Town of Huntsville Municipal Data

Description

This vector data resource provides topographic and planning information for the Town of Huntsville, Ontario. This information was delivered to the library by the Town of Huntsville in May 2009. In 2023, some datasets were downloaded from the Town of Huntsville open data site. The resource includes the following vector coverages:

Address points
Bus routes
Bus stops
50 cm contours
Drainage (streams, rivers)
Existing trails
Hidden Valley land use
Urban boundary
Zoning exceptions index
Zoning index
Land use
Marshland
Municipal boundary

Parks
Park to trail
Points of interest
Port Sydney: land use
Port Sydney: urban boundary
Public services
Railway
Sidewalks
Streetlights
TransCanada trail
Wards

Spatial reference and data type

This data set is available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 17 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 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

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 Town of Huntsville 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.