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References and Links


References and Links has information on the map sources, bibliographic references and links to related Web sites.

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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

Major Hailstorms in Canada
Disaster Database, Emergency Preparedness Canada, 1999.

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.

References

Phillips, David. 1990. The Climates of Canada. Cat. No. En56-1/1990E. Ottawa: Environment Canada.

Phillips, David. 1993. The Day Niagara Falls Ran Dry ! : Canadian weather facts and trivia. Toronto: Key Porter.


Web Sites

Federal Government

Government of Canada. Public Safety
The Public Safety Portal is your one-window entry to all public safety information from the Government of Canada.

Other

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Canada’s property and casualty insurers founded the Institute in 1998. ICLR is a coordinated effort to reduce disaster losses involving member insurance companies, The University of Western Ontario and other partners.
United States Government. Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Severe Storms Laboratory
The mission of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is to enhance the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) capabilities to provide accurate and timely forecasts and warnings of hazardous weather events (such as blizzards, ice storms, flash floods, tornadoes, lightning.)