[Xastir] OT: Commercial mapping / directions software that includes Canada?

[Brad Douglas]

I missed part of this conversation, but as a GIS person, I've had little 
trouble getting reasonable data for Canadia.

Here's an accuracy map for ESRI's free North American vector street maps:
http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisonline/supplemental_images/StreetMap_Cov_NA.jpg

I also found this real quick, too:
http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/search.do?produit=nrn&language=en

Maybe those sources aren't up-to-date enough for your uses?

BTW, it's a fairly automated process to convert raster street maps to 
shapefile.  The "difficult" part is hand-coding the data table of street 
names.

I hope I understood the conversation correctly and I hope this helps.

On 08/21/2009 02:51 PM, David Flood wrote:
> Detailed discussion of this taken off-list via Jabber with Curt.
>
> If there was a program with the ease of use of Street Atlas that mapped
> shapefiles, I'd take a look.  I do see that SA 2009 claims to have Canada
> data.  I've been using 2008 since it is backwards compatible with ToPo 7
> files.  May have to find the 2009 CD I have someplace and install it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org
> [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of Curt, WE7U
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 14:37
>
> Are the Canadian street shapefiles not adequate for the purpose?


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