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Atlas of Canada 1 000 000 national frameworks data hydrology drainage areas
Resource ID
ed7e613f-25ce-4ccd-a72a-4904ed088bfa
Title
Atlas of Canada 1 000 000 national frameworks data hydrology drainage areas
Date
Jan. 1, 2008, midnight, Publication
Abstract
Atlas of Canada National Scale Frameworks data are standardized national coverages of commonly used geospatial datasets at the 1:1 000 000 scale. A variety of framework layers (e.g. hydrology, roads, ferry routes, railways, administrative boundaries, census subdivisions, population ecumene, drainage areas, protected areas and Canadian place names) have been integrated so that their relative positions are correct. Hydrology (which includes coastline) is the base layer to which all others are fitted. The Drainage Areas dataset is largely based on the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) drainage area boundaries at the sub-sub-basin level. The data model supports the derivation, from the Fundamental Drainage Areas (FDA) dataset (sub-sub-basin level), of the WSC and the National Atlas of Canada (NA) (AC) drainage area hierarchies and the data is available in all three schemes. Drainage area definitions for both WSC and Atlas of Canada boundaries were reviewed, resulting in some modifications. Larger scale reference data sources were used for further manual boundary adjustments. This dataset has been integrated with other National Scale Frameworks hydrology datasets and is considered a component of the Hydrology Theme.
Edition
6.0
Responsible
NRCan
Point of Contact
Purpose
The Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data are a set of integrated base map layers, which form the Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data collection. These data have been compiled at a scale of 1:1,000,000 with the primary goal being to indicate correct relative positioning with other frameworks layers rather than absolute positional accuracy
Maintenance Frequency
asNeeded
Type
vector
Restrictions
formal permission to do something
License
Open Government Licence 2.0 - Canada
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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End
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Supplemental Information
No information provided
Data Quality
Where applicable, attribute data were symbolized on-screen or as hard copy      plots and inspected. Attribute data integrity was also verified using automated procedures to check for anomalies such as duplication of data in fields requiring unique vales and incorrect feature coding.
Extent
  • x0: -117.4197841600475
  • x1: -89.86504992465778
  • y0: 45.475509628871066
  • y1: 59.534814489770596
Spatial Reference System Identifier
4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Boundaries
Regions
Canada , United States of America