Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) (2020)

Description

The 2020 Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) was acquired between March 7th, 2020 and May 20, 2020. The 12cm resolution imagery consists of 105,684 frames of photography covering over 44,828 square kilometers and encompasses the following municipal tiers: Bruce County, Brant County, Elgin County, Essex County, Grey County, Haldimand County, Huron County, Lambton County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Oxford County, Perth County and Wellington County, Dufferin County (west), and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

For more information on the Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2020 please see the SWOOP 2020 GeoHub record.

SWOOP 2015

Spatial reference and data type

These georeferenced images are available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83. They are stored as JPG2000 image files. Average file size for a JP2 image is 9 MB.

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

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. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 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.