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Lambton County : Orthoimagery 2002

Description:

These digital orthoimages provide complete coverage of Lambton County (west of Middlesex County). These full colour images were flown in April 2002 by J D Barnes and provided to the Geospatial Centre by the Ministry of Natural Resources in October 2004. The pixel resolution of these images is 30cm. The Geospatial Centre also has related 2002 coverage of the Greater Toronto Area, Golden Horseshoe and adjacent areas including Grey, Simcoe, and Kawartha Lakes


Please note that because not all the images are held locally, some must be downloaded from a remote server in Toronto. We ask that you use this index map to determine the 11-digit tile identifiers (e.g., 17 6320 48580) for the images that interest you. 

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These georeferenced images are available in UTM coordinates; horizontal datum is NAD83.  They are stored as compressed MrSID data files, with accompanying SDW world files.  Average file size for one of these MrSID images is 1.7 MB. 

Data Access:

In order to access these data sets, 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.

Data Manipulation and Storage:

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.

Data Output:

These images 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.  The MrSID Geoviewer may also be used to export the image, in whole or in part, as either a TIFF or GeoTIFF image.  The user defines the output resolution.

Use Restrictions/Licensing/Copyright:

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 Ministry of Natural Resources 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.

Citation:

Lambton County : Orthoimagery 2002 [computer file]. Toronto, Ontario: The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, [2002].

Sample View of the Data: 

Walpole Island, Lambton County

Click Image to zoom in.

, Library Assistant

May 25, 2012

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