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Maps & geospatial data

The Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre provides access to maps, atlases, aerial photography, satellite imagery, and geospatial data.

Geospatial data

The Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre is the primary resource for geospatial information at McGill University. The Centre collects geospatial data primarily for the Montreal region, secondarily for Quebec, Canada and the United States.

Most of the data sets in the Centre's collection are licensed to McGill University; use of these data are restricted to students, faculty and staff for academic teaching and research purposes. Users are required to fill out a Geospatial Data Request form and sign a Data License Agreement before using the files.


Maps

The Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre has an extensive map collection, with primary emphasis on Montreal, the province of Quebec, Canada, and the United States. The collection also includes international atlases, topographic maps and thematic maps for many of the world's countries.

Rare Books and Special Collections holds most historical maps and atlases, dating from 1556 to 1940. Significant maps in the collection include plates from the atlases of Willem Blaeu, Gerard Mercator, and Abraham Ortelius.

Topographic maps

Nautical charts

Aeronautical charts

Thematic maps

Online maps and atlases


Airphotos and satellite imagery

The Geographic Information Centre has a collection of nearly 50,000 airphotos. Aerial photo coverage is primarily for Montreal, Quebec and Canada. The Centre's collection also includes digital orthophotos, DEMs and satellite imagery covering various regions of Canada and the world.


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