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Regional Municipality of Waterloo Communities Orthoimagery 2003

Description:

This data resource contains five orthomosaics, one for each of the communities of Ayr, Breaslau, Elmira, New Hamburg and Wellesley. Aerial photography was flown on April 26th, 2003, and then scanned to digital format. Pixel resolution is 10 cm. The orthomosaic was provided to the Library by the Region of Waterloo in October 2004.

RMOW Communities

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These georeferenced mosaics are available in UTM coordinates; horizontal datum is NAD83.  They are stored as compressed MrSID data files, with accompanying SDW world files. 

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:

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 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.

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:

Regional Municipaly of Waterloo Communities [computer file].  Waterloo, Ontario: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo [2003].

Sample View of the Data:

Breslau

Geospatial Data for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo


, Library Assistant
December 18, 2012