City of Mississauga Open Data

Mississauga Data is a website that contains urban planning related reports, newsletters, brochures and data. The Information Planning Research Unit manages statistical data including: population, demographics, census, development monitoring/activity, growth forecasts, housing, employment, office, land use, vacant employment lands, and the environment.

This data resource was downloaded from the City of MIssissauga Open Data Catalogue .




http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/CityofMississauga.html

Coming Soon!

GIS Day : Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

GIS Day is a global event to educate people about how geography makes a difference in our lives through the technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). To celebrate GIS Day, Mapping, Analysis, and Design of the Faculty of Environment and the Geospatial Centre will be hosting activities in the EV1 courtyard and adjoining seminar room (EV1-221).

For more information visit GIS Day .

Google Map Maker Event

The Google Map Maker, held on November 21st, 22nd event was a huge success!  We had over 200 registrants, over 100 attendees (not included unregistered walk-ins),  an amazing talk by Google Waterloo and an excellent training session lead by Steve Xu.

 

As a result of this event, the University of Waterloo campus map is now very complete!

 

2012 University of Waterloo Campus Data

In October 2012, the Geospatial Centre received updated University of Waterloo Campus data. This resource shows detailed features of the University of Waterloo campus, for example, building footprints, roads and pathways, contours, drainage, vegetation and more. In addition, the 2012 data includes layers for the Columbia Lake Village Residences and also driveways.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/uw_campuscad.html

Help Create a Campus Map in Google Maps!

The campus community is invited to help create complete and accurate maps of the uWaterloo campuses and beyond!

Join Geospatial Centre staff for the University of Waterloo Google Map Maker Event running on November 7 & 8 in the SLC!

This event will consist of two days of map making, and a lot of fun! This is an opportunity for anyone interested in mapping to contribute and share about the places they know and love, all through maps. The Google MapUp is a place to collaborate and exchange ideas, while adding schools, businesses, points of interest, roads, trails, and other place related things to the map. Sign up on the registration form if you are interested, then come with your mapping hats on! The more the merrier!

Please join us for the 2012 University of Waterloo Map Maker Event, and make a permanent mark on Google Maps!  Brought to you by the Geospatial Centre at the Dana Porter Library and Google Map Maker Community Team.

All participants will receive t-shirts and refreshments will be provided!

Requirements:

All uWaterloo students, faculty and staff are welcome. Participants needs a Google Account and must bring a laptop. Training will be provided.

Sign up: http://goo.gl/ktaQZ   

Time: 10:00 am -4:00pm

Dates: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 &Thursday, November 8, 2012

Host: Geospatial Centre, the University of Waterloo Library

Event website: https://sites.google.com/site/uwmapmaker/home/

Location: SLC –Student Life Centre

SLC - Student Life Centre

Great Hall - Main Floor

Municipal Open Data

The Geospatial Centre has created a searchable interactive map of municipal open data websites across Canada.

Scholars GeoPortal

 

OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) is pleased to announce the release of Scholars GeoPortal.  Scholars GeoPortal is a geospatial data discovery tool allowing Ontario’s university students and researchers to enrich their teaching and research by engaging with OCUL’s growing collection of geospatial data. The portal offers search, preview, query, download and sharing functionality for datasets licensed by Ontario university libraries, covering such topics as land use, transportation networks, census boundaries, geology, soils, points of interest (such as healthcare facilities, schools, and airports), air photos, and more.

 

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/ScholarsGeoPortal.html

The GeoPortal website has extensive help resources to assist new users. http://geo.scholarsportal.info

 

City of Cambridge Data

In August 2012, the Geospatial Centre received updates to the City of Cambridge dataset. In addition, new building footprint and landuse files were also received.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/Cambridge.html

New and Updated GIS Tutorials

The Geospatial Centre has created new GIS tutorials:

Google Earth II: Create a tour with Google Earth: Create a placemark by writing a simple Keyhole Markup Language (KML) code, overlay an image, create and record a tour and share the KML files and tour with others.
 
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/documents/CreateatourwithGoogleEarth_2012.pdf

On-line Interactive Mapping Made Easy: Learn to create an online interactive
map without needing to be a GIS expert, or needing any software to install.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/documents/OnlineInteractiveMapMadeEasy_2012docx.pdf

 

 

Making a choropleth map with Google Fusion Tables: Choropleth map is a thematic map based on predefined aerial units. Google Fusion Tables makes it easy to create an online interactive choropleth map and share it with others.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/documents/MakingachoroplethmapwithGoogleFusionTables_2012.pdf

The Geospatial Centre has updated the following GIS tutorials:

BatchGeo: Geocode address and postal codes, then display each point location as a marker in Google Earth or Google Map.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/documents/BatchGeoUpdate_2012.pdf

ArcGIS.com: Add a CSV, TXT and shapefiles into ArcGIS.com, edit their layer properties and create and share an interactive map.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/documents/ArcGIS.com_Shapefiles.pdf

Quantum GIS: Quantum GIS, often called QGIS, is an open source GIS desktop application that can be installed on various operating systems, such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (Ubuntu), and Unix.  

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/QGIS_2012.zip

Geocoding by Street Address in BatchGeo

BatchGeo accurately geocodes street addresses or postal codes, converting a simple table into a geospatial record; then displaying each point location as a marker in Google Map or Google Earth.


The Geospatial Centre has created an updated tutorial for using BatchGeo:

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/tutorials.html

360 degree view of Geospatial Centre

You can now view the Gespatial Centre virtually in a 360 degree photo.




Geospatial Centre at Dana Porter Library in Canada

BEST PRACTICES IN CITATION OF CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS

The Bibliographic Control Committee (BCC) of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) is proud to announce the launch of its major guide to the citation of cartographic materials and geospatial resources.  It covers 27 different basic forms with 3 - 5 examples of each form and will be a valuable tool and resource for map and spatial database users.

It's available from the ACMLA at:


http://www.acmla.org/docs/ACMLA_BestPracticesCitations.pdf

Evolution of the Kitchener-Waterloo Street Network

This video, created by the Geospatial Centre in the Dana Porter Library, uses Google Earth to display the street network evolution in the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo from 1955 to the present.

 

The Region of Peel: Open Data

The Region of Peel has recently launched an Open Data site. The site includes information on Demographics, Facilities and Structures Transportations data etc. Formats available are CSV, XML, KMZ and SHP.

Atlas of Suburbanism

Geospatial Centre provided data for the Atlas of Suburbanism project. This project makes publicly available research and data analysis of Canada’s changing cities with an explicit focus on suburbanization; and as such serves as a portal to create dialogue and share data analysis of suburbanization in Canada. The Atlas is an output from the Global Suburbanisms research project: A SSHRC funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative, lead by Roger Keil at the City Institute, York University.


http://env-blogs.uwaterloo.ca/atlas/

Aggregate Site Authorized - LIO

Received May 18th. this shapefile lists the locations of all licenced and permitted pits and quarries, administered under the Aggregate Resources Act of Ontario. The mapped extents represent the licenced or permitted boundary of the aggregate site.

Evolution of the Main Campus of the University of Waterloo

This video, created by the Geospatial Centre in the Dana Porter Library, uses Google Earth to display the evolution of the main campus from day one to the present. The first part begins with an aerial photo timeline. From there, a 2D display of the building footprints within Ring Road illustrates the building codes with their associated year of construction, from the Grad House (created in 1925) to the Quantum Nano Centre (set to open Fall 2012). A 3D rendering of the building footprints demonstrates the interactive navigation of Google Earth. Finally, a 3D model of the Dana Porter Library displays the usage of Google Earth with Google Sketch-Up.

CIR (Colour Infrared) Imagery from Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

This collection of approximately 64,000 Colour Infrared (CIR) aerial photos were collected by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources between 1994-2003 and covers most areas of Southern Ontario. Images are in Jpg2000 format, non-georeferenced and taken at approximately 1:10,000 scale.

Ontario Ministry of the Environment (open data)

Open data from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, includes: water wells, provincial groundwater monitoring network, drinking water surveillance program, drinking water, hazardous waste, ontario forest biomonitoring network, provincial water quality monitoring network, etc..

http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/resources/collection/data_downloads/index.htm#land

Soil Surveys of Ontario

Received from Land Information Ontario in February 2012, this 2009 data provides detailed attribute information on soil type in South, East, and parts of Northern Ontario. Scale of the data is 1:50,000 and is available by census division.

Ontario Radar Digital Surface Model (DSM)

The Map Library has recently received from Land Information Ontario the Ontario Radar Digital Surface Model (DSM), created by using spaceborne C-Band Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) data. The current provincial digital elevation models cover only the southern half of Ontario with little for North Boreal or Lowland coverage. This Radar DSM will fill in the provincial elevation data gap and extends north from 49 degree latitude north..

The surface elevation model has the following feature:
-- Spatial resolution: 30 meter
-- Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
-- Vertical Datum in both EGM96 and CGVD28, separately
-- Elevation value: floating

Region of Waterloo - open data

Open data for the Region of Waterloo, includes: garbage collection schedule zones, cycling paths, green bin schedule zones, recycling schedule zones, regional boundary, rivers, settlements, GRT routes and stops, and yard waste schedule zones.

http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/OpenDataCatalogue.asp

Mississauga - Open Data

Open Data for the City of Mississauga. Data categories include Landuse, Development, Employment, Census, Administrative, Environment and Growth Forecast. File formats are SHP, KML, CSV and PDF.

http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/publicationsopendatacatalogue

Natural Earth

Free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110million scales, designed to meet the needs of production cartographers using a variety of software applications.

http://www.naturalearthdata.com/

Scholars GeoPortal

Scholars GeoPortal is a geospatial data discovery tool allowing Ontario’s university students and researchers to enrich their teaching and research by engaging with OCUL’s growing collection of geospatial data. The portal offers search, preview, query, download and sharing functionality for datasets licensed by Ontario university libraries, covering such topics as land use, transportation networks, census boundaries, geology, soils, points of interest (such as healthcare facilities, schools, and airports), air photos, and more.

Land Use Information Maps (Department of Indian and Northen Affairs)

Land Use Information Maps for the District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. Map series shows wildlife areas, hunting and trapping, fish resources and fishing, recreation - tourism, forest resources, etc.

Regional Municipality of Waterloo Street and Planning Data

The Map Libary has received from the Region over 40 new new data sets including, aggregate licenses, airfields, contours, forests, arts facilities, garbage routes, green bin Routes, medical centres and yard waste collection routes.

Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (2010)

The Map library has recently received all 45570 digital air photos of the South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project, 2010 (SWOOP2010) from Land Information Ontario. Each airphoto has a 20 cm pixel resolution with an accuracy of 50 cm (horizontal and vertical).

Official Plans for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (2010)

Received in September 2011 the Official 2010 Plans for the Region of Waterloo.