Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) - Raster Tile

The Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) is a raster tile service that provides spatial reference context with an emphasis on transportation networks across Canada. It is designed especially for use as a background layer in a web mapping application or geographic information system (GIS).

Access: Access is free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Data Sources:

Data for the CBMT is sourced from the following datasets:

- Topographic data of Canada – CanVec Series

- Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB).

Projections:

- Data is provided in the EPSG:3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert) projected coordinate system.

- Data is provided in the EPSG:3857 (WGS84 Pseudo-Mercator) projected coordinate system.

Geographic Coverage:

- The CBMT in the EPSG:3857 has complete coverage of the world, with full datasets in Canada and only partial data in other parts of the world including boundaries, Country Names, and major cities.

- The CBMT in the EPSG:3978 covers the entire geographic area of Canada and some major transportation routes and cities in the northern States of the USA.

Additional Versions:

- The CBMT is available as a dynamic service (WMS) or a tiled service (ESRI REST and WMTS).

- A geometry-only version (CBMT GEOM) and a text-only version (CBMT TXT) are available.

- French versions of the basemap are accessible via the Carte de base du Canada - Transport (CBCT).

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Alternate title
CBMT
Date ( RI_366 )
2012
Date ( RI_367 )
2016
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery
Presentation form
mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Update scope
feature; entité RI_626
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Canada
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • Location map
  • Basemap
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Buildings
  • Maps
  • Forests
  • Road maps
  • National parks
  • Drainage
  • Parks
  • Digital elevation data
  • Ferries
  • Rail transport
  • Cemeteries
  • Bridges
  • Geomatics
  • Geographical maps
  • Transport
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
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Transportation
  • Boundaries
  • Elevation
  • Location
  • Inland waters
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Begin date
2012-11
Reference system identifier
EPSG:3857 / 9.1
Reference system identifier
EPSG:3978 / 9.1
Distribution format
  • WMS ( 1.1.1 )

  • WMTS ( 1.0.0 )

  • ESRI REST ( 10.8.1 )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery
OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMTS;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3857) Text-Only ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) Text-Only ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3857) Geometry-Only ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) Geometry-Only ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) Text-Only ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3857) Text-Only ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
CBMT Legend ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMTS;fra

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) (EPSG:3978) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (Group layer) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Basemap Transportation (Group layer) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
RI_413
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery
Description
Features from the following sources are used by the CBMT service: CanVec, National Atlas of Canada, National Topographic Data Base.
Denominator
50000
Source
File identifier
296de17c-001c-4435-8f9a-f5acab632e85 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Canada Basemap Series 33fc7299-bf67-4f99-987a-a82794501e24
Hierarchy level
service; service RI_631
Date stamp
2025-02-10T14:08:53
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery
 
 

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