WATERLOO CLIMATE INSTITUTE

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N-ZAP OPEN ACCESS DATABASE

The Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) database of Canadian municipal climate data for use and further analysis.

N-ZAP collected data from 256 Canadian municipalities across 10 provinces. The participating municipalities disclosed crucial information relating to local climate action planning and implementation, GHG inventories, policy interventions and stakeholder engagement initiatives. This open access database contains a subset of the survey responses based on the consent of the responding municipalities. More info on project.

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The Polar Data Catalogue (PDC) is a repository of metadata and data that describes and provides access to diverse data sets generated by Arctic and Antarctic researchers. The metadata records follow ISO 19115 and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standard formats to provide exchange with other data centres. The records cover a wide range of disciplines from natural sciences and policy, to health and social sciences. The PDC Geospatial Search tool is available to the public and researchers alike and allows searching data using a mapping interface and other parameters.

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DATA VISUALIZATIONS

The metadata explorer is an interactive data visualization that is designed to facilitate metadata and data discovery. This tool includes a variety of search filters, map and table perspectives, and an export feature for easy acquisition and reuse of search results.