Victoria+mapping+resources


 * CRD Atlas - http://crdatlas.ca/
 * CRD geospatial data -http://crdatlas.ca/geospatial-data.aspx
 * Saanich GIS mapping service - http://www.saanich.ca/gis5.2/imf.jsp?site=saanich_axl
 * City of Victoria - maps - http://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/community/maps.html
 * UVic Community Mapping - http://mapping.uvic.ca/
 * Fernwood Community map - http://mapping.uvic.ca/fernwood/ (very good!!)
 * Chad Skelton's GeoCommons data libraries - http://geocommons.com/users/cskelton/overlays
 * Geocommons "victoria" resources - http://geocommons.com/search?model=&query=Victoria
 * BC Civic Addresses geocoding service - http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/dbc/geo/geocode/index.page
 * Victoria Garden Sharing - http://www.sharingbackyards.com/browse/Victoria,%20BC&welcome_box=2 & http://lifecyclesproject.ca
 * earthquake risk maps - http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/MINING/GEOSCIENCE/SURFICIALGEOLOGYANDHAZARDS/VICTORIAEARTHQUAKEMAPS/Pages/default.aspx
 * Vancouver Island history maps - http://vihistory.ca/content/maps/maps.php
 * BC stats data files (electoral boundaries, school district boundaries) - http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsBySubject/Geography/TranslationsDataSets.aspx
 * electoral boundaries shapefiles - http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=258D0E88-4C19-7DB1-41C2-0D0CF1CAF49C
 * Victoria OpenStreetMap community - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:British_Columbia:Victoria
 * Vancouver Island Community Resource Association map -http://mapping.uvic.ca/vicra/geobrowser
 * resources for youth - http://youthcore.ca/map_splash

Data Sources for KML files
 * wikimapia data - http://wikimapia.org/api/
 * http://www.mapmywalk.com/routes/view/2251790
 * http://www.bikely.com/listpaths
 * https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113153171937043892202.0004506df2f32e6fb5b34
 * Victoria BC bus routes KML data - https://github.com/zacthompson/Victoria-BC-KML

great article on the impact of community mapping - http://blog.bmwguggenheimlab.org/2012/01/the-new-cartographers-how-citizen-mapmakers-are-changing-the-story-of-our-lives/