Geographical Names Board of Canada a national committee of the Canadian GovernmentDepartment of National Resources which authorizes the names used on official federal government maps of Canada since 1897. The board consists of 27 members including one each of the provinces. The board also is involved with names of areas in the Antarctic through the Antarctic Treaty. The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. ... Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is a department of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ...
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is a department of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing. ... GPS·C, short for GPS Correction, is a set of Differential GPS data for most of Canada maintained by the Canadian Active Control System, part of Natural Resources Canada. ... Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government for use by all (non-military) government agencies and by government contractors. ... GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ...
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