Inexpensive Canadian data is an oxymoron - this is
because any data created with public money belongs to the Queen of Canada (aka
Natural Resources Canada, Statistics Canada, etc.) under Copyright. Even
though it has been paid for once by the taxpayer, it must be paid for again by
the user.
There are no free maps of Alberta or British Columbia for MapInfo. However
you should look at Microsoft's MapPoint 2001 ($200 US)which contains
detailed Canadian street maps sourced from Compusearch's Compustreets which
are the same ones as sold by MapInfo for $14,000US. Now that's a bargin!
Tetrad provides this book (495 pages plus CD-ROM)free with each new copy
purchased of MapInfo Professional. Each chapter ends with a series of
exercises that utilize data on the CD. Comments from the users have been
very positive. We have copies of the book available for $55.US or $82.CN
plus
RouteView for MapInfo is available. The main feature of RouteView is that it
can be used any street map such as StreetInfo or StreetPro and constructs a
connected graph of streets for routing and drive-time polygons. Price is
$1,200.
Another solution is Freeway from AGS which does not need any
