City of Vancouver (RMSI Global Data)

Description

This data set covers the core area of Vancouver and was received from RMSI Global Data on May 31st, 2010.The package consists of 3 different products: (1) building heights, (2) clutter, and (3) places.

3 D Building Height models can be created using DigitalGlobe's WorldView 1 50 cm satellite imagery. The building heights are +/- 10% of the true heights for 90% of the buildings.

The clutter data is based on Digital Globe's WorldView 1 satellite imagery. resampled at 2.5 m resolution. The features in this set consist of street network (highways, main roads, other roads, streets), railways, airstrips, lakes and rivers.

The points of interest (place points) are based on 1:25,000 topographic maps dating back to the 1970's and consist of 451 important landmark points such as :

Place Point categories
Airlines	Historical Places	National Capital
Banks	Hospitals	Offices
Buildings	Hostels and Messes	Other
Bus and Railway Stations	Hotels and Restaurants	Parks and Gardens
Cinemas	Institutions	Shopping Centres
Clubs	Localities	Villages
Factories	Museums	Wedding Halls

The data set consists of these three products:

Data Resources for the City of Vancouver
Building Heights	Clutter(water, tree density, stadium/ playground)	Places

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These data sets are available in UTM co-ordinates; horizontal datum is WGS84, Zone 10 North. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles and raster format. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data Access:

In order to access these data sets, please visit the Geospatial Centre during reference hours, in EV1 , Room 246. 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:

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:

These data may be exported from the GIS software as a bitmapped image (e.g., jpg) or may be printed as a map view using one of the library's colour printers.

Use Restrictions/Licensing/Copyright:

This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only. A data release agreement must be signed before the data is delivered. RMSI Global should be acknowledged on any derivative product, such as a map or an image.

Citation:

City of Vancouver Data [computer file]. RMSI Global, California, 2010.

Sample View of the Data:

rmsi_vancouver

, Library Assistant
June 4, 2012

Maps • Geospatial Centre