartography, gallery.
- ww.cnc.bc.ca/gis/gishome.html New Caledonia, BC (Joseph Morong) one year GIS diploma program .
Companies with education component
- GISuser.com is a leading Geospatial technology news and information portal and provides a wealth of information about GIS and geospatial technologies including news, articles, webmap gallery, data resources, community forums, career postings, RFPs and much more.
- ww.caliper.com Caliper Corporation (Peter Van Demark) Maptitude GIS and TransCAD + Web versions
- ww.canadiangeographic.ca Canadian Geographic (Steve Fick) Articles on Canada and great maps
- www.geodataresources.com GeoData Resources
- ww.idrisi.com IDRISI (Ron Eastman) GIS software with tutorials, workbooks, resources
- ww.intergraph.com/schools/ Intergraph (Phil Dodds) GIS starter kit and data for GeoMedia
- ww.gov.nf.ca/parks&reserves/ Tourism, Culture & Recreation, Newfoundland, (Damien Morrissey)
Map Libraries
- www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/maps/index.cfm Alberta (David Jones) Wonders Map
- www.library.mun.ca Memorial (Alberta Wood) guides to ArcView/MapInfo, R.A.Skelton materials
- geography.uoregon.edu/gis Oregon (Aileen Buckley) GIScience and mapping courses
Web Indices
- University of Waterloo: Cartographic Resources Links to sites containing maps, charts, remote sensing images and other spatial data.
- A World-wide Geography Web Site
Cartography related associations and societies
- International Cartographic Association (ICA)
- North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
- Society of Cartographers
- Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)
Journals, newsletter, etc.
Government of Canada Departments
- Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office
- The Canadian Atlantic Geoscience Centre (Bilingual)
- Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (Bilingual) - An initiative by the Inter-Agency Committee on Geomatics (IACG) and the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) to assemble governmental + commercial interests related to the production, application and dissemination of geospatial information.
- Canadian Hydrographic Service (Bilingual) - Official Marine Navigation Charts and Nautical Publications.
- Canadian National Water Research Institute (Bilingual) - Groundwater Remediation Project.
- Canadian Space Agency (Bilingual)
- Canadian World Heritage Sites (Bilingual)
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Centre for Topographic Information (Bilingual) - Provides topographic and toponymic information to support sustainable development of natural resources, environmental protection and the management of Canadian territory.
- Environmental Protection Branch (EPB): Atlantic Region - Includes 4 divisions: (1) Environmental Assessment and Pollution Prevention Division; (2) Pollution Reduction Division; (3) Emergencies and Enforcement Division; and (4) Action 21 Division.
- National Atlas of Canada (Bilingual)
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Natural Resources Canada (Bilingual)
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (Bilingual) - Responsible for the acquisition of Earth observation data and for the development of remote sensing applications and related methodologies and systems.
- Canadian Forest Service (Bilingual) - The main CFS page, including: regional pages for Victoria, Edmonton and Newfoundland; the model forest network; and State of the Forests report.
- Canada's official geographical names Web site (Bilingual)
- Earth Sciences Information Centre (Bilingual) - Largest collection of books, serials and maps in the earth sciences with world-wide coverage, with two main areas of interest: Geology and Geomatics.
- Geological Survey of Canada (Bilingual) - Access to a variety of services, catalogues, and information products.
- Canadian Atlases since 1945 (Bilingual) - Access to a comprehensive list of atlases published since 1945.
- National Air Photo Library (Bilingual)
- GeoConnections Discovery Portal (Bilingual)
- Schoolnet - A site focussed on sharing educational resources, enhancing learning, developing information technology skills, and encourageing technology in the classroom.
- Statistics Canada
Independent Companies, Agencies or Individuals
- Adobe - Graphics Software.
- Corel - Multiple products, including Graphics Software.
- ESRI Canada - GIS Software Products.
- Intergraph Canada
- MicroImages - Producers of TNTmips: A complete fully featured GIS, RDBMS, and automated image processing system with CAD, TIN, surface modeling, map layout and innovative data publishing tools. TNTlite is a FREE geospatial analysis system designed for students and learning projects, with identical features of TNTmips.
- PCI Carto a Canadian Software developer that has built ACE (Advanced Cartographic Environment).
- Transformative Design - Re-designed and implemented the Canadian Cartographic Association website.
Other cartography related sites
- PSIgate is a free service that offers access to high quality Web resources in the physical sciences; there are currently 13532 resources in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and general science.









