Online Mapping/Census Tools - Page 16

RogueNacho · #**301** Posted **Aug 25, 2023, 12:38 PM**

Large parts of Gloucester and Orleans have also been covered in the updated imagery.

Williamoforange · #**302** Posted **Jan 9, 2024, 10:56 PM**

So I'm pretty sure Google maps just had a mini-update for Ottawa....as the Storm water pond near woodroffe is now visible....

And man that thing is more massive then I thought when I've biked by it.

Proof Sheet · #**303** Posted **Jan 10, 2024, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Williamoforange

So I'm pretty sure Google maps just had a mini-update for Ottawa....as the Storm water pond near woodroffe is now visible....

And man that thing is more massive then I thought when I've biked by it.

I'm aware of a new apartment building on the east side of Bells Corners that they removed the previous building in April/May 2023 and that original building still shows up on Google Maps.

zzptichka · #**304** Posted **Jan 10, 2024, 4:03 AM**

GeoOttawa has aerial layer from summer of 2022 and it roughly matches what Google now has.

OttCity16 · #**305** Posted **Jan 10, 2024, 1:21 PM**

I see Wateridge Village still has imagery that looks pre-2019, which is frustrating considering the major development there since then.

MountainView · #**306** Posted **Jan 11, 2024, 2:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by OttCity16

I see Wateridge Village still has imagery that looks pre-2019, which is frustrating considering the major development there since then.

If you download the Google Earth Pro desktop version, you can see July 2022 images as well as March 2023 (snow) images of the Ottawa area.

If you don't want to download anything, the web version of Pro has imagery from July 2022.

Here is a direct link to Wateridge Village on Earth Pro.

OttCity16 · #**307** Posted **Jan 11, 2024, 8:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by MountainView

If you download the Google Earth Pro desktop version, you can see July 2022 images as well as March 2023 (snow) images of the Ottawa area.

If you don't want to download anything, the web version of Pro has imagery from July 2022.

Here is a direct link to Wateridge Village on Earth Pro.

Awesome, thank you!

urbanforest · #**308** Posted **Mar 1, 2024, 6:09 PM**

I just discovered that Apple Maps ‘Lookaround’ (streetview) has been expanded to include many paths, and even some sidewalks. There’s coverage (nearly) all the NCC MUPs in the core, plus very random unofficial paths, like across the field at Springhurst Park or into the bush off the southern Rideau River MUP near Hurdman. It also includes coverage of Lees station, including both platforms. But there are also blaring omissions like Major’s Hill Park and Sparks St.

rocketphish · #**309** Posted **Mar 19, 2024, 2:17 AM**

It looks like Microsoft Bing has updated their Maps imagery for Ottawa to sometime in late Summer/early Fall 2023.

https://www.bing.com/maps?FORM=Z9LH2&cp=45.42234%7E-75.703948&lvl=12.7&style=h

Norman Bates · #**310** Posted **Mar 19, 2024, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by rocketphish

It looks like Microsoft Bing has updated their Maps imagery for Ottawa to sometime in late Summer/early Fall 2023.

https://www.bing.com/maps?FORM=Z9LH2&cp=45.42234%7E-75.703948&lvl=12.7&style=h

I made a change to my property on September 22, 2023, that is captured in this imagery. So it is no earlier than that.

rocketphish · #**311** Posted **Mar 19, 2024, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Norman Bates

I made a change to my property on September 22, 2023, that is captured in this imagery. So it is no earlier than that.

Upon closer inspection, some changes in my neighbourhood made on September 26, 2023 are not yet reflected in the imagery, and I can also see that it is garbage day, which means that it has to be the afternoon of September 25, 2023, given the direction of the shadows.

Proof Sheet · #**312** Posted **Mar 19, 2024, 11:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Norman Bates

I made a change to my property on September 22, 2023, that is captured in this imagery. So it is no earlier than that.

Changes made in our backyard about September 10 and they are reflected.

The poor mans Google Street View, Bing Streetside is very hit and miss in terms of where they drove.

Tesladom · #**313** Posted **Mar 20, 2024, 5:13 PM**

It's always winter in north Gatineau according to Google!!

Acajack · #**314** Posted **Mar 21, 2024, 10:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tesladom

It's always winter in north Gatineau according to Google!!

I have noticed that the Google Earth satellite view from above for my area is now a snowy winter view, if that is what you mean.

Acajack · #**315** Posted **Mar 21, 2024, 10:06 AM**

Freaky how some places are covered in snow and right across the street there are leaves in trees, green grass and blue swimming pools!

Uhuniau · #**316** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 4:13 PM**

Oh wow. This is a fantastic resource:

https://edumaps.esri.ca/census/

Welcome to the Canadian Neighbourhood Change Explorer!
The portal leverages newly created and liberated Census datasets to provide new insights into how urban neighbourhoods across Canada have changed over the past 70 years.

...

The UNI-CEN database contains a wide range of data from the 15 Censuses taken every five years between 1951 and 2021 period. This portal presents a curated selection of these data at the census tract level. Census tracts are neighbourhood-sized areas containing an average of approximately 4,000 people. Statistics Canada started releasing Census data at the census tract level in 1951 and has continued to do so every five years, adding more cities and tracts as Canadian cities have become larger and the Canadian population has become more urban.

J.OT13 · #**317** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 4:41 PM**

Thanks Uhuniau! This seems like a great tool. Worth having the Census Mapper here as well:

https://censusmapper.ca/maps/3054#12/45.4126/-75.7222

I'd love to see the CBD separated from the Escarpment District. I imagine the Escarpment has to be the densest neighbourhood in Ottawa, if not now, certainly once Relevé and Renaissance are completed.

I sticked the thread to the top of the General Discussions since these links could be useful tools in many debates.

vtecyo · #**318** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Thanks Uhuniau! This seems like a great tool. Worth having the Census Mapper here as well:

https://censusmapper.ca/maps/3054#12/45.4126/-75.7222

I'd love to see the CBD separated from the Escarpment District. I imagine the Escarpment has to be the densest neighbourhood in Ottawa, if not now, certainly once Relevé and Renaissance are completed.

I sticked the thread to the top of the General Discussions since these links could be useful tools in many debates.

Interesting - there are lots of areas where the population density is officially fairly low - but they include land that's excluded from having any housing - which really skews the numbers down.

For example - the Experimental Farm and Dows Lake are split between the surrounding neighborhoods. The neighbourhood just south of Baseline and east of Fisher is included in that - and is listed as 930 people sq/km. However it contains some large apartment towers and it's a relatively dense suburb. Just by looking at it I would guess the land zoned for residential is already above 5000 people sq/km.

J.OT13 · #**319** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by vtecyo

Interesting - there are lots of areas where the population density is officially fairly low - but they include land that's excluded from having any housing - which really skews the numbers down.

For example - the Experimental Farm and Dows Lake are split between the surrounding neighborhoods. The neighbourhood just south of Baseline and east of Fisher is included in that - and is listed as 930 people sq/km. However it contains some large apartment towers and it's a relatively dense suburb. Just by looking at it I would guess the land zoned for residential is already above 5000 people sq/km.

There's a lot that should probably be further broken down, honestly.

Uhuniau · #**320** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 5:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

There's a lot that should probably be further broken down, honestly.

I'll take this level of geographic granularity, especially given the chronological coverage of the data set.

The population density change of central National Capital Region between 1956 and now is a fun one.