Maps & GIS

Since the 1950s, UNB Libraries has been building a working collection of maps and as of the 1990s began adding spatial data to extend our research and teaching as the data become available. The UNB Map Room has compiled a list of sources for cartographic material to supplement the print collection found in the UNB Libraries collection.

Maps & Atlases

• Historical Maps of Canada (Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives), listing only
• Atlas of Canada, including reference and thematic maps
• Digital topographic raster maps (CanMatrix), Canadian topographic maps
• Historical National Topographic System (NTS): 1:50,000 Scale Maps, Data, & GIS
• Perry-Castañeda Library including country, continent, world maps
• • GeoData Portal - Scanned Maps
  • Collections Portal - maps
  • PCL Map Collection (archived collection)
• Browse our holdings of World War II topos found in the Map Room
• Download digitized WWII Topos from McMaster University
• Download digitized WWI Maps & Photos, McMaster University
• more ...

General Resources

• Cartographic Citations, including maps, spatial data, and GIS software
• Search Canada's geographical names, using the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB)
• Convert LatLong.net, including addresses, DMS, & UTM
• How Far Is It?
• more ...

Spatial Data

Licensed

• NB Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR)
• Service New Brunswick (SNB)
• Statistics Canada
• Postal Code Conversion Files (PCCF) & PCCF + - Request Data
• DMTI Spatial (DMTI) CanMap® Products - Request Data (not all datasets are DMTI available)

Freely Available

• GeoNB Service New Brunswick
• City of Fredericton
• City of Moncton
• City of Saint John
• Topographic Tools and Data, Government of Canada including,
  • Geospatial Product Index, data from Geogratis
  • Geospatial Data Extraction Government of Canada
• Geo.ca, federal, provincial, territorial initiative
• more ...

GIS & Mapping Resources

• ArcGIS Authorization Request for access to UNB licensed ArcGIS software
• ArcGIS StoryMaps
• ArcGIS Story Maps Classic (extended support), including Cascade, Journal, Series, Shortlist, Swipe & Spyglass, and Tour.
  • Moving to ArcGIS StoryMaps (blog post)
• QGIS free and open source

GIS Software Training

• Make an appointment with the Data/GIS Librarian
• ESRI Web Courses check with any of the following for possible access through site licence
  • Siobhan Hanratty (Data/GIS Librarian)
  • David Fraser (Mapping Technologist, GGE)
  • Jae Ogilvie (Research Associate/GIS Analyst FOREM)