Scholars GeoPortal

A hardware and software infrastructure that provides access to large scale geospatial datasets, as well as sophisticated search, discovery and analysis tools to make the data readily available to Ontario researchers. Resources include data licensed by Ontario academic libraries, such as land-based vector data (water, cultural features, etc.), census geography, and orthophotography.

Anyone who is affiliated with an Ontario university interested in using geospatial data for mapping or GIS analysis will find the GeoPortal a useful resource.

The portal has been created for the academic community for teaching and research, including educators, researchers, students, faculty, and staff. The geospatial data available from the portal can be downloaded and imported into Geographic Information System (GIS) software for mapping and analysis purposes. The portal provides many options for selecting data by location and feature type, as well as file type and projection. Mapping tools allow users to create map images "on the fly".

For more information check out the Scholars GeoPortal Guide

Scholars GeoPortal is your tool to access geospatial datasets licensed by your university library. Scholars GeoPortal is a project of the Ontario Council of University Libraries, and was made possible with the support of the Government of Ontario through its OntarioBuys initiative. Scholars GeoPortal was developed by Scholars Portal and launched in March 2012. Scholars GeoPortal provides access to data which OCUL members license from a variety of data providers.Before viewing or downloading restricted data, you will be asked to agree to the Conditions of Use Agreement:

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Licensed for the Queen's community

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