Where can I get NTS map sheets?
Where can I find other maps or data?
Can I make a map myself?
What digital data is available or downloadable?
Why is projection important?
What is the GNWT standard projection?
Why I cannot see the WMS service in preview?
Canada Map Office
Natural Resources Canada
244 King Street West, Suite 010
Sherbrooke, QC J1J 2E8
(P) 1-800-661-2638 or 1-819-564-4857
(F) 1-819-564-5698
(E-mail) topo.maps@NRCan.gc.ca
Boreal Books
PO Box 1220
Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0
(P) 1-867-777-3748
(F) 1-867-777-4429
(E-mail) manager@borealbooks.com
MSS Ltd
47 Studney Drive
Hay River, NT XOE 0R6
(P) 1 888 397 0886
(E-mail) sales @mssltd.com
www.mssltd.com
Overlander Sports
4909 50 Street
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N7
(867) 873-2474
Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-6pm
(Has some local NTS maps sheets.)
NWT Centre for Geomatics
Download data here: http://ykweb23t/NWTCGSite/dldsoptions.aspx
Connect to web mapping services here: http://ykweb23t/NWTCGSite/wms.aspx
Access published maps here: http://ykweb23t/NWTCGSite/maps.aspx
Other GNWT
Protected Areas Strategy Maps http://www.nwtpas.ca/publications-maps.asp
2010-2011 Hunting Regulations Maps http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/hunting_regulations.aspx
NWT Explorers’ Map http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/tourismparks/mapsandcanoeroutes.shtml
Ingraham Trail Canoe Routes http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/tourismparks/information.shtml#canoe
Community Public Water Supply Catchment Areas http://maps.gnwtgeomatics.nt.ca/portal/watershedmaps.jsp
Elections NWT Maps http://www.electionsnwt.ca/election-map/download-map/
DAAIR Maps Relating to Land Claims http://www.daair.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/Maps.aspx
NWT GeoScience Office (NTGO) http://gateway.nwtgeoscience.ca/
ENR Wildlife http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/Our_Wildlife.aspx
ENR Forest Management http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/Our_Forest.aspx
Federal
National Topographic Series 1:250,000 and 1:50,000 scale map sheets
http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/product/search.do?id=CB864DC7-25A1-5136-57F4-C095CE1C6A6D
Map of Northern Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/reference/other/mcr_0036_2000/#download
Circumpolar Map from National Atlas of Canada
http://maps.gnwtgeomatics.nt.ca/portal/docs/circumpolar.pdf
The Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html
Aeronautical Charts (once on the web page click publications as follow the links)
http://www.navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles/default.xml
Nautical Charts (once on the web page click 'Nautical Charts and Services’ and follow the links)
http://www.navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles/default.xml
NWTCG Spatial Data Warehouse http://geomatics.gov.nt.ca/sdw.aspx
NWT GeoScience Office (NTGO) http://ntgomap.nwtgeoscience.ca/
MACA Atlas: Community Data http://gis.maca.gov.nt.ca/Website/index.asp
NWTCG Web Mapping Portal http://www.gnwtgeomatics.nt.ca/RemoteSensing/avhrr/avhrr_satellite_images.asp
NWT Discovery Portal http://nwtdiscoveryportal.enr.gov.nt.ca
NWT GeoScience Office (NTGO) http://ntgodata.nwtgeoscience.ca/
MACA Atlas: Community Data http://gis.maca.gov.nt.ca/Website/index.asp
"The Earth is a sphere (or more correctly a spheroid), and a globe is the best representation or model of the Earth's surface. A map, on the other hand, must represent as accurately as possible the 3-dimensional Earth on a 2-dimensional (flat) surface. In producing a map it is important to ensure a known relationship between true locations on the Earth and the corresponding points on the map. Therefore, the construction of any map must begin with a map projection ..."
From The Atlas of Canada website - http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/carto_corner/map_projections.html
Another good introduction to projection is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
Name: NAD83 / NWT Lambert
EPSG Code: CRS 3580
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Datum: NAD83
1st standard parallel: 62.0
2nd standard parallel: 70.0
Central meridian: -112.0
Latitude of origin: 0.0
False easting: 0
False northing: 0
Scale Factor 1
The WMS service is based on ISO theme categories, meaning that all vector data related to that theme will be stored within that WMS service. For example, the Ecological/Biological theme will contain species at risk data, wildlife habitat zones, and fire history. Most of the layers have been turned off by default because it is too cartographically complex to represent them all at the same time. To preview the WMS service, either use our Spatial Data Warehouse Viewer or utilize your own GIS software such as Google Earth. |