[ gpsdrive ] Topo website questions

[Ryan J. Earley]

On 8/8/07, not a webot <not.webot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All;
>  Can anyone figure out how to harvest topos from this website?
> http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map
>  I'm trying to harvest topo maps for eastern Ontario. Is there anyplace
> where data sets are available?
>
>  A feature that would be nice is a third map type, in my case I'd like to
> switch between road maps, topos and navigational charts (boat maps)
> Thanks
>
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It looks like the data may be available from a WMS server*:
http://wms.ctis.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/pages/content/en/

*registration required?

if this does give you access to the data, you can use a WMS-->gpsDrive
importer, like the one discussed here:
http://selwerd.nl/~dirk-jan/gpsdrive/archive/msg06246.html

I didn't register, but you may want to explore this route further. It
is the same method i use to get USGS topo maps in gpsDrive here in the
states.

-ryan



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Ryan J. Earley
Rutgers University Geophysics