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OGDE Data from Land Information Ontario (LIO)
Lakehead University faculty, students, and staff have access to geospatial resources from Land Information Ontario (LIO) through Scholars GeoPortal.
Atlases and Maps
The library's collection of general and specialized atlases are located on the 2nd floor. Consult Omni for specific titles or ask at the Services Desk.
In addition, the Library has AtoZ Maps Online, a database which includes over 4,000+ maps.
The majority of maps on the Thunder Bay campus are housed in the LU Geospatial Data Centre, (Room RC 2001), in the Regional Centre.
Guide to Scholars GeoPortal
Scholars Portal help guide to using the GeoPortal.
Access GIS Data and Maps
- AtoZ Maps Online This link opens in a new windowDatabase of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
- Scholars GeoPortal (See GeoPortal) This link opens in a new windowScholars GeoPortal is geospatial data discovery tool allowing Ontario’s university students and researchers to enrich their teaching and research by engaging with OCUL’s growing collection of geospatial data. The portal offers search, preview, query, download and sharing functionality for datasets licensed by Ontario university libraries, covering such topics as land use, transportation networks, census boundaries, geology, soils, air photo imagery, points of interest (such as healthcare facilities, schools), and more.
- Open Data PortalAccess to Government of Canada data in areas such as health, environment, agriculture, and natural resources.
Geology Geospatial Resources and Maps
- GeologyOntarioProvides access to the information holdings of the Ontario Geological Survey. Spatial and attribute search functionality facilitates the discovery of relative information in over 85,000 reports representing over 2,000,000 pages and 168,000 maps from OGS publications and client submitted mining assessment files. In addition, hundreds of digital products containing field data, geophysical surveys, geochemical analyses and geochronological measurements are available for downloading.
- GeoScan This link opens in a new windowRepository for all Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) bibliographic information.
- Geoscience Data Repository (Natural Resources Canada)A collection of Earth Sciences Sector geoscience databases that is managed and accessed by a series of Information Services (GDRIS). This site allows for you to discover, view and download, free of charg
- U.S. Geological Survey: Maps, Imagery and PublicationsResource for maps and related data about geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology and marine geology.
- National Geophysical Data Center (U.S.)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of geophysical data and information.