Description

The transport features of the CanVec series are derived from the National Road Network (NRN) and the National Railway Network (NRWN). The dataset describes roads, trails, bridges, railroads and their related information. The transport features include nautical facilities, track segments, track junctions, railway stations, track crossings, track marker posts, track structures, rail ferry segments, road segments, road ferry segments, road junctions, blocked passages, toll points, aerial cableway features, footbridges, trails, navigational aids, marinas and runways. The CanVec multiscale series is available as prepackaged downloadable files and by user-defined extent via a Geospatial data extraction tool. Related Products (Open Maps Links): [Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056)

Resources

Name	Format	Description	Link
Transport Networks (Group layer)	WMS		https://cartes.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/canvec_fr?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=transport&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html
Drop-down navigation menu to CanVec Series documentation and online data catalogues	HTML		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/doc/info.html
Prepackaged FGDB files (download directory)	Unknown		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/fgdb/Transport/
Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest)	Unknown		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/index/canvec_transport.kmz
Prepackaged Shapefiles (download directory)	ESRI Shape		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/shp/Transport/
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool	HTML		https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-en.html
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool	HTML		https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-fr.html
Transport Networks (Group layer)	WMS		https://maps.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/canvec_en?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=transport&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html

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