In a move guaranteed to please Canadians, because in my experience Canadians are always really pleased with even the slightest good news, and really upset by even the slightest bad news, I think it’s their sensitive caring nature, because you know … oh wait where was I?
Oh yes, FREE geo data stuff, from an incredibly official sounding organization, probably because they’re incredibly official! Ok I give up, I shouldn’t be allowed to write … so in their own words…
April 2, 2007 – In response to demands from users for no fee access to framework geographic data and the increasing technological shift in the marketplace, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is pleased to announce that starting April 1st 2007, the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) will change the way its Digital Topographic Data (DTD) can be accessed.
On April 1st, 2007, NRCan will start to make its existing DTD products available through the Geogratis Web portal (http://www.geogratis.ca). By combining the functionality from the current On line Purchasing and Subscribers Web sites, the user will be provided with no fee access to DTD products. Under the new distribution policy, commercial licenses will no longer be required, as all users will obtain rights for unlimited use and royalty free distribution of the data through a single unrestricted use license agreement.
From over here “Important Notice“, sorry no permalink, but judging by the page they update news maybe three times a year, so the link should be good for a while yet.
Thanks Neil.
