Online Mapping/Census Tools - Page 18

Hybrid247 · #**341** Posted **May 15, 2025, 4:31 PM**

It looks like Google Maps is now showing satellite imagery from Summer 2024. This must've been updated very recently because much of the Stage 2 LRT progress appeared to be from 2022 just the other day.

rocketphish · #**342** Posted **Jul 15, 2025, 5:46 AM**

Seen this car around Ottawa? It's not Google Street View. It's the GATSmobile

CBC News
July 14, 2025

The City of Ottawa has a new tool to measure and map out the city's roadways, intended to make city planning and design easier. CBC's Robyn Miller rides along with the city's Geospatial Analytics, Technology and Solutions (GATS) branch.

VIDEO: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6828946

Richard Eade · #**343** Posted **Aug 2, 2025, 8:20 PM**

I was looking to see what land the city needed to acquire for the Baseline-Greenbank intersection rebuild. In geoOttawa, I selected the layer Property Parcels and, under that, selected City Owned Lands. This highlighted all of the city-owned lands in blue (the default colour). It does not colour in road allowances, so any areas beside the road that were previously acquired as an expansion of the road allowance don’t get highlighted.

I was a bit surprised to see the homes along the south of Baseline that have been acquired by the city, presumably for this project. I suspect that the land was bought so that slivers can be taken off; then the remaining land will be resold.

City owned land around the Baseline-Greenbank intersection:

The land acquired from Pinecrest Cemetery had to taped to the east because it could not go any further due to occupied burial plots. It will be interesting to see what happens when – IF – the western half of the Baseline BRT is built.

I also scanned around to other areas. Check out what the city owns downtown:

It looks as if the city owns most of the land fronting on Albert through LeBreton Flats. Also, Wellington, in front of Parliament Hill is being shown as city owned land – and NOT as a road allowance (which are not coloured).

Surprisingly, it is also showing the land that the NAC is built on as being owned by the city.

lrt's friend · #**344** Posted **Aug 3, 2025, 4:26 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Eade

I was looking to see what land the city needed to acquire for the Baseline-Greenbank intersection rebuild. In geoOttawa, I selected the layer Property Parcels and, under that, selected City Owned Lands. This highlighted all of the city-owned lands in blue (the default colour). It does not colour in road allowances, so any areas beside the road that were previously acquired as an expansion of the road allowance don’t get highlighted.

I was a bit surprised to see the homes along the south of Baseline that have been acquired by the city, presumably for this project. I suspect that the land was bought so that slivers can be taken off; then the remaining land will be resold.

City owned land around the Baseline-Greenbank intersection:

The land acquired from Pinecrest Cemetery had to taped to the east because it could not go any further due to occupied burial plots. It will be interesting to see what happens when – IF – the western half of the Baseline BRT is built.

I also scanned around to other areas. Check out what the city owns downtown:

It looks as if the city owns most of the land fronting on Albert through LeBreton Flats. Also, Wellington, in front of Parliament Hill is being shown as city owned land – and NOT as a road allowance (which are not coloured).

Surprisingly, it is also showing the land that the NAC is built on as being owned by the city.

The NAC land was the site of Ottawa City Hall that burned down in 1931

J.OT13 · #**345** Posted **Aug 3, 2025, 12:26 PM**

Some very confusing stuff here. The NAC stands on the former site of City Hall and the Police Station, but surely there was some private ownership around there as well. And are we to believe the Feds built the NAC on City land? Is the NAC leasing the land from the City to this day?

Map also shows the City owning the old Zellers and attached office building. Obviously they had some sort of agreement with the developer to build the subway entrance, but I doubt they expropriated the entire land under them. Same with PdV II (minus the Marriott) or Claridge Moon/Skye. Also shows the City owning the Alterna site where Relevé and Marriott Renaissance ar/going up. I think the City considered buying part of that site for a subway entrance, but I don't think they went through with it. And Minto Place?

Tech Park, the City only owns the community gardens?

And then LeBreton, the Sens parcel is shown to be the City's. If that was the case, I'm sure Sutcliffe would have been far more disruptive to the arena talks.

I have some severe doubt that this is fully accurate.

Uhuniau · #**346** Posted **Aug 5, 2025, 4:08 PM**

Am I imagining things, or didn't there use to be a federal/NCC-owned lands layer?

Uhuniau · #**347** Posted **Aug 5, 2025, 4:10 PM**

How does the city not own the land that the Lemieux Island water plant is on?

rocketphish · #**348** Posted **Dec 5, 2025, 1:47 AM**

Well this is pretty cool!

https://app.shadowmap.org/?lat=45.39800&...ue&polar=0.52360&time=1764898540610&vq=2

Sit back, press the Play button, and watch the show

Norman Bates · #**349** Posted **Dec 8, 2025, 2:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocketphish

Well this is pretty cool!

https://app.shadowmap.org/?lat=45.39800&...ue&polar=0.52360&time=1764898540610&vq=2

Sit back, press the Play button, and watch the show

Unbelievably cool!

Uhuniau · #**350** Posted **Dec 10, 2025, 3:15 PM**

Don't tell the nimbies for god's sake

urbanforest · #**351** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 7:46 PM**

Thanks to J.OT13 for pointing me to this thread; a few tools that I came across that may be of interest:

Smappen: You can use this to plot the population that lives within X travel time of a location (this is a paid tool but I was able to use the free demo multiple times by using it in a new private browsing window)

TravelTime is another one I found but it doesn't show population in the catchment area.

urbanforest · #**352** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 7:51 PM**

Apple Maps has rolled out new 3D imagery for Ottawa. It appears to be from this past fall, maybe September 2025. Previous imagery was late summer 2023.

J.OT13 · #**353** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 8:01 PM**

That is much nicer than Google 3D. Do you need to be an Apple user/have an account to use access to Apple Maps?

J.OT13 · #**354** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 8:02 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by urbanforest

Thanks to J.OT13 for pointing me to this thread; a few tools that I came across that may be of interest:

Smappen: You can use this to plot the population that lives within X travel time of a location (this is a paid tool but I was able to use the free demo multiple times by using it in a new private browsing window)

TravelTime is another one I found but it doesn't show population in the catchment area.

Thanks!

rocketphish · #**355** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 8:20 PM**

Note: I've merged the Census Data and Online Mapping Tool threads into a single thread.

Cool tools, BTW!

urbanforest · #**356** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 8:47 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.OT13

That is much nicer than Google 3D. Do you need to be an Apple user/have an account to use access to Apple Maps?

Unfortunately it seems you need an apple device to access the 3D imagery. Only a basic satellite image with streetview (and neat sidewalk/MUP-view) is available on the web/across platforms.