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• Scholars GeoPortal
  
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• ARTstor Images for Academic Publishing
  
• What's Next for Westmount
• Introducing Alexandra Johne
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Scholars GeoPortal

Do you use geospatial data in your research and studies? If so, you’re going to love Scholars GeoPortal, a new geospatial data search tool that lets you discover, map, share, and download a wide range of geospatial data.

The GeoPortal offers search, preview, query, download, and sharing functionality for datasets licensed by Ontario university libraries, covering such topics as land use, transportation networks, census boundaries, geology, soils, points of interest (such as healthcare facilities, schools, and airports), air photos, and more.

The GeoPortal is powered by Esri’s ArcGIS software. It lets you:

• search by keyword
• conduct geographic searches by place names and addresses or by selecting areas on the map
• add data to the map view & manipulate transparency
• add layers on the map
• select from a variety of base maps
• identify individual features on the map
• view and query attribute tables
• annotate maps by marking and labeling points and shapes of interest
• save maps to your user account
• print, export, and share (link to) your maps
• download data in a variety of formats and projections
• work with either French or English language interfaces

The GeoPortal includes data from Statistics Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and DMTI Spatial Incorporated. Datasets are continually being added to the GeoPortal from these sources.

This map created using the Scholars GeoPortal incorporates data for education and land use in Uptown Waterloo.

The GeoPortal is an OCUL project supported by the Government of Ontario’s Ontario Buys Initiative and made possible through the extensive collaboration of many individuals at university libraries across Ontario.

For more information or help, see the GeoPortal Help Guide or contact:

Geospatial Data Services Librarian
Ext. 36931

University of Waterloo Library
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4883

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