Elevation in Canada - CanVec Series - Elevation Features

The elevation features of the CanVec series include the elevation contours and elevation points. These entities are used to describe the relief of the Canadian Landmass.

The CanVec multiscale series is available as prepackaged downloadable files and by user-defined extent via a Geospatial data extraction tool.

Related Products:

[Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056)

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Date ( RI_366 )
2015-04-25
Date ( RI_367 )
2019-03
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector
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_524 )
  • Earth Sciences
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • NTDB
  • CanVec
  • 1,000,000
  • 5,000,000
  • 15,000,000
  • 1M
  • 5M
  • 15M
  • 50K
  • 50,000
  • 250K
  • 250,000
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Elevation
  • Contours
  • Elevation point
  • Spot height
  • Relief
  • Landscape
  • Hypsography
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Geography
  • Geomatics
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
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1944
Reference system identifier
https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4617 / 8.8.1
Reference system identifier
https//www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:5713 / 8.8.1
Distribution format
  • SHP ( N/A )

    File decompression technique
    ZIP

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.1 )

    File decompression technique
    ZIP

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

    Specification
    OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) Implementation Specification

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector
OnLine resource
Prepackaged FGDB files (download directory) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Prepackaged Shapefiles (download directory) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;KMZ;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Drop-down navigation menu to CanVec Series documentation and online data catalogues ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Elevation Features (Group layer) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Elevation Features (Group layer) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

OnLine resource
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
File identifier
64aad38d-f692-4ab6-bf2c-f938586c1249 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series 8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2023-05-18T15:25:31
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
 
 

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