Monday, July 21, 2008

Map Library in the News

Read the summer issue of News & Your Library to learn more about the Map Library's Historical Air Photo Project.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/newsatlib/080717/digitization.html

Data Update for Spring Term

The Map Library has recently recieved new and updated geospatial data:

From Teranet, Inc (July, 2008), updated property parcels in Shapefile format including:

* Waterloo ownership
* Wellington ownership
* Hamilton ownership
* Huron ownership
* Oxford ownership
* Perth ownership
* Bruce assessment
* Lambton assessment

Received the following Teranet parcel boundaries on 19 June from the University of Toronto under a sublicensing agreement:

* Frontenac ownereship 2007
* Lennox assessment 2007
* Northumerland assessment 2007
* Durham ownership 2007
* Peel ownership 2007


Received the following Teranet parcel boundaries in early June from the University of Guelph under a sublicensing agreement:

* Halton assessment 2008
* Halton ownership 2005


Accompanying each ownership shapefile is a basic property report.
Coordinate system: UTM zone 17 NAD83

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From the Region of Waterloo (July, 2008), Traffic Zones for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Shapefile format. The polygon features were created in 2006. Attributes include house holds in 2004 and 2005, total population in each zone in 2004 and 2005, total employment in each zone in 2001, 2004, 2005, and the number of post-secondary students in 2005.

Coordinate system: UTM zone 17 NAD83

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From the City of Brampton, July, 2008) City of Brampton Municipal Data and Orthoimagery.
Municipal data includes the following layers:

* double line roads
* single line streets
* building footprints
* contours, 1 m
* hydrology
* wooded areas
* Official Plan landuse
* zoning
* hydrants
* curbs, sidewalks, painted lines
* catchbasins (i.e., grates)
* manholes
* hydro poles
* bridges
* guard rails
* fences
* telecom towers
* turn arrows (left, right, straight through)
* parking lots
* railways

All datasets are 2007 except zoning and single line streets, both of which are June 2008. Landuse is not current since it has not yet been approved by the City.

The orthomages were flown in early April 2008 and are 10cm pixel resolution. Data format is MrSID.
All datasets are in coordinate system UTM zone 17, NAD83.