Open Ontario imagery
View spatial imagery of Ontario captured by satellite or airplane. Background Every five years, the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry coordinates projects to photograph high resolution imagery of settled areas of the province. Project participants include: * other Ontario ministries * municipalities * federal agencies * conservation authorities * non-government organizations (NGOs) * private companies Each agency participates by sharing in the cost of taking the photographs through a funding model. To maintain the funding model integrity, the imagery is available to the public via purchase for a period of six years after acquisition. Six years after the acquisition, the orthophotography is reclassified as open. Technical information This record includes all collections of digital orthophotography which are at least six years old. Collections are differentiated by year of acquisition and region of the province covered. Orthophotographs are primarily taken during the spring in leaf-off conditions. All orthophotography is available as GeoTIFFs with the following bands of spectral information: * red * green * blue * near-infrared Pixel size is consistent within collections but varies between collections, ranging from a minimum of 16 cm to a maximum of 50 cm. Open imagery access restrictions Starting in April 2022, the access restrictions to the data become open after six years, and the data will be made available under the Open Government License. This only applies to orthophotography collections where Ontario owns the intellectual property rights. Open Government licenced orthophotography collection release schedule 2022 release: * Central Ontario Orthophotography (COOP) 2016 * Algonquin 2015 * Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2008 * Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2014 * South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2013 * Simcoe Muskoka Dufferin 2008 * Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2006 * Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2010 * Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2015 2023 release: * Northwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (NWOOP) 2017 2024 release: * South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2018 2025 release: * Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2019-2020 2026 release: * Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2020 2027 release: * Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (COOP) 2021
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- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Government of Ontario
- Licence: Open Government Licence – Ontario
Data and Resources
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Central Ontario 2016 OrthophotographyHTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre de l’Ontario 2016HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Algonquin 2015 OrthophotographyHTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie d’Algonquin 2015HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2008HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2008HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2014HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2014HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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South Central Ontario Orthophotography (SCOOP) 2013HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) 2013HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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County of Simcoe, Muskoka and Dufferin (SMD) 2008 OrthophotographyHTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie de Simcoe, Muskoka et Dufferin 2008HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography (SWOOP) 2006HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario (Projet OSOO) 2006HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography (SWOOP) 2010HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario (Projet OSOO) 2010HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography (SWOOP) 2015HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario (Projet OSOO) 2015HTMLEnglish dataset HTML