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On March 1, 2012, OCUL launched its newest service, [Scholars GeoPortal|http://geo.scholarsportal.info]. We encourage all Ontario university students, staff and faculty to explore the site and use our online tools to discover the fascinating geospatial data on offer.

h3. [http://geo.scholarsportal.info|http://geo.scholarsportal.info]

h3. Background

The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has launched a new  geospatial and health informatics storage and data discovery tool that,  along with the social science data delivery system [<odesi>|http://odesi.ca] , provides a portal to Ontario researchers to access numeric and  spatial datasets.&nbsp; The new service was made possible with support from  the Government of Ontario through the OntarioBuys initiative.


h3. Explore this wiki:


[About Scholars GeoPortal|scholarsgeoportal:About]

[Latest Release Notes|Releases]

[Data in Scholars GeoPortal|scholarsgeoportal:data]




[Documents|scholarsgeoportal:Documents]

[Help |scholarsgeoportal:Help]

[Teaching and Learning Resources |T&L]


[OCUL Members Space|http://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/display/geo/Geospatial+and+Health+Data+Portal] (requires login)

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*What's New?*

[Scholars GeoPortal Officially Launched\!|http://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=111771773] March 1, 2012


[Scholars GeoPortal Recognized by the OLA|http://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=110034973] Jan 23, 2012


[OPHID project launched|wiki^OPHID_announcement.docx] October 7, 2011

[Scholars GeoPortal Beta now available\!|http://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/display/sp/2011/08/25/Scholars+GeoPortal+Beta+now+online] August 25, 2011

[Press Release|wiki^2009-07-03 OCUL Geospatial Data andHealth Informatics announcement.pdf] July 3, 2009

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*Updates of Interest*

June 2012. The ArcGIS Online Ocean Basemap was recently updated with Canadian bathymetry data. This basemap is In addition, the ArcGIS Online World Imagery Basemap was recently updated with  expanded coverage of 1m resolution GeoEye IKONOS imagery for parts of  Canada. These basemaps are available in [Scholars GeoPortal|http://geo.scholarsportal.info] (click Basemap to switch to the ESRI Oceans or ESRI Imagery basemap). [More info Oceans|http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/05/11/arcgis-online-ocean-basemap-updated-with-canadian-bathymetry-and-additional-scales/]

The ArcGIS Online World Imagery Basemap was recently updated with expanded coverage of 1m resolution GeoEye IKONOS imagery for parts of Canada. This basemap is available in [Scholars GeoPortal|http://geo.scholarsportal.info] (click Basemap to switch to the ESRI Imagery basemap). [More info[More info Imagery|http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/06/08/high-resolution-imagery-for-canada-mexico-and-pakistan-added-to-arcgis-online-world-imagery-map/] {panel}