City of London Mapping Data Distribution - 2011

The 2011 City of London Mapping Data Distribution vector GIS dataset contains very detailed topographic and planning information clipped to the City of London Municipal boundary based on a scale of 1:2000.  When expanded the file size of the entire vector dataset is approximately 700mb.

Coordinate system: UTM - NAD'83, 6° projection, Zone 17
Source format: ESRI Shapefiles (ArcGIS/ArcView)
Released: December 2011
Library Call Number: GD.CA.01 (Regional)

Available Themes / Layers

Access Ways, Billboards, Bridges, Building Footprints, Contours (1m intervals), Culverts, Dams, Docks, Electrical Substations, Falls, Fences, Flow Arrows, Golf Courses, Hedges, Marshes, Noise Walls, Overhead Walkways, Parking Lots, Petroleum Tanks, Pipelines, Pits, Poles (Utility), Property Line Parcels, Proposed Structures (2006), Racetracks, Railways, Rapids, Reservoirs, Retaining Walls, Rivers, Roads, Ruins, Runways, Settling Basins (Sewage), Shorelines, Sidewalks, Silos, Smokestacks, Spot Heights, Steps, Storm Drainage, Structures, Swimming Pools, Tanks, Towers, Trails, Transmission Lines, Trees, Water Tanks, Water Edges, and Wooded Areas.

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.

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 City of London should be cited in any maps or graphics generated.

Sample View of the Data

Middlesex College and Delaware Hall, UWO Campus - London, Ontario

Sample Citation

City of London Digital Mapping Distribution Disc version 2010.00 [computer file]. London, Ontario: The Corporation of the City of London, 2011.