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Obtaining Shapefiles

The following is a list of information about maps, Shapefiles, and Shapefile-related links.

Shapefiles

Mapping References

  • General Information

Wikipedia - Cartography

Latitude and Longitude, Degrees, Minutes, Seconds to Decimal Degrees Calculator

  • Projections

Map Projection Overview

Map Projections

  • Other

Statistics Canada - Thematic Maps

United States Geological Survey

Data Portals

AGIS - Links to sources of free map and geographic name data

Canadian GIS Resources

GIS Data Depot

UNC University Libraries - GIS Data Finder

North American Transportation Atlas Data