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COSINE Online Service

Provincial Georeferencing Unit
Geographic Information Ontario
Geographic Information Branch
Science and Information Resources Division
Ministry of Natural Resources

This site was last updated on 2006/12/13 at 10:30 (1.0.276)
COSINE was last updated on 2006/12/13 at 15:30

Important Notice: A "new" version of COSINE On-Line is operational effective December 13, 2006. The COSINE On-Line homepage has been revised to reflect current MNR standards and new functionality has been added including a feature that allows COSINE subscribers to download National Transformation version 2 (NTv2) grid shift files. If you have any questions regarding this revised version of COSINE On-Line, please forward them using the appropriate feedback button(s).

Subscriber Options

Please check from time to time. Last updated: 2006/02/03 and 2005/03/08.

User Identification

UserID:
Password:

These fields are required before you can request any functions from the COSINE Online Service. Please supply your user identifier and password. After filling in these items, you can proceed to the Function Selection section.

Function Selection

You should upgrade your browser if necessary to Microsoft Internet Explorer^® version 5.5, 6.0, or higher or Netscape Navigator^® version [no version suggested at present]. To use the graphical interface to select geodetic control stations, you must download and install the (free) Autodesk Mapguide Viewer^®, if you do not already have it. If you do not already have WinZip^® for your PC, you might consider purchasing it in order to be able to handle “tarred” reference sketch image files. Finally, you should also consider downloading and installing the (free) Adobe Reader^® in order to view and print the (currently very few) reference sketch image files that use PDF encoding.

Use textual interface, only

This is the interface for all geodetic control data for the Province of Ontario. For Toronto-specific retrievals, you should normally use the Toronto interface, instead. With the graphical interface, be sure to try out the Zoom-Goto functionality (look for the icon near the upper-left corner of the map that has a magnifying glass with a right-pointing arrow) for geographical name and survey monument name (including obsolete name) searches.

Use textual interface, only

The interface for Toronto-specific retrievals is intended to replace the HVCNCD system formerly distributed by the City of Toronto. Be sure to try out the Zoom-Goto functionality (look for the icon near the upper-left corner of the map that has a magnifying glass with a right-pointing arrow) for street intersection and survey monument name (including obsolete name) searches.

New: Download NTv2 Grid-Shift files for Canada, Ontario, and Toronto (in grid shift binary (.gsb) format only).

Check and change certain items in your account profile with this function.

Introduction
	If you have Microsoft Powerpoint^®, this slide-show presentation will give you an overview of what functions are provided.
Registration for Prospective Subscriber
	To make use of the COSINE Online Service, you must first submit an application to the Provincial Georeferencing Unit.

Contact COSINE Staff Members
	Responsibility: overall direction of the COSINE Online Service. Your suggestions for enhanced functionality should be directed to the COSINE manager.
	Responsibility: content and quality of the data in COSINE. Your comments or complaints about the data you have retrieved should be directed to the COSINE database administrator.
	Responsibility: the webpages, help pages, software, and output formats. Your comments and criticisms, e.g., poor rendering of webpages by your browser, software “bugs”, etc., should be directed to the COSINE webmaster.
	Responsibility: problems with user accounts (forgotten user ID or password) and general guidance on how to access COSINE. If you require assistance with any COSINE retrieval problem not falling under one of the categories mentioned above, please get in touch with the accounts administrator.
	Responsibility: quality of data for all City of Toronto stations.