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Ontario Provincial Land Cover
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Provincial Land Cover Raster includes 28 land cover classes and spans the entire landmass of Ontario. The Ontario Land Cover data was derived from digital, multispectral LANDSAT Thematic Mapper data recorded on a range of dates between 1986 and 1997, but the majority of the satellite data frames were recorded in the early 1990s. The forest cutovers and burns were updated from 1996 TM coverage for the Great Lakes forest region and most of the Boreal forest region of the province. It is important to note that the Provincial Land Cover Data Base is generalized land cover. It is NOT appropriate for detailed site-specific large scale studies.
Coordinate system: UTM - NAD 83, Zone 17
Source format: ESRI Grid (ArcGIS/ArcInfo) or TIFF (Multiple Platforms)
Pixel Size: 25 metres
Updated: 2000
Library Call Number: GD.CA.19 (Ontario)
Land Cover Classes
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• 1 - Water
• 2 - Coastal Mudflats • 3 - Intertidal Marsh • 4 - Supertidal Marsh • 5 - Freshwater Coastal / Inland Marsh • 6 - Deciduous Swamp • 7 - Conifer Swamp • 8 - Open Fen • 9 - Treed Fen • 10 - Open Bog • 11 - Treed Bog • 12 - Tundra Heath • 13 - Dense Deciduous Forest • 14 - Dense Coniferous Forest |
• 15 - Coniferous Plantation
• 16 - Mixed Forest, Mainly Deciduous • 17 - Mixed Forest, Mainly Coniferous • 18 - Sparse Coniferous Forest • 19 - Sparse Deciduous Forest • 20 - Recent Cutovers • 21 - Recent Burns • 22 - Old Cuts and Burns • 23 - Mine Tailings, Quarries and BR Outcrops • 24 - Settlement and Developed Land • 25 - Pasture and Abandoned Fields • 26 - Cropland • 27 - Alvar • 28 - Unclassified |
Restrictions on Access
This resource is available to University of Western Ontario students, faculty and staff for academic, research or personal reasons. Patrons will be required to present a valid UWO ID card and sign a release form when requesting the data. Data must be requested in person at the Map and Data Centre Reference desk. The Provincial Land Cover Dataset can also be requested from the Equinox Data Delivery System (IDLS). Search by "Advanced File Search" and set the File Type to "Map".
Data Manipulation / Usage
The Map and Data Centre has 2 GIS workstations equipped with ArcGIS 10.0 and other software to explore/manipulate the data. UWO users may also copy requested resources to a data storage device (ex. USB flash drive, CD-R) for research or teaching use outside of the library. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources should be cited in any maps or graphics generated.
Sample View of the Data
28 Class Land Use Raster in the London, Ontario area
Sample Citation
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 28 Class Ontario Provincial Land Cover Raster [computer file]. Peterborough: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 2000.
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