Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps for Education-The Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada-Forest Types

The map title is Forest Types. Map scale. North arrow pointing to the north. Map projection is Hammer-Aitoff. Border of Canada. Great Lakes Border for each theme category within Canada. Neat line around the map. Each theme category is identified by a number that corresponds to the legend. Legend is divided into six categories: West Coast forest, Montane forest, Taiga forest, Boreal forest, Mixed forest, No forest. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

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Dernière modification janvier 16, 2026, 21:02 (TU)
Créé le janvier 16, 2026, 21:02 (TU)
contains_pii non
criticality_level Élevé
data_formats CDR; GIF; HTML; PDF
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/c962bb2e-b896-5113-9e55-23130d4e07a4
subject nature_and_environment, society_and_culture
update_frequency as_needed
year_most_recent 2022-02-22 22:26:50.156000
year_start 2016-09-25 10:58:16.903000