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Communities |
StatsCan Community Profiles -
Simply input the place name, then click on the appropriate option to view a map or
obtain a table of information on population, income & work, education, families & dwellings, or births & deaths.
ePodunk US and
ePodunk Canada - profiles of thousands of cities, villages, towns, and townships.
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Maps |
Street Maps:
Industry Canada,
yahoo.ca,
mapquest.com,
MSN Live Search Maps,
Google Maps,
Switchboard (U.S. only)
Proximity Search allows you to find businesses located around a reference point you provide.
National Atlas of Canada Online
Geospatial One Stop - allows users to draw on
multiple resources to search for all of the available map materials associated with a specific place in the US.
Browse special interest maps, such as those related to homeland security, recreation areas, fire mapping,
and historical events.
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Fake Address? |
MelissaData has free
US and
Canadian address
verification look-ups. You can also try Uniserv (18 countries)
or
ServiceObjects.com (Canada, 10 free look-ups per day).
P.O. Box: Canada Post Outlets,
US Mail Drop Search.
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How far is it? |
One feature of Canadian
geographical names is that it can calculate the distance between points (e.g. Vernon to Vancouver,
249 km). The US equivalent is How far is it? (it seems
to work for any two cities in North America). To find the distance between any two spots in the world, try
using the Travel Distance Calculator.
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Local Information |
Yahoo! Local
Google Regional - drill down to a specific location.
To find the US County which might hold public records of interest,
click here.
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Photos |
GEOsnapper.com - photos by GPS location.
WebCam Central - a searchable database of webcams.
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Property Values |
US Only: Bank of America (email registration required),
Zillow.com,
Caldwell Banker.
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Real
Estate |
Multiple Listing Service,
Realty Link,
PikeNet,
LoopNet.com (commercial),
National, Provincial and Territorial Real Estate Associations,
CMHC. |
Reverse
Address |
Who lives at ...? Have an address and want to know who lives there? Do a reverse address check using
411.ca or
superpages.com (US-only)
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Reverse
Postal Code |
Canada Post (address range)
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Satellite
Pictures |
Google Maps,
Windows Live Local (Bird's Eye View),
GlobeXplorer.com,
Terraserver (US only).
Google Earth - an amazing product! Navigate landscapes as if you
were flying over them.
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What is nearby? |
The radius feature of the Canadian
geographical names database can give you the names of all places within "X" kilometers of a given location.
U.S. - Switchboard.com
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Where is ...? |
Canadian geographical names - Input the name of a place to find out where it is in Canada.
Also shows crude map, lists places within specified distance, and calculates distance between points.
U.S. Geographic Board on Names includes domestic, foreign and Anatarctic names.
Oddens's Bookmarks - The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping. Links to maps and geographic information around the world from Utrecht University.
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