Canadian Geographical Names - CGN
Simple
- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2017-04-20
- Date ( RI_366 )
- 2017-04-20
- Presentation form
- mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
- Status
- onGoing; enContinue RI_596
- Maintenance and update frequency
- weekly; hebdomadaire RI_534
- Update scope
- feature; entité RI_626
- Keywords ( RI_525 )
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- Canada
- Keywords ( RI_524 )
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- Earth Sciences
- Keywords ( RI_529 )
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- CGN
- GNBC
- CGNDB
- Keywords ( RI_528 )
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- Place Names
- Geographical Names
- Toponymy
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( Theme )
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- Toponymy
- Geographic data
- Geographical maps
- Geography
- Maps
- Use limitation
- Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access constraints
- license; licence RI_606
- Use constraints
- license; licence RI_606
- Classification
- unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
- Spatial representation type
- vector; vecteur RI_635
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Metadata language
- fra; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Topic category
-
- Location
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- Begin date
- 1897
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4617 / 8.4.1
- Distribution format
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SHP
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unknown
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- File decompression technique
- ZIP
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KML
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2.2
)
- File decompression technique
- KMZ
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CSV
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unknown
)
- File decompression technique
- ZIP
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SHP
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unknown
)
- OnLine resource
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Documentation related to Canadian Geographical Names (CGN)
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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Pre-packaged CSV files - CGN Canada/Province/Territory/Undersea
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HTTP
)
Dataset;CSV;fra
- OnLine resource
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Pre-packaged CSV files - CGN Canada/Province/Territory/Undersea
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HTTP
)
Dataset;CSV;eng
- OnLine resource
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Pre-packaged KML files - CGN Canada/Province/Territory/Undersea
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HTTP
)
Dataset;KML;eng
- OnLine resource
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Pre-packaged KML files - CGN Canada/Province/Territory/Undersea
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HTTP
)
Dataset;KML;fra
- OnLine resource
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Pre-packaged SHP files - CGN Canada/Province/Territory/Undersea
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HTTP
)
Dataset;SHP;eng
- OnLine resource
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Pre-packaged SHP files - CGN Canada/Province/Territory/Undersea
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HTTP
)
Dataset;SHP;fra
- Hierarchy level
- dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
- Description
- The precursor to the CGNDB (Canadian Geographical Names Database) was developed in 1978 to replace an expanding paper file catalogue in place since the establishment of the Geographical Board of Canada in 1897. The Geographical Board of Canada was later replaced by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
- File identifier
- e27c6eba-3c5d-4051-9db2-082dc6411c2c XML
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Hierarchy level
- dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
- Date stamp
- 2020-11-23T18:14:05
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
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