(journeyman) writes:

Cool. I'm planning to drive up to Ottawa in a couple of weeks for a
visit. I'll plan to drop in on them. Sounds like it's similar to a
store in Seattle (which sells all maps except aviation) that I have
used (and hope to use again) for topo maps of hiking trails.

World of Maps is definitely worth a visit for anyone even remotely
interested in cartography. It's at Holland and Wellington, about 10
minutes' drive from Centretown (five blocks west of the Ottawa Bagel
Shop).

If you're going to be flying to Canada semi-regularly, you're much
better off subscribing for the CFS and the IFR charts:

http://www.navcanada.ca/contentEN/aeropubs/default.asp

The price difference is significant. Individually, the CFS costs CAD
29.00, or CAD 203.00 for all seven in a year. If you subscribe, you
get seven editions of the CFS for CAD 99.00 instead. The same thing
works for the CAP and the IFR charts. You will have a CAD 35.00
handling charge on the order for the U.S. (CAD 30.00 for within
Canada), so it makes sense to get more than just the CFS if you're
interested.

I personally find it very cool having all this stuff arrive
shrinkwrapped at my house every few weeks, always promptly (usually in
several separate packages). I subscribe to the CFS, the Ontario and
Quebec CAPs, the IFR Terminal Area Charts, and the a LO chart for
Windsor-Quebec, all for about the same cost as buying just a year's
worth of CFS's at the store.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/