Description

These digital orthoimages provide full-colour aerial coverage of Toronto (PDF) (15 cm); Hamilton(PDF) (15 cm); Oakville/Burlington (15 cm); Mississauga(PDF) (15 cm), region of Peel (20 cm), Halton(PDF) (20 cm);  Halton(PDF) (15 cm), and York(PDF) (20cm). Images were provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and are in 1 km tiles.

this map shows extent of 2007 orthoimagery with the greater toronto area

Spatial reference and data type

These georeferenced images are available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) 17 coordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83. They are stored as compressed MrSID data files.

Data access

To request this data, please fill out the Ask-Us form and include which layers (shapefiles) you are interested in obtaining. The dataset will be shared with you via OneDrive upon completion of the data release agreement form. You may also make an in-person appointment using the same form.

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 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 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

Greater Toronto Area: orthoimagery 2007 [computer file]. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 2007.

Sample view of the data

2007 imagery of Hamilton harbour

Data courtesy of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources