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Regional Municipality of Waterloo Street and Planning Data

Description:

This vector data resource provides municipal planning information for the Region of Waterloo. The data sets, provided by the Region of Waterloo, consists of coverages for the period of 2001-2011.

Most recently, in November 2011 the Geospatial Centre received from the Region over 40 new new data sets including, aggregate licenses, airfields, contours, forests, arts facilities, garbage routes, green bin Routes, medical centres and yard waste collection routes.

Vector Data coverages are listed in the table below.

Municipal planning information for the Region of Waterloo
Address points Developed Land Pathways
Aggregate Licenses Early Learning Child Care Centres (Licensed) Single Line Street Network
Airfields Environmentally Sensitive Protected Areas Traffic  Signals
Airport Forests Traffic Zones:    (house hold, dwellings, population, employment, post secondary students)
Airport Noise Exposure Forests Owned by Region Trails
Airport Zoning Regulations Garbage Routes

Grand River Transit: bus routes and stops

Arts (museum, music and art galleries) Green Bin Routes Rapid Transit Stations
Blue Bin Routes

Ground Water (treatment and well system, aquifer type, water depth)

Recreational Facilities
Buildings  (incomplete) Hydrants Recycling Depots
Catholic School Catchments Hydro Lines Regional Library Boundaries
Public School Catchments Lakes Regional Municipal Boundaries
Cemetaries Land Use Owner Parcels Religious Buildings
Community Centres Libraries Rivers
Contours (.5 metre) Long Term Care Facilities Schools (Catholic, Public, Post Secondary, Other)
Creeks LRT Route and Stations Schools   (Post Secondary)
Cycling Facilities Medical Centres Settlements

DEM

 Municipal Wells Transportation Hub
Designated Areas Neighbourhoods Waterloo Moraine
Designated Properties Parks Yard Waste Collection Routes

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These data sets are available in UTM co-ordinates; horizontal datum is NAD 83. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data Access:

In order to access this data set, 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:

This image 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 Regional Municipality of Waterloo 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 Municipality of Waterloo Streets and Planning Data [computer file]. Kitchener, Ontario: Regional Municipality of Waterloo, [2011].

Sample View of the Data:

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, Library Assistant
December 18, 2012