Thursday, March 29, 2012

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..

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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.





Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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

Friday, March 16, 2012

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.







Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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.


Friday, March 2, 2012

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.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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.