[ gpsdrive ] Topo website questions

[not a webot]

the address for the wms server is;

http://wms.ctis.nrcan.gc.ca/wms-bin/wms.cgi

now I need to figure out how to get the pretty pictures out of it

On 8/14/07, Ryan J. Earley <ryan.j.earley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Ryan J. Earley
> Rutgers University Geophysics
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