Selected Online Maps
Current Issues Maps
Enbridge Northern Gateway Route videoEnbridge Northern Gateway Route map
exisiting Pipelines map -CAPP
BC Gas and Oil maps
Map Categories:
- UVic Maps - library and others
- General - world maps, atlases, comprehensive sites
- Topographic/Bathymetric - mapping sites and sources
- Environment - geology, climate, environmental atlases, forestry, parks, other land information
- People - history, population/census, electoral
- Cities and Street Maps - municipal govt. maps; worldwide address finding, directions
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UVic Maps
- ActiveU Trails & Walks
- Emergency Telephones
- McPherson Library Floor Maps - updates soon!
- University of Victoria Community Green Map - choose the Webmap
- University of Victoria Maps and Buildings - includes 3D buildings for Google Earth
General
- Atlas of Canada (includes outline maps and maps on various topics)
- Canadian Geographic
- Country Insights (Canada - Foreign Affairs)
- Geogratis (Canadian maps and data)
- The Geography Network (Canadian maps and data)
- Google Earth - combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search; now oceans and Mars too
- GoPortail - IGN's geoportal (en franais)
- Map Central - Bedford/St.Martin's - outline maps, incl. historical and classical
- The Map Place (B.C. maps)
- Mapmachine (National Geographic)
- National Atlas of the United States
- Perry-Castaeda Map Collection, (U. of Texas: maps of countries and regions, including outline maps)
- United Nations
- WorldCat -- Advanced Search -- Media: Internet Resources
Topographic, bathymetric
- G-TOPO30 (World)
- Toporama (online version from National Atlas of Canada site)
- Digital (scanned) National Topographic Series maps: Geogratis site --CanTopo are new maps, Canmatrix are older
- Topographic Map Search (via National Atlas of Canada)
- Terraserver (U.S.)
- Canadian Hydrographic Service (includes indexes to nautical charts in Map Library)
- digital charts - contact map curator for educational user request forms
Environment - climate, geology, soils, ecology/vegetation
- AfricaMap - hosted by Harvard University. This is a different site than AfricaMap.com.
- B.C. Geological Survey - Geology maps online
- bedrock map of B.C. (Open File 2005-3)
- B.C. Geological Survey - Map Place (build a map)
- BC Parks (for parks maps/brochures, choose Find a Park)
- Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Maps (Ministry of Forests)
- Canada Land Inventory maps - free download from Geogratis
- Community Mapping Network (Natural resource information and maps for communities in BC)
- Conservation Geoportal (links to maps and data)
- Cowichan Valley Planning Atlas 2001 (Ministry of Environment Lands & Parks)
- GeoBC Gateway - comprehensive site for B.C. govt. publications, maps and data
- GeoScan database (search for Geological Survey of Canada maps, includes scanned GSC maps)
- Harbours Ecological Inventory and Rating Project (Victoria and Esquimalt Harbours Environmental Action Program)
- Natural areas atlas of the Capital region (Greater Victoria and Gulf Islands, including orthophoto base)
- Natural Earth - world physical map at 1.24 km. resolution
- Natural Resources Canada Mapping products- includes topographic mapping, geology, and more
- Pacific Climate Change maps (Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, UVic)
- Resource atlas for the Corporation of the District of Central Saanich (ftp site)
- UNEP Maps and Graphics
- Victoria Weather Network network of 20 school weather stations, mapping temperature, wind, rain and more
- Victorienteers orienteering maps for local parks (note: printed versions are higher resolution)
People - history, statistics, elections, postal areas, social
- Aboriginal Languages
- American Memory Project includes some Canadian maps
- ArchiviaNet (Library and Archives Canada) - includes early census mapping
- BC Archives includes some digitised historical maps
- BC Statistics Mapping and Geography maps, data, reports
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- E-Stat through UVic Gateway. Census data as text, table or map
- Elections BC (also includes census profiles of provincial electoral areas)
- Elections Canada voter information service (includes maps)
- FSA postal area maps
- Global Distribution of Poverty (CIESIN)
- Historic Cities
- Saw Mills in Canada
- Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
- Historical Map Society of B.C.
- In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Project (Ontario counties,1870s-1890s)
- VI History history of Vancouver Island, and Canadian history during the late 19th and early part of the 20th century.
- Vancouver Island Health Authority Population and Health Statistics
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Page updated: Jan. 2012


