Next Steps

Where to find Target Layers

• Natural Earth Data provides free and open source geospatial data for world geographic features at three scales.
• Download Open street map from online or through QGIS with Quick Map Services plugin
• Administrative Boundary files for Canada
• BC Municipalities

For further practice georeferencing with GIS

• QGIS Documentation lesson on georeferencing
• UMass Amherst Workshop on Georeferencing a Historical Map
• Georeferencing with ArcGIS

Finding Historical Maps

• David Rumsey Map Collection
• Old Maps Online
• Maps and Atlases at UBC - Most of the UBC Library print map collection, as well as atlases and gazetteers, can be found on Level 2 of Koerner Library

Other kinds of georeferencing

• geoTIFF
• IIIF
• Creating Map Tiles with GDAL
• [allmaps] (https://allmaps.org/)
• https://www.davidrumsey.com/view/georeferencer
• https://mapwarper.net/

GIS Resources at UBC:

• General Informational website for all things UBC GIS: gis.ubc.ca
• UBC Library’s guide for finding and working with GIS resources: guides.library.ubc.ca/gis
• UBC’s GIS Slack (create your own channel or lurk!): ubcgis.slack.com
• Archive of all Research Commons workshops
• Contact UBC Library’s Geospatial team: library.gis@ubc.ca
• Schedule a 1:1 consult with the geospatial team here

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