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City of Kitchener Municipal Data

Description:

This vector data resource provides topographic, planning, and recreation information for the area encompassed by the City of Kitchener. These data are provided by the City of Kitchener and most are updated annually. Data coverages are for the period 1997-2012.

Included are the following coverages:

Data Resources for the City of Kitchener
Pavement Edge
Street Addresses
Building Footprints (and general use classification)
Planning Communities
Street Islands
Community Trails
Property Dots
Street Lights/ Poles
Contours (0.5 meter interval)
Property Unit Location (base, vertical, horizontal)
Traffic Rd Island
Horticultural Bed
Railways
Trails
Hydro Corridors
Road Islands & Segments
Water (ponds, rivers, streams, creeks, calverts/ sewer)
Sanitation Bins

Boundaries (Ward, City)

Intensification (planning areas)
Sewer (sanitary manholes, pipes, plugs, stubs and pumping stations)

Water (mains, valves, hydrants )

Sidewalks
Wetlands
Municipal Boundary

Single/ Double Line Streets

Zoning
Parks
Storm (inlets, outlets, manholes, pipes, plugs, stubs, leads, catch basins,culvert and ponds)

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These data sets are available in UTM zone 17 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 ArcGIS 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 City of Kitchener 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:

The City of Kitchener Municipal Data [computer file]. Kitchener, Ontario: The City of Kitchener Department of Information Services, [2012].

Sample View of the Data:

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, Library Assistant
January 14, 2013