What's the Canadian term for an Ordnance Survey map??

[Mish Nish]

I have no idea where else to find this information this early on a Sunday morning........

What do Canadians call Ordnance Survey maps? You know, the very detailed maps that you get in the UK that show every building, every contour, etc.

Thanks~!

[RatherBeFlying]

See this website: Canada Topographical Maps (http://maps.nrcan.gc.ca/topo101/nad27-nad83_e.php)

[India Four Two]

RBF has pointed you in the right direction and as you will see from the website, the appropriate abbreviation, akin to OS map, is NTS map.

Concerning mapping in Canada and the size of the country, I remember a talk by a Geological Survey of Canada staff member, when I was a student at a UK university. He pointed out that if the GSC started mapping Canada at the same scale as the BGS in the UK, it would take over two hundred years!

[Mish Nish]

Duh - topographical maps or NTS maps - how simple was that: many thanks.:ok:

[India Four Two]

To be all inclusive, that should be NTS/SNRC (eh! / hein!) ;)

[Tintin]

humm de cose??

[SumitKumar]

Topographical Survey is the study of Earth's surface shape and features.Topographic Survey is used to determine the position of any feature or more generally any point in terms of both a horizontal Coordinate system such as latitude and longitude, and altitude. Identifying (naming) features and recognizing typical landform patterns are also part of the field.For more details about topographical survey, visit the following below link.

Major Projects ? Hydroelectric power, Highways and Bridges Geotechnical Investigation, Topographic and Hydrographic survey, hydropower projects. (http://xploreronline.com/Projects-Area-TOPOGRAPHIC,HYDROGRAPHIC-SURVEY-AND-GIS-MPR-5-.aspx)