Research Point (OGDE)

To document and support the management of research plots of interest to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). These layers will replace the legacy Research Plot layer that was implemented circa 1998 in the Natural Resources Values Information System (NRVIS).

A Research Point is a feature representing single coordinate or point based locations, where some form of research observation, test, trial, measure, or monitoring activity has, or will take place. The mapped features are generally small in extent (e.g. soil water table monitor, tree cavity nest), and can be used to represent the locations of sampling techniques (e.g. basal area prism sweep). This data class is one of three primitive data classes: Research Point (RESPOINT), Research Line (RESLINE), and Research Polygon (RESPOLY).
Additional Documentation

• Research Plot - User Guide (Word)
• Research Plot - FAQ (Word)

Status
On going: data is being continually updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed: data is updated as deemed necessary

Contact
Calvin Julie, [email protected]
The data referenced here is licensed under the Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) Agreement and is available to members of the OGDE for professional, non-commercial use only. To find out more about the OGDE visit Land Information Ontario on Ontario.ca.

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• Ministry of...
• Natural Resources
• ODCSYNC
• OGDE
• Ontario Geospatial...
• Science and Research Branch
• boundaries
• forest research
• research plot

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (62%)
• Maturity Level 2 (69%)
• Maturity Level 3 (44%)
• Maturity Level 4 (10%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

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Last Updated	September 3, 2026, 07:45 (UTC)
Created	March 24, 2026, 20:43 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Research Point (OGDE)
Description A description of the dataset.	To document and support the management of research plots of interest to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). These layers will replace the legacy Research Plot layer that was implemented circa 1998 in the Natural Resources Values Information System (NRVIS). A Research Point is a feature representing single coordinate or point based locations, where some form of research observation, test, trial, measure, or monitoring activity has, or will take place. The mapped features are generally small in extent (e.g. soil water table monitor, tree cavity nest), and can be used to represent the locations of sampling techniques (e.g. basal area prism sweep). This data class is one of three primitive data classes: Research Point (RESPOINT), Research Line (RESLINE), and Research Polygon (RESPOLY). Additional Documentation Research Plot - User Guide (Word) Research Plot - FAQ (Word) Status On going: data is being continually updated Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed: data is updated as deemed necessary Contact Calvin Julie, [email protected] The data referenced here is licensed under the Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) Agreement and is available to members of the OGDE for professional, non-commercial use only. To find out more about the OGDE visit Land Information Ontario on Ontario.ca.
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	MNR Ministry of... Natural Resources ODCSYNC OGDE Ontario Geospatial... Science and Research Branch boundaries forest research research plot
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.	0.08
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry	334a4d50-5769-4640-be57-ad5b31c270de
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2019-04-02
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

Field	Value
Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).	public
License License used to access the dataset.	Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) Terms and Conditions
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::research-point-ogde
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	LandInformationOntario
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	Land Information Ontario
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	[email protected]
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.	Land Information Ontario
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.	LandInformationOntario
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.	2026-09-02

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	26958bfe1f08402289d838ac70ecb743
Language Language(s) of the dataset	English
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.	https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::research-point-ogde
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

Field	Value
Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

Field	Value
Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

Field	Value
Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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