Monday, September 17, 2012

Municipal Open Data

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


Thursday, September 13, 2012

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.
 

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