University of Waterloo campus

Data access

Full access to our resources is available to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Waterloo. To request access, please complete the Ask-Us form indicating the specific layers (shapefiles) you require. Upon completion of the data release agreement form, the dataset will be provided to you via OneDrive. 

In-person consultations may also be requested through the Ask-Us form.


Description

This data resource shows detailed features on the University of Waterloo campus, for example, building footprints, roads and pathways, contours, drainage, vegetation and more. A sample of what is available is listed below. These data layers are current to 2021.

  • Benchmarks
  • Bike Racks
  • Bridges
  • Buildings
  • Cardboard dumpsters
  • Columbia Lake Village (CLV) complex
  • Contours
  • Curbs
  • Driveways
  • Fences
  • Hydro easements
  • Engineering 5 footbridge
  • Hydro easement
  • Hydro tower
  • Landscaping
  • Legal Survey Bars
  • Parking
  • Playing fields
  • Pond/stream water management
  • Railway
  • Recycling containers
  • Residences
  • Retaining walls
  • Roads
  • Sandbox locations
  • Sanitation containers
  • Service tunnels
  • Sidewalks
  • Steps
  • Storm management ponds
  • Towers
  • Trail
  • Trees
  • Tunnels
  • Vegetation
  • Water
  • Water easements

Spatial reference and data type

This dataset is available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83. These data are stored as AutoCAD drawing files .DWG as well as Esri shapefiles.  

Use restrictions/licensing/copyright

This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only. The University of Waterloo should be acknowledged on any derivative product, such as a map or an image.

Citation

The University of Waterloo [computer file]. Waterloo, Ontario: University of Waterloo Plant Operations, [2021].

South-Central UWaterloo campus

South-Central UWaterloo campus