University of Waterloo campus

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
  • Landcaping
  • 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.  

Data access

To request this data, please fill out the Ask-Us form and include which layers (shapefiles) you are interested in obtaining. The dataset will be shared with you via OneDrive upon completion of the data release agreement form. You may also make an in-person appointment using the same form.

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].

Sample view of the data

UW Campus

South-Central UWaterloo campus