Region of Waterloo: DEM, Ground Water, and Municipal Wells

Received new data for DEM, Ground Water and Municipal Wells for RMOW.

Region of Waterloo: Address Points & Neighbourhood Boundaries

Received November 20th, updated Address points and Neighbourhood Boundaries for RMOW (Neighbourhood Boundaries unchanged from 2006 data file already at Map Library)

Regional Municipality of Waterloo Communities Orthoimagery 2009

The orthomosaics of RMOW communities (Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Breslau, Ayr, Conestogo, Elmira, Wellesley, Baden, New Hamburg, North Dumfries) were received in October 2009 and flown in March 2009. Pixel resolution is 12 cm.

Bathymetry Data (Gridded Global Data from GEBCO)

This dataset from GEBCO provides global gridded elevation data for land surfaces and gridded depths for the world's oceans. Elevations and depths are in metres, at one metre intervals.

Toronto Core (RMSI Data)

Toronto Core data received from RMSI Global Data. Data includes building heights, DEM, inland water, transportation and tree density.

Received from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, updated street data.

The Map Library recently acquired QuickBird Satellite Imagery for ThunderBay. Imagery is 60 cm resolution. Other select cities in Ontario are available.

The Map Library received updated vector data for the City of Kitchener including address points, building footprints, landmarks and zoning boundaries.

Also, received for the City of Kitchener, new vector data for telephone poles and street lights; water supply with storm and sewer networks.

City of Kitchener municipal data 2009 update. New updates include address points, building footprints, landmarks and zoning boundaries.



New vector data received for water supply with storm and sewer network; street lights and telephone poles.

Latest Orthoimagery Acquired

The Map Library's orthoimagery collection has recently been expanded and updated with several new additions:

Simcoe Communities 2007 and 2008 :

Including communities : Alcona, Alliston, Angus, Bradford, Collingwood, and Penetang.
These images are 10 cm resolution, full colour.

Muskoka Communities 2008

Including communities : Bala, Baysville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurts, Honey Harbour, Huntsville, Mac Tier, Port Carling and Port Severn.
These images are 10 cm resolution, full colour.

Greater Toronto Area 2007

These digital orthoimages provide full-colour aerial coverage of of Toronto (15 cm), Hamilton (15 cm), Oakville/ Burlington (15 cm), Mississauga (15 cm), regions of Peel (20cm), Halton (20cm and 15cm) and York (20cm).

Essex 2008
These images are 10 cm resolution, full colour.

Workshop Update

The Map Library is pleased to announce a new series of hands-on workshops being offer in this fall. Check out the schedule and sign up now! http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/EventSchedule.html

2008 Simcoe/Muskoka/Dufferin orthoimagery

The Map Library has acquired large-tile 2008 ortho mosaics for Muskoka District, Simcoe County and east half of Dufferin County. The images are true colour 30cm resolution in MrSID compressed format. The mosaics are 20 km by 20 km and vary in size from 100 MB to over 600 MB.

Project area is approximately 14,000 sq km.

Sample Image

Data Update : Canadian Climate Dataset

After much interest from students in mapping temperature and precipitation in Canada, the Map Library has acquired the climate dataset from the National Land and Water Information Service.

The Daily 10km Gridded Climate Dataset for Canada 1961-2003 contains gridded point locations of daily maximum temperature (°C), minimum temperature (°C), and precipitation (mm) for the Canadian landmass south of 60° N. The data are georeferenced TIF images, one image for each day of the year.

More information about the dataset is available from the Map Library's data website.

Map Library gets Google Earth/Google Earth Pro 5.0

Stop by the library to try out the latest release of Google Earth 5.0. Several new features will enthral you with never seen before imagery. Dive into the ocean layer featuring photographs and videos of the deep sea. Travel to the bottom of the sea in search of shipwrecks, or marine life. Learn about endangered species, track animals and research facts that have been compiled by a number of scientists and organizations including NOAA, NASA, National Geographic Society, BBC, Monterey Bay Aquarium and many others.

Also new to 5.0 is the ability to go back in time and view historical imagery of particular geographical areas. A new clock button in the toolbar toggles a timeline controller that enables users to seamlessly view all imagery that is available for the area in the view’s extent.

Google Mars is the last of the newest additions, where high resolution satellite imagery (HiRISE imaging system) and 3D terrain of Mars replaces Earth. The layers available include Rovers and Landers, 3D Models, Terrains and more. Users gain a unique perspective of the planet, travelling through the eyes of the Mars rovers and other missions.

All of these features are available in the new Google Earth. For additional GIS features, try Google Earth Pro, also available at the Map Library.

Whitehorse Orthophoto Mosaic 2006

The Map Library has acquired a mosaic of the city of Whitehorse in Yukon. The image was taken in September 2006 and processed at a ground resolution of 25cm. The image is available in .ecw format with a size of 1.5 GB. This compressed format is compatible with ArcGIS.





This mosaic was received from the City of Whitehorse, Land Development Office in January, 2009.

Sample image of Whitehorse 2006 mosaic

Map Library Staff are now online to answer your questions!

Effective immediately, Map Library reference staff are online Monday - Friday 1:30 - 4:30 to answer your cartographic or GIS-related questions. Unfortunately, staff are not able to distribute geospatial data through this service. To start chatting live, go to http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/Chat.html

Please note that this is a pilot project for the winter term, 2009.