MEIS is an acronym for Multispectral Electro-Optical Image Sensor. These are colour images with 1-metre ground resolution. Flown in April, 1993, they provide complete geographic coverage of the Region of Waterloo. This set of 262 georeferenced MEIS images was acquired by the Library from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in 2000.
View the index to the northern half of the Region (Woolwich, Wellesley, and Waterloo). View the index to the southern half of the Region (Wilmot, North Dumfries, Kitchener, Cambridge).
These images are available in UTM zone 17, NAD83 co-ordinate system. These data are stored in TIF format with average file size is 23 MB. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.
In order to access these data sets, please visit the Geospatial Centre Reference Desk during regular reference hours in Dana Porter Library, Room 328. 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 the exclusive use of the students, faculty and staff at the University of Waterloo, and may be used for educational/academic purposes only.
There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to ArcGIS software programs, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. To view AutoCAD files in ArcView, the CAD Reader extension must be turned on. Patrons may use the GIS software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UW faculty, students and staff may copy these data for use elsewhere.
These data 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. Patrons may use the library's colour inkjet printers to print map views or tabular views of the data.
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 Region of Waterloo must be ackowledged 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.
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo MEIS Imagery [computer file]. Kitchener, Ontario: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, [1993].
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