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Tag Archives: toronto
Toronto Data really open
Looks like the data sets at toronto.ca/open might finally actually be open; that is, usable in a way that doesn’t bind subsequent users to impossible terms. The new licence (which unfortunately is behind a squirrelly link) basically just requires you … Continue reading
#mapfail
… or “トロント動物園“, as we locals purportedly call it. The This place has unverified edits legend is a bit of a giveaway. Looks like there’s been some messing about with Google Map Maker, which isn’t always the best tool for the … Continue reading
Bixi comes to Toronto!
BIXI Toronto is (nearly) here! Here are the proposed station locations: Bixi_Toronto_shp.zip (Shapefile) or Bixi_Toronto-kml_csv.zip (KML and CSV).
More radio amateur grid squares
After yesterday’s post, I went a bit nuts with working out the whole amateur radio grid locator thing (not that I’m currently likely to use it, though). I’d hoped to provide a shapefile of the entire world, but that would … Continue reading
making of the Canada Day post
Making the My Neighbourhood, Canada Day 2010 post took a bit of planning. Hardware I attached an Ultrapod to the stem of my bike, and added another velcro wrap for security. The GPSMAP 60CSx fitted quite nicely under the bungees … Continue reading
fallout from last night’s OSM 6th birthday Mappy Hour in Toronto
It was fun – there were geo-aware cupcakes! It is very easy to lose days in the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Richard’s OpenStreetMap for the Beginner tutorials are actually really really good. In a moment of geek worlds colliding, … Continue reading
toronto data updated
Hey, they’ve updated most of the data sets on toronto.ca | Open!
My Neighbourhood, Canada Day 2010
I went for a bike ride on Canada Day. Click on a bicycle icon to see what I saw.
The highest point in Toronto
The highest point in Toronto has an elevation of 211m, and appears to be in the middle of one of York University‘s playing fields, just southwest of Keele & Steeles W: The red blob is the 211m contour, and the … Continue reading
Toronto’s Human Centre, part 2: by neighbourhood
Beware throwaway comments; that way overanalysis lies. This was a challenge. Taking the 2006 neighbourhoods population into account, the human centre of Toronto is at 43.717955°N, 79.389828°W … … pretty close to the one I’ve already worked out by ward. … Continue reading