Via Geogratis Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announces the 6th release of CanVec, including:
- – Addition of 240 new datasets;
- – Update of National Road Network (NRN) for Yukon;
- – Update of geographical names.
CanVec 6th release is available in a new distribution format called FGDB (File Geodatabase). This format is provided to support the use of topographic data for large areas such as a province, a territory or the entire country. See CanVec For more information see also the CanVec Release Notes.
Reminder, The Canadian Geomatics Conference 2010 will be held June 15-18 in Calgary, Alberta. See http://www.geoconf.ca/