Data Sources

City of Windsor Airphoto

    City of Windsor GIS Division. 2000. To obtain digital or paper copies of this airphoto, please contact the City of Windsor at http://www.city.windsor.on.ca or (519) 255-6100.


Point Information

    All point information was digitized and geocoded by the University of Windsor.

    Information for the following point layers were derived from:

    LIBRARIES: Windsor Public Library 2002. http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com

    RECREATION, ARENAS, EARLY YEAR CENTRES: Bell Telephone Book 2002.

    CATHOLIC AND PUBIC SCHOOLS:

    Greater Essex County District School Board website. 2003. http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/

    Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board website. 2003. http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/

    SOCIAL HOUSING: Windsor Housing Authority. 2003. For Information, please contact (519) 254-1681


Line Information

    All line information was digitized by the University of Windsor.

    Information for the following line layers were derived from:

    BUS ROUTES: Transit Windsor maps. 2003. http://www.city.windsor.on.ca/transitwindsor/

    ROADS (not see on webpage): Windsor - Essex - Pelee Island Roads - LINES: derived from Ontario Base Mapping (OBM), scale 1:10,000, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Circa 1978-1985. Under Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Windsor and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. To obtain digital or paper copies of these maps, please contact the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources at http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/


Polygon Information

    All polygon information was digitized by the University of Windsor.

    Information for the following line layers were derived from:

    BUFFER ZONES: Radius provided by the Windsor Public Library 2002.

    LAND USE: City of Windsor Planning Department. 2002. http://www.city.windsor.on.ca/planning/news.asp

    POPULATION DENSITY: City of Windsor Planning Department. 2002.


GIS Software

    All digital mapping and analysis development was created or maintained using ESRI’s ArcViewTM. For more information, please visit http://www.esricanada.com