Maps

There are a number of map resources available to you on the internet. SpruceNeedle.com is working on programming speciality map tools for our members. Stay tuned for futher announcements.

	Trails.com is currently offering you a two week free trial to check out their 35,000 trail descriptions and unlimited topo maps! Trails.com has a North American coverage for its trail descriptions. Your free trial allows you to use their Topo Finder™ feature which allows you to search or browse for any topo map in the United States. Both topo and aerial maps can be viewed with enhanced shaded relief. Save, email and print any topo map from your computer. You can also create and download GPS waypoints.
	Google Maps allows you to get directions and zoom in on satellite imagery, where available. Free to use.
	Google Earth combines mapping technologies with their searching facilities to allow you to zoom in on satellite imagery, and maps. This is a free tool, however for small annual subscription fee, you can upgrade to add their GPS device support, import spreadsheets, drawing tools, and allows better printing.
	Toporama displays the information from the Canadian Government's National Topographic Data Base which is used by the Centre for Topographic Information in Ottawa to produce topographic maps.
	Geogratis is a web and file transfer protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada. Data is available for download, without charge. Vector mapping data is available in scales ranging from 1:50 000 to 1:30 000 000 in a variety of file formats. Not all vector layers are in all scales. Similarly, several types of full resolution satellite imagery are on-line.
	SkyMaps.com produces and supplies professionally-designed maps of the night sky in digital format. The sky maps -- also known as star charts or star maps -- can be custom designed to meet the particular requirements of a client. SkyMaps.com allows you to download, for free, one copy of their monthly sky map!