http://www.morsearctic.net/

The MORSE Initiative focuses on the information needs of Arctic coastal users in government, non-governmental, municipal, industrial and scientific organizations. Particular emphasis is on those needs that can be satisfied, in whole or in part, by Earth Observation (EO) data from satellites. This new initiative is jointly managed by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and European Space Agency (ESA). The MORSE consultation workshop opens a dialogue with users and lays the foundation for a subsequent Request for Proposals and Invitation to Tender early in 2009 by CSA and ESA, respectively. The MORSE initiative is summarized in a Concept Paper (in PDF format).

http://www.morsearctic.net/docs/concept_paper.pdf

[Via the SDI North America listserve.]

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html

The TIGER/LineShapefiles are extracts containing selected geographic and cartographicinformation from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER® (Master Address File /Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database. TheMAF/TIGER database was developed at the Census Bureau to support a variety ofgeographic programs and operations including functions such as mapping,geocoding, and geographic reference files that are used in decennial andeconomic censuses and sample survey programs. Spatial data for geographicfeatures such as roads, railroads, rivers, and lakes, as well as legal andstatistical geographic areas are included in the product. Other informationabout these features, such as the name, the type of feature, address ranges,and the geographic relationship to other features, also are included. TheTIGER/Line Shapefiles are made available to the public for no charge and aretypically used to provide the digital map base for a Geographic InformationSystem or for mapping software.

The 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles contain current geographic areas (boundaries of governmental units as of January 1, 2008), Census 2000 vintage geography, and Economic Census geography. The shapefiles also contain some additional feature updates reported in the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). All counties have now been realigned as a result of the MAF/TIGER Accuracy Improvement Project (MTAIP) and are included in the 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles. For more information about the MTAIP please refer to the 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefile Technical Documentation available in [pdf] or Text.

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/TGRSHP08.pdf

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008acc.html

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/or/gis_or_tribeInfo.htm

Montreal, 15 April 2008 - A new map layer available as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) North American Environmental Atlas depicts protected areas managed by national, state, provincial, or territorial authorities in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

In addition to location information for nearly 200,000 distinct parcels of protected land, the map layer data files contain information on each protected area, including protection management classifications from the World Conservation Union and the GAP Analysis Program. The map layer was produced in cooperation with the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Clemson University (South Carolina, United States).

More information, including the raw data files and a map showing the protected areas, is available on the protected areas page
http://www.cec.org/naatlas/index.cfm?varlan=english&autopop=22&autopopcat=2
of the CEC's atlas.

The North American Environmental Atlas is collaboration between the CEC, Natural Resources Canada, Mexico's National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics, and the US Geological Survey. The online atlas seeks to promote understanding of significant continental-scale environmental issues by providing maps, data and interactive tools-such as interactive Google Earth layers.

More information is available from:
http://www.cec.org/naatlas/index.cfm?varlan=english

Commission for Environmental Cooperation 393, rue St-Jacques Ouest, Bureau 200 Montréal (Québec) Canada H2Y 1N9
Tel: (514) 350-4300; Fax: (514) 350-4314
E-mail: info@cec.org
Website: http://www.cec.org