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New coverages and data formats available for Canadian Geographical Names!
May 11, 2010
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is pleased to offer the ability to download geographical names by province or territory, by 1:250,000 NTS map sheet tiles or by geographical regions, without cost on the GeoBase portal. These new data coverages are now available in KML (Keyhole Markup Language), GML (Geography Markup Language), ESRI Shapefile and in text formats.
Agreements have been reached with provincial and territorial data suppliers for the exchange of geographical names data. Complete data downloads by province or territory, are available for: Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The remaining provincial data sets will be available once agreements have been finalized.
N.B. The GNBC is made up of 27 members. Its Chair is appointed by Canada's Minister of Natural Resources.