The COINAtlantic interactive utility helps users find and access geospatial data and information for Atlantic Canada from many different sources. Map images can be scaled to specific regions of interest and the information from the various sources can be overlaid and output to an image file, a pdf or into GoogleEarth.
The websites listed below contain maps, images, data, demos, etc. in various formats which can be downloaded free-of-charge or for a fee. There are also websites with information of general interest to mappers. Additional links are available in the Coastal Update e-newsletter section of the ACZISC website. To provide feedback, please email the ACZISC Secretariat.
Hyperlinks to non-ACZISC websites do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to non-ACZISC websites is to indicate information available on related topics.
The links are organized as follows:
ATLASES
BASE MAPPING AND CHARTS, RESOURCE MAPS AND DATA
BROWSERS AND LOCATOR MAPS
IMAGERY
INFORMATION SERVICES AND PORTALS
RESOURCE LISTS
FREE SOFTWARE AND DEMOS
ATLASES:
- Atlas of Canada
- Discover Canada through maps and facts
- Atlas of Canada Map Archives
- Consists of 943 maps of the previously printed 1st edition of the Atlas published in 1906, the 2nd edition in 1915, the 3rd edition in 1957, the 4th edition in 1974 and finally, the 5th edition published 1995
- Atlas of Coastal Habitats and Fishery Resources
- Access to the Fish Habitat Management Information System (FHAMIS) of the St. Lawrence River and Northern Québec
- Atlas of Ecologically and Commercially Important Areas in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Provides baseline information for the environmental assessment of project proposals
- Atlas du Québec et de ses régions
- Les premières cartes d'un projet supporté par une équipe multidisciplinaire regroupant des chercheurs(es) de toutes les universités québécoises.
- The Canadian Atlas Online - Canadian Geographic
- Interactive Atlas presented by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
- Framework Data for North America
- Made using a set of basic map information provided by national atlas programs in Canada, Mexico, and the United States - data is available from GeoGratis - search for "North American Atlas"
- The Great Lakes
- An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book
- Groundfish Atlas
- Distribution maps for 99 groundfish species off the east coast of North America produced for the East Coast of North America Strategic Assessment Project (ECNASAP)
- Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI)
- A U.S.-Canadian partnership of government and nongovernment organizations to conduct comprehensive seafloor imaging, mapping, and biological and geological surveys.
- National Atlas of the United States
- Map-like views of America's natural and sociocultural landscapes
- North American Environmental Atlas
- An information tool from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), featuring maps, data, interactive map layers, and links to other related materials
- The Scotian Shelf: An Atlas of Human Activities
- Includes over 50 maps of ocean activities occurring on the Shelf, including fishing, defense operations, shipping, research, special management, and oil and gas exploration and development
- United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
- Provides first comprehensive real-time tool to observe state of the world's oceans
- Watersheds of the World CD from the IUCN
- This CD provides maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins and sub-basins around the world. View online and download maps.
- World Atlas of Biodiversity
- The first comprehensive map-based view of global biodiversity by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
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BASE MAPPING AND CHARTS, RESOURCE MAPS AND DATA:
- Aquaculture information and mapping for Newfoundland and Labrador
- Map-based and descriptive information about aquaculture sites in the Province
- Aquaculture site mapping in Nova Scotia
- Data presented are intended for reference
- Marine Aquaculture Site Mapping (MASM), New Brunswick
- Canadian Geographic Mapping
- Digital Chart of the World - not up to date
- Download the boundaries and layers of different countries
- Digital Geoscience Data for Free Download from the Minerals Resources Branch, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
- Includes Maps, Databases, Images and a Free Map Viewer
- GeoConnections Discovery Portal
- Search the catelogue and the Map for Canadian air photos, topographic data, remote sensing images, tabular statistics, thematic map layers and more.
- Free Maps (.gif images) from Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
- Includes Nova Scotia Coloured by County, with County Boundaries, with Major Highways, and the Maritime Provinces
- Free Publications from Statistics Canada
- Several titles available
- General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
- Bathymetry available in three forms: digital form, either on CD-ROM with a user friendly interface or as a free downloadable 1 arc-minute grid, and in map form
- Geography Network
- Free resources, including data, dynamic data and applications
- GeoGratis
- A portal provided by Natural Resources Canada which provides geospatial free data via a web browser, including Framework data, Canada Land Inventory (CLI), Canadian Land Use, Canada Watershed Maps, Earth Observation Data, RADARSAT Imagery, Landsat Imagery, Vector/Tabular Data and much more!!!
- GIS Data Layers for Prince Edward Island
- Provides access to GIS data, both free and priced, and other geospatial services, including the PEI Road Atlas and the PEI Public Land Atlas
- Global Maps from NASA
- Includes Land Surface Temperature, Land Surface Temperature Anomaly, Net Primary Productivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly, Snow Cover, Total Rainfall, Vegetation, etc.
- Interactive Maps of Prince Edward Island
- Includes Visitor Map, Business Map, Address Locator and Aerial Photos
- MapsNL
- Free access to online maps and aerial photographs of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Maps of Natural Hazards of Canada, Public Safety Canada
- Depicts the locations, types and magnitudes of significant natural disasters that have affected Canada
- Maps from the Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture
- NAFO Fishing Areas, Crab Zones, Lobster District Map, Fishing Banks and Aquaculture Site Mapping
- National Geographic MapMachine
- Satellite imagery, street maps and more
- Maps and Surveys, Newfoundland and Ladrador Department of Environment and Conservation
- Includes Online Maps, Topographic Mapping, Geodetic Surveys, Aerial Photography
- Service New Brunswick
- Freely available geographic information of New Brunswick, including the Digital Topographic Data Base (1998), the New Brunswick Atlas (2nd Edition), Provincial Themes, Reference Indexes and Maps, and the Softcopy Orthophotomap Data Base
- St. Georges Bay Ecosytem Project
- Maps illustrating the fishing grounds for each species in the St. Georges Bay area
- Toporama from the Centre for Topographic Information, Natural Resources Canada
- Free raster data of part of the National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) for all of Canada at 1:250 000
- Traditional Fisheries Knowledge for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Region
- Internet mapping application providing access to geographic information on the fisheries resources for the north and eastern shore of New Brunswick, all of Prince Edward Island and the Gulf Shore of Nova Scotia
- Wetland, Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental Protection Agency
- Database and mapping, water quality models, etc.
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BROWSERS AND LOCATOR MAPS:
- EarthBrowser, Dynamic Earth Information
- Google Earth, a 3D interface to the planet
- Google Maps and Directions
- MapQuest Maps and Directions
- MSN Maps and Directions
- Multimap and Directions
- Yahoo Maps and Directions
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IMAGERY:
- Flood Simulation of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia Elevation Maps
- From the Applied Geomatics Research Group, Centre of Geographic Sciences
- NASA's Earth Observatory
- Data and images of the oceans, the land, the atmosphere and more...
- NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography of the Earth
- Over 400,000 images acquired by astronauts, including several of coastal areas of many different regions of the world
- Outreach Materials, including Imagery from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada
- Includes Tour Canada from Space, RADARSAT-1 image samples, Mosaic of Canada - Landsat 7, Quicklook Swath Browser, Image Showcase, and a Calendar of Satellite Images
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INFORMATION SERVICES AND PORTALS:
- COINAtlantic
- The Coastal and Ocean Information Network for Atlantic Canada - an initiative of the ACZISC to provide open access to data, information and applications in support of ICOM
- Community Accounts
- An information system for Newfoundland and Labrador that provides community, regional, and provincial data
- Community Counts
- Socio-economic and other data that illustrate the unique nature of each community in Nova Scotia
- GeoBase Portal, Natural Resources Canada
- Offers access to six pre-determined sets of data: national road network (NRN) data; Canadian digital elevation data (CDED); geographical names of Canada; administrative boundaries; Canadian geodetic network data; and Landsat-7 orthoimage data
- GeoConnections Discovery Portal
- Canada's Geographic Information on the Internet
- geodata.gov
- The USA's federal, state and local geographic data on the Internet
- GeoNOVA
- The Province of Nova Scotia's gateway to geographic information about Nova Scotia
- GeoPortal
- Comprises tools and services to address the requirements of a broad audience, both internal and external to Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- GoMMaP, Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal
- Designed as a single point of access to Gulf of Maine maps that are available from organizations that utilize web mapping services
- GoMOOS, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System
- Access Data, including Remote Sensing Imagery, Numeric Models and Buoy Data
- MIRAGE, Natural Resources Canada's Map Image Rendering DAtabase for GEoscience
- Access to more than 7000 maps published by the Geological Survey of Canada since the mid-1800s
- National Land and Water Information Service, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Providing Canadians with information, analysis and interpretation of land and water resources
- OSL, St. Lawrence Observatory / Observatoire du Saint Laurent
- Dedicated to the exchange, distribution and presentation of scientific data and information about the St. Lawrence
- Online free data supplied by Canadian Organizations identified in the GeoConnections Discovery Portal
- SmartBay
- Access to information for the management and sustainable development of the coastal and ocean resources in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
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RESOURCE LISTS:
- Canada Maps from the University of Texas Library
- Includes Country maps, city maps, historical maps and links to other sites
- The Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
- The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
- Oddens's Bookmarks: Over 22,000 cartographic links
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FREE SOFTWARE AND DEMOS:
- ArcGIS Explorer from ESRI
- An application to access online GIS content and capabilities
- CARIS Easy-ENC from CARIS
- An electronic navigation chart (ENC) viewer
- FreeGIS
- GIS Software and Free Geo-Data
- MapInfo Free Products
- Includes ProViewer, several demos, etc.
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