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Ontario Land Cover - National-Scale (1:250,000) Version

The Ontario Land Cover data base was produced by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources from satellite remote sensing image data. The land cover mapping classification was derived from digital, multispectral LANDSAT Thematic Mapper image data ...

Tags: geogratis, land_cover, land_productivity, landcover, vegetation, vegetation_class

Geogratis - AVHRR Land Cover Data, Canada

Satellite imagery combined with the increased processing capabilities of current image analysis systems have made it possible to generate meaningful data sets which represent new knowledge not available with previous technologies. This land cover ...

Tags: avhrr, avhrr_land_cover, canada, geogratis, land_cover, land_productivity, landcover, vegetation, vegetation_class

Circa-2000 Northern Land Cover of Canada

The purpose of the dataset is to support northern land cover related applications including environmental impact assessment, wildlife and biodiversity conservation, protected area conservation, water quality assessment, resource extraction, commu ...

Tags: british_columbia, canada, earth_science, etm_, frozen_ground, global_regions, ground_ice, land_cover, land_surface, land_use_land_cover, mid-latitude, mosaic, newfoundland_and_labrador, northern_hemisphere, nunavut, quebec, yukon

AVHRR Land Cover Data, Canada

To promote geomatics use and education by providing a web and file transfer protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada.

Tags: british_columbia, canada, earth_science, global_regions, inner_atmosphere, land_cover, land_surface, land_use_classes, land_use_land_cover, new_brunswick, newfoundland_and_labrador, none, north_america, nova_scotia, ontario, quebec, western_hemisphere

Canada-wide 1-km AVHRR Composite Maps based on GEOCOMP Data enhanced with ABC3v2 Software

The ABC3 Canada-wide 1-km resolution AVHRR composite maps (Version 2) were produced as part of the CCRS Northern Biosphere Observation and Modelling Experiment (NBIOME). NBIOME co-ordinated the participation of a Canadian research team in the int ...

Tags: british_columbia, canada, climate_change, earth_science, global_regions, inner_atmosphere, land_cover, land_surface, land_use_land_cover, new_brunswick, none, north_america, nova_scotia, ontario, quebec, radiant_temperature, western_hemisphere

Geogratis - Maritime Strategic (1987) Land Use Database (SLUD), Canada

Maritime Strategic (1987) Land Use Data Base (SLUD) is an update to the Canada Land Inventory "Present Land Use", that reflects land use/land cover conditions in the Maritime Provinces in 1987, and land use/land cover changes since the original C ...

Tags: agricultural_lands, canada, forests, geogratis, grasslands, lakes, land_cover, land_resources, land_use_classes, landforms, landscape_pattern, rivers_stream_habitat, urban_lands, wetlands

Bi-directional reflectance properties of the land surface over Canada derived from MODIS multispectral observations at 1-km spatial resolution. 2000-2004

The MODIS data are valuable for many climate change and environmental applications such as land cover mapping, vegetation dynamics (Vegetation Indices), Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR), Leaf Area Index (LAI), forest disturb ...

Tags: british_columbia, canada, earth_science, global_regions, hydropattern, hydrosphere, land_cover, land_surface, land_use_land_cover, licensing_information_located_at_http_geogratis_ca_geogratis_en_licence_jsp, mid-latitude, new_brunswick, northern_hemisphere, northwest_territories, nunavut, prince_edward_island, saskatchewan, surface_water

Geogratis - 1-km Water Fraction From National Topographic Data Base Maps, Canada

This product is a raster coverage representing the fraction of area within each 1km grid cell over Canada's land mass covered by waterbodies, as mapped within the National Topographic Data Base v3.1. In NTDB, waterbody is defined as area covered ...

Tags: canada, earth_science, gcmd, geogratis, ground_water, hydropattern, hydrosphere, land_cover, land_surface, land_use_land_cover, landscape, rivers_streams, surface_water

Canada 1-km, 10-day, SPOT/VEGETATION composites for growing season 1998-2004

The VGT composites are surface reflectance measurements free of residual errors (i.e., effects not representing the surface under uniform illumination and viewing conditions) as possible. Measurements are normalized to nadir-viewed images obtaine ...

Tags: british_columbia, canada, earth_science, environmental_change, global_regions, inner_atmosphere, land_surface, landscape, mid-latitude, new_brunswick, none, northern_hemisphere, northwest_territories, nunavut, prince_edward_island, saskatchewan, vegetation_s10_

Canada Land Use Monitoring Program (CLUMP) Prime Resource Lands

1) To distribute the digital data archives of the Canada Geographic Information System.

Tags: canada, earth_science, eastern_townships, global_regions, land_cover, land_surface, land_use_classes, land_use_land_cover, mid-latitude, northern_hemisphere, nova_scotia, okanagan_valley, quebec

This is not an official Government of Canada website. Rather, it’s a collaborative effort by a group of citizens who want our governments to open their data — in useful, structured formats — so we’re showing them how it could be done.

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