Online Mapping/Census Tools

[rocketphish]

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]

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]

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

[Acajack]

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]

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

[J.OT13]

I've discovered GeoGatineau! Not quite as exciting as GeoOttawa though.

https://gatineau.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=124770dfcc314a54a6025ca7a80dfd67

[Uhuniau]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

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.

That makes sense. Would be sharp if we could shrink and expand borders ourselves.

[zzptichka]

Cool tool.
Damn, looks like they found gold in Wellington Village. Household income tripled in 5 years.
Or maybe someone REALLY wealthy moved in (they use average instead of median for some reason)

[urbanforest]

Apple Maps was updated last week with 3D satellite view. Imagery is quite impressive and nice to be able to access it directly on my phone unlike Google Maps

[Ottawacurious]

Originally Posted by urbanforest

Apple Maps was updated last week with 3D satellite view. Imagery is quite impressive and nice to be able to access it directly on my phone unlike Google Maps

I saw the apple maps car this time around the glebe. I thought it was maybe July? Maybe new imagery yet to come!

[J.OT13]

Population Around a Point:

https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulations

Example of application:

• Video Link

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Population Around a Point:

https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulations

Example of application:

• Video Link

I love the juxtaposition of the number of people who live in the circle in the Ottawa example, vs. the number of those people who can access the train station conveniently.

Someone needs to come up with a good open-source walking-distance-real-world mapping utility, because circles calculated using pi don't quite cut it for me.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

I love the juxtaposition of the number of people who live in the circle in the Ottawa example, vs. the number of those people who can access the train station conveniently.

Someone needs to come up with a good open-source walking-distance-real-world mapping utility, because circles calculated using pi don't quite cut it for me.

Imperfect for sure, but it shows the density of Ottawa (and other Canadian cities) compared to their U.S. counterparts.

[GeoNerd]

New streetview imagery from October 2024 on Preston, parts of Carling, Albert/Scott, Wellington/Somerset, is up.

[J.OT13]

Google Maps 3D Ottawa imagery from Summer 2024.