Southern Ontario Land Resource Information System (SOLRIS) is a regional, ecologically based, land cover / land use inventory. It provides a comprehensive, landscape-level inventory of natural, rural and urban areas in Southern Ontario. The land cover / land use classification follows the standardized Ecological Land Classification for southern Ontario to describe, inventory and interpret land cover for ecoregions in southern Ontario. The inventory represents the landscape current to 2000 to 2002. Version 1.2 includes all of Southern Ontario with data classes including: exposed bedrock, shoreline, forest, agriculture (annual, mixed and perennial crop), vegetation, transportation, built-up areas and water. Detailed descriptions of each classification are included with the documentation available with the downloaded files. Ask staff for assistance in accessing the documentation files.
This data is made available through the Ontario Geographic Data Exchange (OGDE) program as a part of the Land Information Ontario (LIO) data warehouse.
Data Format
SOLRIS data is available in ESRI shape and GRID format with an ESRI layer (.lyr) file for thematic classification.
The data is based on UTM, North American Datum 1983, Zone 17N.
Use Restrictions/Copyright
The data is licensed to Brock University faculty, staff and students
for teaching and research purposes only. A license agreement must
be signed before the files will be delivered. The data is under
copyright by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Accessing the Data
The data is accessed using ArcGIS. See Map Library staff for assistance.
Obtaining a Copy of Digital Data
ORIGINAL DATA: after signing a license agreement, original data
may be burned to CD, saved to a memory stick or personal hard drive.
HARDCOPY: data may be printed to the Map Library printer at a small cost per page. The University Library also has large format printing services. Ask staff for details.
Sample Citation Format
Southern Ontario Land Resource Information System [computer file]. (2002). Peterborough, ON: Ministry of Natural Resources. Available: Brock University Map Library Controlled Access S:\MapLibrary\DATA\MNR\SOLRIS\ (Accessed March 7, 2009).
Example of SOLRIS Version 1.2
SOLRIS Version 1 (including Golden Horseshoe & Northern Niagara)
