The city of Hamilton municipal data

Description

Also available through Scholars GeoPortal, this vector data resource provides topographic and planning information for the area encompassed by the City of Hamilton. This includes former cities of Hamilton, Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Stoney Creek and Glanbrook. These 2006 - 2021 datasets were provided to the Geospatial Centre by the City of Hamilton. Updated datasets are available via the Open Hamilton website.

The library has the following coverages:

airport boundary
arenas
beaches
bikeways
bus stops
business improvement areas
building footprints
cemeteries
city boundaries
city play lots
city pools
college/ universities
conservation authorities
contours (1 metre)
digital terrain model (DTM) (10 metre and 20 metre)
Direction arrow
election poll boundaries
escarpment
fire hydrants
fire stations
golf courses
hospitals
lakes
land use (2016)
libraries
long term care facilities
major lake fill
municipal boundaries
museums/ galleries
neighbourhood boundaries
parcels
parking lots

parks
places of worship
planning units
police stations
railways: bridge, line, tunnel
recreational community centres
Residential care (senior care facilities and retirement homes)
rivers
road access ramps
road intersections
roads and road features (i.e. ramps, bridges, tunnels, casings, centre line)
schools
settlements
sewer manhole/ node/ main
sewer flow arrows
sewer treatment plants
shorelines
sidewalks
trails
transit routes
transmission lines
ward boundaries
water hydrants, mains, nodes, valves
water mains
water reservoirs
water storage tanks

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 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 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 (for example: CD, DVD or Zip disc) for use elsewhere.

Data output

An 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 Hamilton 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.