DRAPE 2019 will be available via the GeoPortal.  This dataset is not complete yet. Additional tiles will be received over the coming months (a complete list of what tiles are available and pending can be found via LIO’s new web app). The service will be loaded in full once the complete product is received. Currently, the GeoPortal record includes information on what tiles are available and on how to request the data.

Two Esri MOOCs are starting on February 6^th. These Massive Open Online Courses are free, self-paced, and those who complete a course will receive a certificate.

Going Places with Spatial Analysis: This six week course is for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of spatial data analysis. Register for this course here:

https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/57660f19bb54adb30c9454b0/going-places-with-spatial-analysis/.

Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps: This four week course will show you how to combine location and narrative in one application to better communicate and broadcast your story, create custom web applications that solve problems in your community, and build powerful native applications for iOS and Android devices without touching a piece of code. Register for this course here: https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/57660ed7bb54adb30c9454a3/do-it-yourself-geo-apps/.

If you have any questions, please contact us at highered@esri.ca.

The GeoPortal is pleased to let you know that the following datasets have now been loaded into the GeoPortal:

• City of London 2009-2013, 2017
• Census Districts  (CD) and Census Subdistricts (CSD), 1871
• Enumeration Areas (EA), 1971
• FRI Digital Aerial Imagery update (imagery now available in four seamless UTM zones, as opposed to a series of blocks and boundaries)
• DMTI Postal Code Suite (several years that had previously been missed)
• Agricultural Resources Inventory (ARI) 2017 – This is an update from the 1983 ARI, but differs from that data both in terms of coverage area and the way that the data has been classified. The 1983 dataset provides information on specific crops and field use, whereas this dataset broadly denotes land use. Both are available in the Portal.

• Ontario School Board Boundaries, 2015-2016
• Canadian Weather Stations, 1971-2000

In addition to these new datasets, we have also made LIO’s topographic cache available as an basemap option in the GeoPortal. This detailed map was added based off of conversations had at our last in-person meeting in April (thanks to all those who suggested this!).  It is available by clicking on Base Maps from the upper right corner of the GeoPortal and selecting LIO Topographic.

Statistics Canada is the national statistical office. The agency ensures Canadians have the key information on Canada’s economy, society and environment that they require to function effectively as citizens and decision makers.  New on Statistics Canada is the Cannabis Stats Hub website.  This page allows users to look up Canadian statistics on the following topics: health, justics, economy and prices.

The open data collection available through Land Information Ontario (LIO) is now fully discoverable in the GeoPortal! As a result of this launch, users can search for the newest LIO data, view metadata, and initiate a download of the data through the LIO download data request service directly in the GeoPortal. This has been made possible through an automated process of metadata harvesting, which pulls records directly from LIO’s site. This script will continue to run on a weekly basis, so that we always maintain the most current metadata and links.

We are pleased to let you know that the following datasets have now been loaded into the GeoPortal:

• City of Brantford, 2015 & 2017
• City of Toronto OrthoImagery, 2011, 2012 & 2013
• SWOOP 2010 TIFF (4 bands; includes elevation)
• SWOOP 2015 Algonquin
• Guelph OrthoImagery, 2012 & 2016
• COOP 2016

Since 1996, the Rumsey collection’s online database has been open to all, currently offering anyone with an internet connection access to 67,000 maps from all over the globe, spanning five centuries of cartography.  Rumsey’s holdings constitute, a thorough collection of maps and though its physical housing at Stanford is a huge boon to academic researchers, its online archive is yours for the browsing, searching, and downloading, whoever and wherever you are.  Click HERE to explore this wonderfully vast collection of online historic maps!

The Geospatial Map and Data Centre is pleased to announce that ArcGIS Desktop 10.5.1 is now available to students.  Click THIS link to request and download the newest version of the ArcGIS software.

The Toronto Metropolitan University Library & Archives (RULA) along with the Departments of Geography, Civil Engineering , Urban and Regional Planning and Chemistry and Biology share the cost and administer the ESRI Software – Campus Site License for access to the ArcGIS Suite of software. In addition to institutional access for ArcGIS Desktop software via the GIS & Data and/or departmental labs, students/staff/faculty in these participating departments or associated graduate programs may request ONE copy of ArcGIS Desktop – Student Edition software for academic use (teaching, research, educational purposes). Commercial use of the software is prohibited.

Request ArcGIS Desktop – Student Edition

Now available: the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM), at a resolution of 2 metres. The HRDEM consists of a Digital Terrain Model (DTM), a Digital Surface Model (DSM) and others derived data.   This first release covers 106,000 km² (3%) of the 3.5 million km² planned for the Canadian southern territory, and includes areas in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Manitoba.

This new product is generated from airborne LiDAR data acquired in partnership with provinces and territories to provide high accuracy data with minimum distortion.  The HRDEM is part of the CanElevation collection created in support of the National Elevation Strategy implemented by Natural Resources Canada.  This strategy aims to increase Canada’s coverage of high-resolution elevation data and increase product accessibility.

For more details consult the product specifications. You can download this data on the Open Government website.

We are pleased to let you know that the following census boundary datasets have now been loaded into the GeoPortal:

– Historical Atlas of Canada: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1961

– Census of Canada Boundary Files, 1951 (Census Tracts and Census Metropolitan Areas) and 1961 (Census Tracts – Toronto area only)

With these additions, we now have Census Divisions (CD) data from 1851-1951 inclusive, and from 1981 through to 2011. The 2016 census boundary files have been recently released by StatsCan, and will be available in the Geoportal shortly. The entire collection of census and boundary data has also been reorganized to ensure naming continuity, and that all datasets are under series-level records whenever possible, including for the French language datasets. You can access this collection (126 data services) in the GeoPortal by browsing the ‘Subject Category’ field and selecting Census and administrative boundaries.