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References and Links
References and Links has information on the map sources, bibliographic references and links to related Web sites.
List of References and Links:
Map Sources
The Atlas maps are composed of several layers of which there are two broad categories: thematic and base layers. Find below a description of each of the map layers. The layer source is included in the metadata.
Thematic Map Layers
- Number of Land Cover Types
- Land cover diversity depicts the presence of 29 core land cover types in each of the 194 Terrestrial Ecoregions of Canada. "Core" land cover types were determined by eliminating cover types which occupied an insignificantly small percentage of the ecoregion and were believed to be classification errors (for example cropland in Arctic). Land cover was classified from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer sensor (AVHRR) data recorded onboard a NOAA satellite in 1995. Raw data has a spatial resolution of 1.1 km.
Base Map Layers
- Atlas of Canada Framework Layers
- Base map components are features that provide a geographic context for the thematic data shown on Atlas of Canada maps. These features include rivers, lakes, administrative boundaries, populated places, roads and rail lines. All of the Atlas of Canada base map components are available for immediate free download in five scales and in a number of data exchange formats. The 1:7 500 000 and the 1:1 000 000 scale data are the primary base frameworks used for all Atlas of Canada 6th Edition online maps. You can download Atlas of Canada data from this Web page on GeoGratis.
Web Sites
Federal Government
- Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase
- The State of the Environment (SOE) Infobase was originally developed in 1996 as an interactive and convenient mechanism for presenting a number of environmental reporting products and tools, including The State of Canada’s Environment 1996 and Canada's National Environmental Indicators Series 2003.
- Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Issue Context
- Forest biodiversity (or biological diversity) is more than an inventory of the different types of ecosystems, species, or genes.
- Natural Resources Canada. Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Research and Development. Applications. Land Cover
- At the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, scientists are developing cost-effective and automated methods using satellite imagery, ancillary data, and in situ data that produce nationally consistent products, which represent the land cover and other land surface information.
Other
- United States Government. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Land Cover Land Use Change Program
International Government
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Sustainable Development Department
- Remote Sensing Centre Series. AFRICOVER land cover classification
