City of Mississauga municipal data (2012-2023)

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The City of Mississauga data is accessible through both Scholars GeoPortal, and also the Geospatial Centre. Data ranges from 2012 - 2023 and includes the following vector and/ or CAD coverages:

**Vector and/ or CAD file coverages**
Address points	Property fabic (CAD)
Bridge/ culvert/ ditch	Property parcels
Building footprints	Rail
City boundary (CAD)	Relief (CAD)
City owned property	Road
Civic numbers (CAD)	Schools
Contours (1 metre)	Sidewalk
Dem (CAD)	Spot heights
Driveway	Steam main/ node/
Hydrant	Transit routes
Fire stations	Trees - City owned
Landmarks (CAD)	Transit steps
Official plan (2010)	Triangulated surfaces (CAD)
Parking lots	Vegetation (CAD)
Parks	Utility
Pedestrian trails	Ward boundaries
Planimetric (CAD)	Water boundaries
Policy code	Watersheds
Pool	Wooded/ hedge area
Postal code shapes (LDU)	Zoning/ landuse

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, zone 17N. Data are stored as Esri shapefiles and/ or CAD files. 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 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. Waterloo 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 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 City of Mississauga 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.