Source

Description

Metadata

Attributes

Demo & Sample

How To Obtain

Source:

Ontario. Ministry of Transportation. Digital Cartographic Reference Base.

Version 2.0 February 2001.
Version 3.0 January 2002.

 

 

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Description:

A set of different digital coverages, used in the compilation of the digital version of the Ontario Road Map.

Features shown on the Ontario road map are presented as individual coverages in the digital format.

Referencing: Geographic Coordinates

Horizontal datum: NAD 27

File format: ArcView shapefiles.

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Metadata:

No formal metadata.

An online help guide was supplied with the DCRB files. This help guide contains the available metadata (table structures, etc.)

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Attribute Fields in These Coverages

Coverage Name and Description	Attributes
Boundaries - Admin (counties and regional municipalities) (Sample)	name, mtocode, date entered, source
Boundaries - Electoral (provincial ridings) (Sample)	riding name, riding number
Boundaries - Mto_geo_twps (geographical townships) (Sample)	mto_geo_twps-id, mnr_gtwpid, name, mtocode, date entered, source
Boundaries - Mndmbdy (Northern and Southern Ontario)	-
Boundaries - Mtodistrict (Ministry of Transportation districts) (Sample)	mtodist_num, mtoreg_name, mtocode, date entered, mtodist_name
Boundaries - Mtoregion (Ministry of Transportation regions) (Sample)	mtoreg_name, mtocode, date entered, mtoreg-id
Boundaries - Municipalr (municipalities) (Sample)	mtocode, name, pop, road_sign, date_entered, source, source_dat, comment, pop_source
Communities (1809 points)	community, commpt_lam, commpt_lama, mtocode, name, pop, road_sign, date_enter, date_retir, source, source_dat, comment, pop_source
General outlines - Lakes, Ont, Que, Man, NWT, USA (Sample)	-
General point features - Airports (123 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, comment, airport_name, class
General point features - Border_xing (border crossing - 18 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, crossing
General point features - Carpool_lot (59 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, lot_num, owner
General point features - Medical_ctr (medical centre - 217 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, med_name, service, location
General point features - Mtopicnic_pk (Ministry of Transportation picnic park - 154 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, name, site_num
General point features - Opp_station (Ontario Provincial Police station - 212 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, detachment, opp_name, class
General point features - Parks (274 points) (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, park_name, authority, camping
General point features - Service_ctr (Highway service centre - 25 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, station_name, site_num
General point features - Tourist_attr (tourist attraction - 74 points) (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, name, location
General point features - Travel_info_ctr (travel information centre - 27 points)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_date, comment, location, open, operator
Index maps - Mtmzones	zone, cent_mer
Index maps - Nts250k (National Topographic System 1:250,000 grid) (Sample)	nts_num, nts_name
Index maps - Nts50k (National Topographic System 1:50,000 grid) (Sample)	nts_num, nts_name
Index maps - Obm_z15 (Ontario Base Map grid, UTM zone 15)	obm_num
Index maps - Obm_z16 (Ontario Base Map grid, UTM zone 16)	obm_num
Index maps - Obm_z17 (Ontario Base Map grid, UTM zone 17)	obm_num
Index maps - Obm_z18 (Ontario Base Map grid, UTM zone 18)	obm_num
Index maps - Ortho_ph (Orthophoto grid)	disk_num, filename
Index maps - Utmzones (Universal Transverse Mercator grid zones)	zone, cent_mer
Islands - Islands_north (329 polygons)	mtocode, date_entered
Islands - Islands_south (421 polygons)	mtocode, date_entered
Lakes and Rivers - Lakes_north (3595 polygons) (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered, source
Lakes and Rivers - Lakes_south (931 polygons)	mtocode, date_entered, source
Lakes and Rivers - Rivers_north	mtocode, date_entered
Lakes and Rivers - Rivers_south (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered
LRHS - Lhrs (Linear Highway Referencing System points)	reference_no, description, hwy, stop_order, X-coord, Y-coord, section_length, sec_len, from, to, roads-id, route#, lhrssect, distance
Ormroads - Hwys (highways from Ontario Road Map)	very slow file, extract from Roads coverage instead
Ormroads - Roads (roads from Ontario Road Map) (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered, date_retired, source, source_dat, source_loc, route_num (incomplete), route_num2
Railway - Railway (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_dat
Railway - Train_station (Sample)	mtocode, date_entered, source, source_dat, comment, sta_name, service, corridor

 

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Demo Location:

A demonstration copy showing all coverages, based on Version 2.0 (2001), is mounted on the ArcView workstation in the Map Collection.

H:\data demos\dcrbversion2.0\demo.apr (CD-ROM is needed to load the demo - ask staff for assistance)

The example below shows a close-up of the Hamilton area, with several different coverages displayed.

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How To Obtain These Files:

1) Digital Cartographic Reference Base files are licensed to McMaster University Library by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. They are available only to researchers who are affiliated with McMaster University, and may be used only for non-commercial purposes.

 

2) The OMTO license form must be signed before the files will be delivered. A copy of this license form can be obtained in the Map Collection.

 

3) Coverages needed may be requested from the Map Collection.

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Contact: mapref@mcmaster.ca
Last Reviewed: July 5, 2005
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