CanMap Postal Code Suite contains up-to-date postal code data for across Canada for use in a Geographic Information Systems software.
CanMap® Multiple Enhanced Postal Code: a precision-based point file representing over 1 million postal codes across Canada. The Multiple Enhanced Postal Code product allows for a one-to-many relationship. For example, one postal code may represent more than one postal code location.
CanMap® LDU Boundaries: a polygon file representing the geographic location of the 6 digits postal code. The boundary file is generated from point addresses with six-digit postal codes attribute assignments. The LDU Boundaries allow for a many-to-many relationship. For example, one postal code may be represented by more than one LDU boundary and one LDU boundary may be associated with multiple postal codes.
CanMap® Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundaries: data that represents the first three characters of a postal code indicating a specific geographic area and is aligned to nest with CanMap® LDU Boundaries and CanMap® Multiple Enhanced Postal Code product.
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Products
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Platinum Postal Suite: Multiple Enhanced Postal Codes (DMTI)
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Author
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DMTI
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Dates
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2009 to the current year (renamed CanMap Postal Code Suite in 2014)
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Coverage
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Canada wide
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Language
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English
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Format
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ESRI Shape {.shp} and MapInfo {.tab}
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Projection and Datum |
Geographic, North American Datum 1983
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User Agreement
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Documentation
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Platinum Postal Code Suite Version 2010.3 User Manual contains a detailed description of the data.
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Access
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Members of the McGill Community can obtain copies of the data by filling out the Geospatial Data Request Form.
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Citation
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Platinum Postal Code Suite: CanMap Multiple Enhanced Postal Code. [computer file] Markham: DMTI Spatial Inc., 2010. |
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