Software for Downloading

This page contains links to files we are making available for FTP download. The programs for the most part were developed to solve translation of map databases to MapInfo. The software is made available here in case you can benefit without spending a lot on development when it's already been done.

Software for Downloading

• Family Tree Web Application  + NEW  March 2003 +
• SetiMINOR - Monitor your SETI clients
• Make Township Program
• TFM to MapInfo Translator
• NTS to MapInfo Translator

Make Township Program

The township fabric for western Canada was based on a grid starting at the 49th parallel and at a meridian of longitude. There are several meridians starting with the first near Winnipeg (See Map). The corner of any township can be theoretically calculated by counting how many townships from the 49th parallel and how many ranges from the meridian. That is what this program does.

The output from the program is a MapInfo mid/mif file. In addition to the graphic representation of the township grid, a database with the section, township, range, meridian, PPID and system of survey is produced. The PPID is the identification number assigned by SaskGeomatics, the Saskatchewan Provincial Government department responsible for Surveying and Mapping in Saskatchewan. The PPID number is only valid in Saskatchewan.

The program is compiled for Windows 3.1 but will run on Windows 95/98/NT.

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TFM to MapInfo Translator

The Mapping Branch of the SaskGeomatics Division of Saskatchewan Land Information Services Corporation presently has the Township Fabric Map (TFM) available in a topologically clean ASCII file format. In addition, there are many offices using MapInfo as their GIS software.

This program converts SaskGeomatics TFM structured ASCII format to MapInfo interchange format (mid/mif). Users of MapInfo can then import the data directly into MapInfo database files. The program depends on the SaskGeomatics file naming and file structure to extract the following information. For each parcel, the program extracts the PPID, a lot number or name (Lot), the township designation (Twp) to which the parcel belongs, a description of the lot (Desc), the date the TFM was created (Date), and a graphic representation of the parcel.

At present, the program handles one theme at a time. The same theme from several townships can be translated and compiled into one file.

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NTS to MapInfo Translator

The 1:250,000 topographic maps produced by the Canadian Federal Government are available through several sources and are now available in digital form. This program converts the 1:250,000 NTS maps in DXF format to MapInfo. While the government has since made the maps available in MapInfo MID/MIF format, this software still offers an alternative.

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