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Map Content and Design for the Web


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The most significant component of The Atlas of Canada Online is the interactive mapping tool. This Web based mapping tool allows the user to visualize and query a wide variety of Canadian geospatial data in cartographic form. The purpose of this guide is to provide authors of cartographic material destined for display on the Internet (either for display in a mapping tool, or as static cartographic images), with specific information on map design.