Adam Bentley’s map of an imagined future rapid transit network for Ottawa and Gatineau has apparently generated a lot of online buzz; on Spacing Ottawa, he discusses the map’s inception and reception….
Google’s Street View has launched in 11 Canadian cities: Calgary, Kitchener and Waterloo, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Québec, Toronto, Vancouver, and Squamish and Whistler (these last two almost certainly for the upcoming Olympics). Equally large cities like Edmonton, London (Ontario),…
An earthquake hazard map of Ottawa developed by scientists at the Geological Survey of Canada and Carleton University shows which parts of the city are more at risk from seismic shaking. “Those areas with thick pockets of Leda clay…
The City of Ottawa has announced a map (PDF) of its upcoming road, bridge and sewer construction projects (around here, we call construction “infrastructure” for whatever reason). The map’s a bit unwieldy: several years’ worth of construction, indicated by year…
