Constructions and Land Use in Canada - CanVec Series - Manmade Features
The manmade features of the CanVec series include dams, protection structures (breakwater, dike/levees), liquid storage facilities (basin, swimming pool, etc.), tanks, buildings, delimiting structures (fence, walls, etc.), landmark features (cross, radar, crane, forts, etc.), chimneys, towers, sewage pipelines, conduit bridges, waste, leisure areas, residential areas, commercial and institutional areas and ritual cultural areas (shrine, cemeteries, etc.).
The CanVec multiscale series is available as prepackaged downloadable files and by user-defined extent via a Geospatial data extraction tool.
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Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series
Metadata
Date Created
2016-04-25
Date Published
2019-03
Temporal Coverage
1944 - 2019
Access in last 30 days
229
All time access
1,032
Source(s) and Citation
Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector; Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation; GeoBase. (2019-03). Constructions and Land Use in Canada - CanVec Series - Manmade Features. Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector; Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation; GeoBase.
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Prepackaged FGDB files (download directory)
Type:
Dataset
Format:
FGDB/GDB
Languages:
English, French
Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest)
Type:
Supporting Document
Format:
KMZ
Languages:
English, French
Drop-down navigation menu to CanVec Series documentation and online data catalogues
Type:
Supporting Document
Format:
HTML
Languages:
English, French
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool
Type:
Application
Format:
Web App
Languages:
English
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool
Type:
Application
Format:
Web App
Languages:
French
Related keywords
canada, earth sciences, canvec, cartographic product, 50k, 50 000, 50, 000, 250k, 250 000, 250, 000, buildings, structures, dam, residential area, places of interest, community infrastructures, geomatics, cartography
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