Grand River watershed vector and raster grid data

Description

This data resource provides hydrologic and water management information for the Grand River watershed. The watershed extends from the headwaters of the Grand River near Luther Marsh Reservoir to the mouth of the Grand River at Port Maitland on Lake Erie. This information is provided to the Library by the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA), however many of these layers are also available for download from the Grand River Information Network. The resource includes the following vector and raster grid data sets.

GRCA vector data

Aquifers
Cross sections
Dams
Ecoregions
Erosion Hazards
Flood Hazards
Floodplains
Flow gauges
Hydrologic response unit
Forest management compartments
Municipal boundaries
Official watershed boundaries
Conservation lands
2 m contours
Parks
Poorly-drained soils

Properties
Rail Trail
Rain gauges
Recharge
Registered schedule areas
River Slopes
River watch sites
Sewage treatment plants
Slope erosion hazard
Snow course sample sites
Subcatchments
Virtual drainage
Water flow gauges
Water quality gauges
Wells
Wetlands

GRCA raster grid data

Depth to bedrock
Ground surface
Overburden thickness
Sand and gravel thickness
Water table
Potentiometric surface
Vertical hydraulic gradient
Depth to water table

Depth to first aquifer
Registered schedule areas
Vulnerability to contamination
Discharge area
Digital elevation model (10 m and 25 m)
Working with GRCA Digital Elevation Models (DEM) (PDF) guide
Landcover (data from 1999)

The title of this resource in PRIMO is: GRCA G.I.S data [electronic resource]

Spatial reference and data type

These data sets are available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) co-ordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (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 these data sets, 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.

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 Geographic Information System (GIS) and image processing software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UWaterloo faculty, students and staff may copy these data to other media.

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 Adobe Illustrator (AI), Encapsulated Postscript (EPS), and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Yet another option is PDF.

Use restrictions/licensing/copyright

These data are provided for personal use for academic, research, and/or teaching purposes. A data release agreement must be agreed to before these licensed data can be released. The Grand River Conservation Authority 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.