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Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project

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Provider

Land Information Ontario and Lead Partner

Description

The Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) encompasses approximately 42,000 square kilometres in southern Ontario and was flown in the spring of 2006. Land Information Ontario established partnerships with approximately 72 public and private sector organizations to finance the project.

These images were flown in April 2006 by FIRSTBASESOLUTIONS and provided to the Library by Land Information Ontario through the Ontario Geopatial Data Exchange in October 2006.

SWOOP is thought to be the largest digital aerial photography project undertaken in North America to date. Almost every municipality in southwestern Ontario is involved in the project.

Digital photography technologies offer significant advantages over film. The digital camera used for SWOOP captures higher resolution images than film, thereby improving accuracy. Users will be able to see more infrastructure and use the imagery to measure actual dimensions from their desktops. SWOOP also employs false colour imagery techniques that will help users see tile beds, identify drainage problems, detect soil moisture and vegetation. Municipalities will use the images to better delineate hazard areas and help comply with provincial water quality legislation.

Regions Available

  • Brant
  • Bruce
  • Dufferin
  • Elgin
  • Essex and Chatham
  • Grey
  • Haldimand
  • Huron
  • Lambton
  • Middlesex
  • Norfolk
  • Oxford
  • Perth
  • Waterloo
  • Wellington

Data Format

  • .sid with georeferencing files (.sdw)
  • .TIF — Waterloo and Wellington only

Resolution

  • 1 pixel = 30 cm

Projection

  • NAD 1983 UTM Zone 17

Access

Note: To use this data you need to be a member of the University of Guelph Community.

Download MrSid images from the DRC's Geospatial Metadata Explorer.

If the Metadat Explorer is unavailable use the SWOOP index map on the University of Waterloo University Map Library website to determine the ID photo numbers for the images you need and visit the Guelph Library Data Resource Centre to download the images.

  1. In the search tab on the left go to 2. Search Content Type.
  2. In the drop menu select Online Map.
  3. Click the Start Search Button.
  4. Scroll down the search results in the right hand window until you see SWOOP.
  5. Click the View Map Button.

Citation Format

SWOOP : Orthoimagery 2006 [computer file]. FIRSTBASESOLUTIONS, [2006].

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Last updated January 16th, 2008 by D.B. (details)