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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
Ontario NRN dataset with Street Names, Place Names and Address Ranges
On behalf of the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is pleased to announce the release of the fourth province wide update to the Ontario portion of the National Road Network (NRN). Read More...
New update of the Northwest Territories National Road Network dataset
Release of the sixth edition of the Northwest Territories National Road Network (NRN) dataset produced by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) of the Government of the Northwest Territories. Read More...
Nunavut National Road Network (NRN) new update with Place Names, Street Names and Address Ranges
This Nunavut NRN dataset includes approximately 200 km of new roads as well as Place Name for all 25 communities. Read More...
The National Hydro Network allows you to view your drainage area
Image maps of NHN drainage areas can be downloaded in Portable Document Format (PDF). They are created from the NHN work unit (drainage areas), a subset of NHN data and Canadian Digital Elevation Data. Read More...
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...
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.
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