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SimplyMap Canada

Description:

The Library has a subscription to SimplyMap Canada, a web mapping application from Geographic Research Inc. that lets you create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.

SimplyMap Canada is user friendly and lets you create maps almost instantaneously once you have selected your variables. It also offers a range of editing functions that let you control how datasets are displayed in your map after you have created it.

GIS experience is not necessary to use this product but familiarity with census geography (census tracts, census subdivisions, etc.) is beneficial. This tutorial will help get you started. As well, a 6-minute introductory video and several more in-depth tutorials are available within the SimplyMap Canada web-site.

Datasets available in SimplyMap Canada include:

2006 Adjusted Canadian Census Data from Environics Analytics; adjusts for the effects of random rounding and data suppression
Demographic Estimates and Projections (DEP) from Environics Analytics; includes current year estimates (2009) and future years (three, five, and ten). Demographics include age, sex, income, family, immigration, and more
2009 Household Expenditure Potential (HEP); answers household spending questions such as amount spent on museum admissions, on gambling, on religious organizations
Dun and Bradstreet Canadian Business Directory; provides Canadian Points-of-Interest (POI) data: e.g., places to go, places to see, places to eat and things to do, including Legal Name, Business Name, NAIC Code, SIC Code, address, telephone number, line of business, and web address.

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These data are stored as Esri shapefiles and asci text files. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data Access:

To access SimplyMap Canada, visit Research Databases, click on "S" and scroll down to SimplyMap Canada. The first time you visit this resource you will need to create a personal workspace.

Data Manipulation:

There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to GIS software, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. Patrons may use the GIS software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UW faculty, students and staff may copy these data to other media (Zip disk or CD-R) for use elsewhere.

Data Output:

SimplyMap Canada lets you export maps as images to use in reports and presentations. Data can be exported as shapefiles or into Microsoft Excel worksheets and Microsoft Word documents.

Use Restrictions/Licensing/Copyright:

This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only.

Environics Analytics is the owner or authorized reseller of all intellectual property rights, including copyright. Users of the Data do so only under license. Distribution of limited portions of the Data contained in SimplyMap software output in print or electronic form may be made within the same institution / organization only for non-commercial purposes. No other reproduction, copying, sharing reselling or otherwise distributing any portion of the Data is permitted.

Citation:

SimplyMap Canada, Environics Analytics, Toronto, Ontario. 2009.

Sample View of the Data:

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, Library Assistant
June 1, 2012

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