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| Title of Dataset: | Contagious Diseases by Wards and Streets 1891 |
| Date of Dataset: | November 1890 - November 1891 |
| Geography covered: | Former cities of Toronto,York, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, and Borough of East York |
| Nominal Scale: | |
| Type of Data: | Vector |
| Geographic Referencing: | Grid
System: 3 Degree and 6 Degree Map projection: Decimal Degrees or Transverse mercator Horizontal datum: NAD27 Vertical datum: unknown Horizontal Accuracy: Linear features are within 2.5m of the centreline of construction. Other features are relative to the linear features. Vertical Accuracy: N/A |
| Format: | Shapefile / geodatabase |
| Formal Metadata: | Not yet available. |
| Description of Dataset: | Toronto
street centerline file geocoded by year according to Goad Atlas maps. Arcs are coded by year, name and address ranges. |
| Creator of Dataset: | GEORIA Toronto |
| Method of Creation: | Geocoded 2002 street segments with addresses based on the 1890Goad Atlas Maps. To display the diseases, typhoid and diphtheria have been divided by the length of the street that they are situated on, and all five diseases are displayed using their absolute numbers. |
| Status: | Complete. Methodology doc : cfi\toronto\Working_Directory\Urban\TORONTO\ROADS\Updating Diseases in Toronto.doc |
| Date of Completion/Revision: | 11/06/2003 |
| Original Sources for Dataset | |
| Title of Original Source: |
Tor_centreline |
| Original Dataset Description Page | http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/georia/datasum/dataset_disease_ORIG.htm http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/georia/datasum/dataset_centreline_ORIG.htm |
| External web site |
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| Copyright Owner: |
GEORIA |
| Permission required to use: | From GEORIA |
| Proposal to use data form | |
| Interactive Mapping Page: | http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/georia/toronto.html |