This vector data resource provides topographic and planning information for the area encompassed by the City of Hamilton. This includes former cities of Hamilton, Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Stoney Creek and Glanbrook. These datasets were provided to the Geospatial Centre by the City of Hamilton in October 2006.
In February 2010, the Geospatial Centre received updates to most of the previous 2006 municipal layers for the City of Hamilton. Also included were new layers for transit routes, bus stops, parcels, bikeways and sidewalks.
The Library has the following coverages:
| Data Resources for the Region of Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Airport Boundary | Parking Lots |
| Arenas | Parks |
Beaches |
Places of Workship |
| Bikeways | Planning Units |
| Bus Stops | Police Stations |
| Business Improvement Areas | Railways : Bridge, Line, Tunnel |
| Building Footprints | Recreational Community Centres |
| Cemeteries | Residential Care (senior care facilities and retirement homes) |
| City Boundaries | Rivers |
| City Play Lots | Road Access Ramps |
| City Pools | Road Intersections |
| Colleges/Universities | Roads and road features (i.e. ramps, bridges, tunnels, casings) |
| Conservation Authorities | Schools |
| Contours (1 M) | Settlements |
| Digital Terrain Model 10M and 20M | Sewer Manhole/ Sewer Node |
| Election Poll Boundaries | Sewer Flow Arrows |
| Escarpment | Sewer Treatment Plants |
| Fire Stations | Shorelines |
| Golf Courses | Sidewalks |
| Hospitals | Trails |
| Lakes | Transit Routes |
| Libraries | Transmission Lines |
| Long Term Care Facilities | Ward Boundaries |
| Major Lake Fill | Water Hydrants |
| Municipal Boundaries | Water Mains |
| Museums/Galleries | Water Reservoirs |
| Neighbourhood Boundaries | Water Storage tanks |
| Parcels | |
These data sets are available in UTM co-ordinates; horizontal datum is NAD83. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.
In order to access this data set, please visit the Geospatial Centre Reference Desk during reference hours. Library reference staff are available to provide further information about these data sets and to deliver data upon request. Under the terms of the Library's license agreement, these data sets are for use by students, faculty, and staff at the University of Waterloo only.
There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to both ArcGIS and ArcView software programs, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. Patrons may use the GIS and image processing software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UW faculty, students and staff may copy these data to other media (for example: CD, DVD or Zip disc) for use elsewhere.
An image may be exported from ArcGIS in a choice of bitmapped formats (also known as raster graphics) including JPG, TIFF, GIF, and BMP or in a choice of vector graphics formats including AI, EPS, and SVG. Yet another option is PDF.
These data are provided for personal use for academic, research, and/or teaching purposes. Library staff will ask patrons to read and sign a data release agreement before these licensed data can be released. The City of Hamilton must be acknowledged on any derivative product, whether printed or electronic, including for example, a printed map, a raster or vector graphic, a web-based application, etc. Patrons are advised to fully respect the provisions of Canada's Copyright Act as well as terms and conditions imposed by the data provider.
The City of Hamilton Municipal Data [computer file]. Hamilton, Ontario : The City of Hamiltion Department of Information Technology Services, [2010].
McMaster University campus, Hamilton, Ontario
September 20, 2012
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