January 2017

Historical Census Project

The historical census project used historical tabular census data from 1901-1951 (intervals of 10 years), transforming it into spatial data. Some of the census data used was ethnicity, employment, and population. A story map was created to display ethnicity over the 50-year period.

Historical Census Project

Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (COOP) (2016)

This image data is the result of private and government entities working together under the coordination of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF). Fugro was contracted by OMNRF to acquire and process the full colour digital imagery which encompassed an area of approximately 53,729 square kilometres; and collected between May 6th and June 10th, 2016 using Leica ADS100 Digital Camera systems. Imagery acquisition was performed at 2,377 meters above mean terrain (AMT) to produce a 20 cm resolution.

Swoop 2015 Imagery: Colour, Digital Terrain Model (DTM), Digital Surface Model (DSM), Lidar (LAS)

The Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2015 imagery data consists of Fugro acquired digital imagery with sensor Leica geosystems ADS100 collected between April 12th and May 23rd 2015.

Waterloo Region historical maps

The Geospatial Centre has made available historical maps of Waterloo Region from 1815 to 1923. KMZ (map files) can be downloaded and viewed within Google Earth.

Digital historical street network for Waterloo County

In 2011, the staff in the University Map Library re-constructed the 1955 street network for Waterloo County. In 2017, the staff at the Geospatial Centre updated the project with 2016 data, allowing scholars, historians and community residents to study and analyze past and present street patterns. 

To visualize the changes which have occurred within the Waterloo Region multiple web maps were created to showcase the urban growth, road network, and road name changes between 1955 and 2016.

Digital Raster Acquisition Project for the East (DRAPE) imagery (2014)

Available through both Scholars GeoPortal and the Geospatial Centre, this imagery covers approximately 37,290 square kilometres in eastern Ontario and was collected in leaf off conditions between April 28th and June 7th, 2014. Imagery is available in 1 km tiles. Data resolution is 20 cm.

Population Growth of Waterloo through 1867 to the present

In celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary, the Geospatial Centre has created a graphic visualizing the population growth of Waterloo from 1855 to 2016.

https://uwaterloo.ca/library/geospatial/population-growth-waterloo-through-1867-present

Using ArcGIS Online's storybook application, you can see the increase in Waterloo's population over the years. The historical maps that were used to create the population density maps can be seen in the storymap. 

DMTI data (2016)

2016 DMTI data updates are now available at the Geospatial Centre. Data updates include route logistics, parks, rail, water and enhanced points of interest (EPOI).

Lambton County: orthoimagery 2002

The Geospatial Centre now has complete coverage of these digital orthoimages for Lambton County (west of Middlesex County). These full colour images were flown in April 2002 by J D Barnes and originally provided to the Geospatial Centre by the Ministry of Natural Resources in October 2004. Pixel resolution of these images is 30 cm.

An eye to the past: Story Map "Swipe" and "Spyglass"

Story Map "Swipe" and "Spyglass" is an ArcGIS online application that enables users to interact with two web maps or two layers. The Geospatial Centre uses this application to give a visual comparison between historical airphotos and maps with the present.

City of Mississauga digital orthomosaic (2016)

The 2016 Enhanced Compressed Wavelets (ECW) imagery was received from the City of Mississauga. Available through both Scholars GeoPortal and the Geospatial Centre the mosaicked imagery has a ground pixel resolution of 15 cm and total file size of 1.33 GB.

City of Mississauga municipal data (2012-2016)

The City of Mississauga municipal data is now accessible through both Scholars GeoPortal, and also the Geospatial Centre. Data ranges from 2012 - 2016.

 

Ontario University libraries collaborate to release over 1000 historical maps online

The project is a province-wide collaboration, led by the OCUL Geo Community, an open forum for the exchange of information relating to maps and GIS, to digitize and geocode early topographic maps of Ontario at the 1:25000 and 1:63360 scales.

http://ocul.on.ca/topomaps/

Available for download through Scholars GeoPortal:

Southwestern Ontario Orthoimagery Project (SWOOP) 2015 - Digital Elevation Model

Obtained from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 2015 Digital Elevation Model (DEM), from the Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP). The grid spacing is based on Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection with a raster cell resolution of 2 metres.

Ontario waste water sites 2011

This product was derived from various sources and geocoded by Geospatial staff using the ArcGIS's online geocoding service. Original data credits for this data are from:

https://www.ontario.ca/data/energy/energy-use-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-broader-public-sector

https://environmental-commissioner-of-ontario.carto.com/datasets

https://eco.on.ca/maps/2016-lets-get-seriouis/map.php

Halton Region: municipal data

Received from Halton Hills in February 2017, this vector data resource covers the entire Halton Region and is current to 2017.

https://uwaterloo.ca/library/geospatial/collections/canadian-geospatial-data-resources/other-ontario-cities-and-municipalities/halton-region-municipal-data

Historical vegetation (Upper Canada 1784 - 1859)

The Geospatial Centre archival collection now houses historical vegetation  surveyor notes (JPG), pre-settlement vegetation maps (JPG), photo negatives of surveyor maps (JPG) and

2015 Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF)

Received from Stats Canada, the 2015 Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF).