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City of Toronto Vector Data 2009

Description:

This vector data covers the entire City of Toronto and was downloaded from the City of Toronto's open data website: http://www.toronto.ca/open. In their commitment to open, accessible and transparent government, the City of Toronto is making this data available to the public.  The data is accurate as of 2009.

As more data becomes available from this site, it will be downloaded to the Geospatial Centre's server.

The dataset contains the following coverages:

Data Resources for the City of Toronto

Address Points

Parks

Ward Boundaries

Child Care Centre

Places of Worship

Solid Waste Management Districts

Food Banks       (Meals on Wheels, Salvation Army, Second Harvest)

Rent Bank Applicants

 
Neighbourhoods and Priority Investment Neighbourhoods. Transit Improvements  

 

 


Spatial Reference and Data Type:

This georeferenced data are available in shapefile format. The projection is Tranverse Mercator; coordinate system is NAD27, UTM zone 17N.

Data Access:

In order to access these data sets, please visit the Geospatial Centre 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 the ArcGIS software program, 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 City of Toronto Geospatial Competency Centre 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:

City of Toronto Municipal Data [computer file]. Toronto, Ontario: City of Toronto Geospatial Competency Centre [2009].

Sample View of the Data: 

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, Library Assistant

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June 4, 2012