Evolution of the Main Campus of the University of Waterloo

This video, created by the Geospatial Centre in the Dana Porter Library, uses Google Earth to display the evolution of the main campus from day one to the present. The first part begins with an aerial photo timeline. From there, a 2D display of the building footprints within Ring Road illustrates the building codes with their associated year of construction, from the Grad House (created in 1925) to the Quantum Nano Centre (set to open Fall 2012). A 3D rendering of the building footprints demonstrates the interactive navigation of Google Earth. Finally, a 3D model of the Dana Porter Library displays the usage of Google Earth with Google Sketch-Up.

CIR (Colour Infrared) Imagery from Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

This collection of approximately 64,000 Colour Infrared (CIR) aerial photos were collected by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources between 1994-2003 and covers most areas of Southern Ontario. Images are in Jpg2000 format, non-georeferenced and taken at approximately 1:10,000 scale.

Ontario Ministry of the Environment (open data)

Open data from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, includes: water wells, provincial groundwater monitoring network, drinking water surveillance program, drinking water, hazardous waste, ontario forest biomonitoring network, provincial water quality monitoring network, etc..

http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/resources/collection/data_downloads/index.htm#land

Soil Surveys of Ontario

Received from Land Information Ontario in February 2012, this 2009 data provides detailed attribute information on soil type in South, East, and parts of Northern Ontario. Scale of the data is 1:50,000 and is available by census division.

Ontario Radar Digital Surface Model (DSM)

The Map Library has recently received from Land Information Ontario the Ontario Radar Digital Surface Model (DSM), created by using spaceborne C-Band Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) data. The current provincial digital elevation models cover only the southern half of Ontario with little for North Boreal or Lowland coverage. This Radar DSM will fill in the provincial elevation data gap and extends north from 49 degree latitude north..

The surface elevation model has the following feature:
-- Spatial resolution: 30 meter
-- Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
-- Vertical Datum in both EGM96 and CGVD28, separately
-- Elevation value: floating

Region of Waterloo - open data

Open data for the Region of Waterloo, includes: garbage collection schedule zones, cycling paths, green bin schedule zones, recycling schedule zones, regional boundary, rivers, settlements, GRT routes and stops, and yard waste schedule zones.

http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/OpenDataCatalogue.asp

Mississauga - Open Data

Open Data for the City of Mississauga. Data categories include Landuse, Development, Employment, Census, Administrative, Environment and Growth Forecast. File formats are SHP, KML, CSV and PDF.

http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/publicationsopendatacatalogue