THE ATLAS OF CANADA'S TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS-USER REQUIREMENTS RESEARCH AND PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION

摘要

The Government of Canada's Atlas of Canada has, for over 100 years, provided maps of Canada's geography and history that reflect its incredible social, environmental and economic diversity. Its scope has always been national, focusing on thematic and reference maps. As Canada's premiere mapping resource, the Atlas offers a wealth of cartographic and geographic resources for everyone, including all maps produced since 1906. This paper will describe the integration of a new type of map for the online Atlas: topographic. Integrating digital topographic maps provided the opportunity to consolidate mapping products intended for common user groups and to develop the next generation of on-line topographic map using the Atlas's successful user-centred approach. This paper will focus on the user-centred development methodology, some of the research results and the new topographic mapping product, Toporama.