Since I do fieldwork all my publications contain some kind of map that identify sampling locations. Getting good maps and being allowed to publish them is not a trivial task. But now, after contacting Natural Resources Canada and obtaining permission to use their maps and after a session with the extremely helpful librarian at the Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre at McGill I am now able to use digitally reproduced maps in my articles!
Topographic maps are available – for free – at Natural Resources Canada using the CanMatrix set. Search by mapsheet and other criteria and off you go. Maps are in tiff format and meta-information is included for the corrdinate system! Nice! Also nifty, if you want to head out into the woods!
