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Cartography Office Project Specific Series Data (1999-2003)

Date: 1999-2003
Creator: GIS and Cartography Office, Department of Geography, University of Toronto; and the Neptis Foundation
Datum: NAD83
Projection: UTM Zone 17
Scale:
Access: web
Description:
Data was created for cartographic and analysis use at scales 1:250,000 to 1:900,000. 
Projects include:
Centres and corridors
Transportation Tomorrow Survey 2001
Gameboard Map
Intensification Analysis
Visualizing Toronto Region
Satellite image composites: 1999-2003
Original data held on CD-Rom[359]
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Census Value Added Series (1991-2006)

Date: 1991-2006
Creator: GIS and Cartography Office, Department of Geography, University of Toronto; and the Neptis Foundation
Datum: NAD83
Projection: UTM Zone 17
Scale:
Access: web
Description:
Various census levels used, including Data derived from Statistics Canada data. Data was created for cartographic and analysis use at scales 1:250,000 to 1:900,000. Original data held on CD-Rom[359]
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Mapart Toronto & Area CD-ROM Atlas (1999)

Date: 1999
Creator: Mapart
Datum:
Projection:
Scale:
Access: CD-ROM [013]
Description:
MapArt has been producing electronic versions of their printed map products on CD-ROM, with software produced by Dun-Map, since 1996. The first CD, the Toronto & Area atlas, was an innovative product for the Toronto market when introduced, being the first CD to offer full-colour, searchable maps of the GTA.
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Planning Districts and Traffic Zones (Golden Horseshoe) 2001; 2006 (2001; 2006)

Date: 2001; 2006
Creator: University of Toronto, Joint Program in Transportation
Datum: NAD 83
Projection: UTM Zone 17
Scale:
Access: web
Description:
Part of Transportation Tomorrow Survey. The boundaries are 2001 but the data are 2006 for one file. The second file holds the 2006 boundaries.
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Southern Ontario Land Resources Inventory (SOLRIS) (2002)

Date: 2002
Creator: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR)
Datum: NAD 83
Projection: UTM
Scale:
Access: local intranet data is located at U:\geodata\canada\on\ogde\solris
Description:
from FAQ from OMNR "SOLRIS is a primary data layer that provides a comprehensive, landscape-level inventory of natural, rural and urban areas. SOLRIS follows a standardized approach for ecosystem description, inventory and interpretation known as Ecological Land Classification (ELC) for southern Ontario (Lee et al, 1998)."
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