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GeoBase is your portal for no fee access to quality geospatial data!
What is GeoBase?
GeoBase is a federal, provincial and territorial government initiative that is overseen by the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG). It is undertaken to ensure the provision of, and access to, a common, up-to-date and maintained base of quality geospatial data for all of Canada. Through the GeoBase portal, users with an interest in the field of geomatics have access to quality geospatial information at no cost and with unrestricted use. More on GeoBase initiative
Who are the partners?
Most of Geobase data are produced under partnership between federal, provincial and territorial agencies. GeoBase partners are involved in different levels of the data production process such as project funding, sharing of source data or by working on data collection and data processing. More on GeoBase partnerships
User Registration
User registration is mandatory for downloading GeoBase data. With registration you will get a username and password that will allow access at no cost to the best available data sets.
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Use and Restrictions
All distributed data should be accessed and used relatively to the GeoBase Unrestricted Use Licence Agreement. With this licence, users are granted a non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty-free right and licence to exercise all intellectual property rights in the data. This includes the right to use, incorporate, sublicense (with further right of sublicensing), modify, improve, further develop, and distribute the data; and to manufacture and/or distribute Derivative Products. The Licensee shall identify GeoBase as a data source.
Web Mapping Service (WMS)
The GeoBase WMS also permits direct access to GeoBase data through WMS functionalities following Open GeoSpatial Consortium (OGC) standards. Read more on GeoBase WMS.
Latest News
NRN - New product version 2.0.1 available
A new version 2.0.1 of the NRN product that includes four new attributes, i.e. "Traffic Direction", "Road Jurisdiction", "Closing Period" and "Speed Restrictions" is now available. Read More...
National Road Network of Yukon: Update available
The 10th edition of the Yukon Territory National Road Network (NRN) dataset is now available. Read More...
NRN Manitoba - Addition of Address ranges
A new edition of the Manitoba NRN dataset was created to include into the dataset, address ranges from Statistics Canada data. Read More...
National Road Network of Prince Edward Island: New release and new attributes available
On behalf of the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is pleased to announce the release of a new edition of the Prince Edward Island portion of National Road Network (NRN). Read More...
Update of the Canadian Geopolitical Boundaries product
On behalf of the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is pleased to announce the release of the update of the Canadian Geopolitical Boundaries product.
National Railway Network: Demo Data
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) - Mapping Information Branch (MIB) - Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke (CTI-S), is pleased to announce that a sample data set of the National Railway Network (NRWN) is now available. Read More...
A new NHN data type in the December 14, 2011 NHN Release
In addition to adding 17 new NHN datasets created using Ontario provincial data and 18 new Canada/USA trans-boundary datasets, Natural Resource Canada now introduces 12 new drainage areas compliant with the NHN Completeness Level 3 (NHN-CL3). Data at this level, allow for more reliable network analysis of water flow within a NHN Work Unit. Read More...
Get your new GeoBase Newsletter!
The GeoBase Steering Committee and Secretariat are pleased to present the most recent GeoBase newsletter. This newsletter is part of a revitalized communications strategy created by the GeoBase Steering Committee to promote GeoBase more effectively. We hope that you find the information contained in this newsletter useful.
Do you have an interesting user case to publish on GeoBase in Action?
TO: GeoBase geospatial data users.
We are looking for stories or case studies on how GeoBase users are building applications or value-added products using GeoBase data or Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) digital mapping products. Your experiences will provide us with a better understanding of our clients' needs and will help us to improve our products and services. They will also provide us with concrete examples of how geospatial data is being used in various spheres of activity such as health, the environment, public safety and security, natural resource exploration, agriculture, to name but a few. Read More...
The latest information about data updates and standard developments are mentioned in the news section. Consult this section frequently to keep up with GeoBase related news. More GeoBase news