City of Kitchener orthomosaic (2009)

Description

This data resource contains a full colour orthomosaic stored in MrSID image format covering the City of Kitchener. Pixel resolution is 12cm.

Spatial reference and data type

This georeferenced mosaic is available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83, zone 17N. It is stored as a compressed MrSID data file, with an accompanying Sid World (SDW).

Data access

In order to access the 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 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 for use elsewhere.

Data output

This image may be exported from ArcGIS is 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/ copyrite

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 Region of Waterloo 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 respect the provisions of Canada's Copyright Act as well as terms and conditions imposed by the provider.