Welcome

Welcome to GEOweb, the District of North Vancouver’s GIS website.

This website was made specifically for the public to provide access to mapping, land, environmental, zoning, building and other valuable information that is stored in the District’s geographic information system, or GIS.

Our mission is to provide as much information where possible to our community through an intuitive interface meant to empower, educate, and inform our users.

This website and its applications were designed and developed internally by the GIS and IT Departments at the District of North Vancouver, B.C. We’ve incorporated the latest in GIS and web technologies and made every attempt to improve the way our citizens access information. We will endeavour to improve and enhance the applications, tools, and information available on GEOweb.

Content

The District of North Vancouver’s geographic information system (GIS) holds a wide variety of valuable information. GEOweb provides public access to the District’s GIS. Through this website you can access a wealth or maps, data, and other information pertaining to your property, your neighbourhood, and your community.

Using GEOweb you can:

• View hundreds of maps
• Download over 170 free data sets in many formats, all under our Open Data license
• Use special applications to extract information on your property and community
• Access aerial photos dating back to 1992
• View over 25,000 engineering drawings and legal plans
• ...and more

The GIS Department will continually enhance GEOweb by adding new information when it becomes available.

Technology

The District of North Vancouver’s geographic information system (GIS) is primarily built using the latest version of Esri’s ArcGIS software. The system is highly centralized and resides on six servers.

GEOweb was built using a variety of evolving technologies, including a combination of HTML, Flash, and Javascript, plus frameworks such as Bootstrap, AngularJS, and Leaflet. The mapping applications were originally developed using Esri's Flex API, however we're in the process of moving them to HTML5 to provide an improved user experience and device independence.

Information is maintained as required and all products are refreshed each week using automated routines.

Version 1.0 of GEOweb was originally launched in June 2001; Version 2.0 in December 2009. This, version 3.0, was launched in July 2014 and marks the beginning of our transition to device independent, standards-based online services.

Open Government License

This licence is based on Version 2 of the Open Government License - British Columbia, which was developed through public consultation and a collaborative effort by provincial and federal government. The only substantive changes in this licence are to replace direct references to the Province of British Columbia with the District of North Vancouver.

The District of North Vancouver publishes open data under the terms of the Open Government Licence - North Vancouver. You are encouraged to use the Information that is available under this licence with only a few conditions.

Using Information under this licence

1. Use of any Information indicates your acceptance of the terms below.
2. The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes, subject to the terms below.

You are free to:

3. Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose.

You must, where you do any of the above:

4. Acknowledge the source of the Information by including any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this licence.

   If the Information Provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, or if you are using Information from several Information Providers and multiple attributions are not practical for your product or application, you must use the following attribution statement:

   “Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - North Vancouver.”

5. The terms of this licence are important, and if you fail to comply with any of them, the rights granted to you under this licence, or any similar licence granted by the Information Provider, will end automatically.

Exemptions

6. This licence does not grant you any right to use:
   1. Personal Information;
   2. Information or Records not accessible under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (B.C.);
   3. third party rights the Information Provider is not authorized to licence;
   4. the names, crests, logos, or other official marks of the Information Provider; and
   5. Information subject to other intellectual property rights, including patents, trade-marks and official marks.

Non-endorsement

7. This licence does not grant you any right to use the Information in a way that suggests any official status or that the Information Provider endorses you or your use of the Information.

No warranty

8. The Information is licensed "as is", and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
9. The Information Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.

Governing Law

10. This licence is governed by the laws of the province of British Columbia and the applicable laws of Canada.
11. Legal proceedings related to this licence may only be brought in the courts of British Columbia.

Definitions

12. In this licence, the terms below have the following meanings:

    Information

    means information resources or Records protected by copyright or other information or Records that is are offered for use under the terms of this licence.

    Information Provider

    means The District of North Vancouver.

    Personal Information

    has the meaning set out in Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (B.C.).

    Records

    has the meaning set out in section 29 of the Interpretation Act (B.C.).

    You

    means the natural or legal person, or body of persons corporate or incorporate, acquiring rights under this licence.

Versioning

13. This is version 2.0 of the Open Government Licence for District of North Vancouver Information. The Information Provider may make changes to the terms of this licence from time to time and issue a new version of the licence. Your use of the Information will be governed by the terms of the licence in force as of the date you accessed the information.