City of Waterloo Lidar (2014, 2019)

Description

This updated resource was received from the City of Waterloo in May, 2019. The 1 km x 1 km tiled data set was collected between November 2nd - 3rd, 2014 with an average flying height above ground of 1,200 metres (m) producing a horizontal accuracy of ~0.31 m root square mean error (rmse). 2014 Lidar also available.

Spatial reference and data type

This georeferenced data is available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), zone 17 coordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83. Stored as LASer data files, average file size is 75 MB with the total data package size of 24.2 GB.

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. 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. Leading Edge Geomatics 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.