Let's use data to make Ottawa better
Is there a City of Ottawa dataset you would like to access?
Do you have a suggestion for improving the Open Ottawa website from a usability or accessibility perspective?
Have you built something or done analysis with City data that you would like to share?
If so, we want to hear from you!
Open Ottawa engages people like you, members of our community to build data solutions -- together -- to make Ottawa better. The City looks forward to hearing from you in the Ideas Section below. Take our quick poll on your favourite data formats and check out the stories in the News Feed. The Engagement Calendar will soon be updated to show opportunities to connect with the Open Data Team at public events.
All feedback on this site is publicly posted as our goal is to deliver open and transparent stakeholder engagement. Content is moderated by the platform, Bang The Table. Requests for data will be discussed with the appropriate City department. Departments are required to review and respond to data requests every three months.
Is there a City of Ottawa dataset you would like to access?
Do you have a suggestion for improving the Open Ottawa website from a usability or accessibility perspective?
Have you built something or done analysis with City data that you would like to share?
If so, we want to hear from you!
Open Ottawa engages people like you, members of our community to build data solutions -- together -- to make Ottawa better. The City looks forward to hearing from you in the Ideas Section below. Take our quick poll on your favourite data formats and check out the stories in the News Feed. The Engagement Calendar will soon be updated to show opportunities to connect with the Open Data Team at public events.
All feedback on this site is publicly posted as our goal is to deliver open and transparent stakeholder engagement. Content is moderated by the platform, Bang The Table. Requests for data will be discussed with the appropriate City department. Departments are required to review and respond to data requests every three months.
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How have you used City of Ottawa's data to make something amazing?
about 5 years agoThese ideas could be something that you are currently working on, or have completed. Share a link to any product you have created using City of Ottawa data.
Examples: map, mobile app, visualization, story, class project, etc.
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support.
Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of the tools in the platform, please share any and all feedback here <https://engage.ottawa.ca/why-engage>.
Roland789about 1 year agoLink data to Term of Council Priorities. Include the Benchmarks,Metrics and Data that enable trend analysis.Track progress to key goals.
1 comment0Yany Siek2 months agoThe Suspected Drug Overdose Deaths in Ottawa Tracking Tool/Dashboard
This dynamic, self-serve dashboard provides users with the ability to explore and analyze trends in suspected drug overdose deaths occurring in Ottawa. This is particularly important in light of the ongoing challenges our city (and many other Canadian cities) face. Link: https://lnkd.in/g6DbPgg2 It is live connected to the Suspected Drug Overdose Deaths in Ottawa dataset, refreshing automatically with the latest data every Tuesday. Built in Power BI, the tool is simple and easy to use with various analytical features that provide individuals of all data literacy levels with the ability to understand trends. I hope that the community, particularly organizations helping to fight the opioid crisis, find this analytical tool helpful. Feel free to contact me via linked in at Yany Siek or yanysasiek@gmail.com if you would like to share your thoughts.
0 comment0wookiiieeeabout 2 years agoOttawa Traffic Camera interface
I have created a site that allows you to display multiple traffic cameras at once based on a street name filter. https://ottawawebcams.000webhostapp.com/
0 comment0Anas Zamanover 4 years agoHow to make a smart city a creative city?
Here is a link to a small infographic project I made that would suggest how to make Ottawa a much more creative city! https://www.canva.com/design/DADqMxTrYgA/oYnTqw6cl9eriuWu7wA_bw/edit?category=tACFahzNhT4&utm_source=onboarding
1 comment0Justin Kellyabout 5 years agoPotSnap: Messenger based high speed pothole reporting
http://potsnap.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/PotSnap https://m.me/PotSnap https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-pothole-reporting-fill-app-1.5073348 PotSnap is an Facebook Messenger based, automated pothole reporting tool. Potsnap is very simple to use. It only asks a few simple questions and then reports your pothole anonymously to the City of Ottawa. PotSnap is faster then any other means and hopes to be the tool of choice for Canada’s Pothole hunters. PotSnap is also a proof of concept of a first party tool, for the Universal Reporting System. It demonstrates the use of an independent API to service Endpoints with service requests, using the Open 311 framework provided by the City of Ottawa. The URT expands on the base provided by the City and provides richer feature set that focuses on reducing and eliminating common pain points for governance. Created by Citizen Softworks from Bayshore with ❤
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about 5 years agoDid you find what you are looking for? Do you like the layout and applications within the site? Have you experienced any trouble accessing a data set, page, or application? What suggestions do you have to improve the site?
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support.
Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of the tools in the platform, please share any and all feedback here <https://engage.ottawa.ca/why-engage>.
Roland789about 1 year agoUse portal to track progress to key O.P. and Master Plan goals
2 comments1MBeaubienalmost 5 years agoParking near Fire Hydrants
It is very difficult to know even if you know how far to park from hydrants so people tend to park farther than they need to. Summer student marking where you put mousquito stuff in storm sewers could mark the hydrants as follows.. 1) paint an x on the pavement that shows clearly where one can't park. 2) have a box around it painted so drivers can see immediately this is not an available parking spot. .. not sure how datasets applies to this but this seems a nice initiative to add ideas!
2 comments0Robert.Giggeyalmost 3 years agoOpen311 Documentation
Hello, I think the link to the documentation is broken: https://open.ottawa.ca/documents/open311-api
0 comment0danutfmover 4 years agoThe Former Landfills dataset is missing
The former landfill dataset from the old open data portal is no longer available (it seems it got lost in the move to the new portal). Can you please re-add? (it used to be here: http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/former-landfills)
2 comments0Matthew Darwinover 4 years agoUse OpenStreetMap base layer
The OpenStreetMap community in Ottawa is very active and works to quickly include updates from open.ottawa.ca into the base map in a timely fashion. The old CKAN based portal uses OSM base map. The new open.ottawa.ca should also use OSM base map. In the ESRI platform, the city can customize which OSM elements appear on the map using vector tiles. https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/new-osm-vector-basemap/
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What new data sets would you like to see?
about 5 years agoSuggest a new dataset for the City to publish and share with us how you plan to use that data.
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support and desire for these datasets.
Ideas are reviewed on a quarterly basis by City departments. Approved ideas are adding to the department’s annual open data release plan. If a dataset cannot be released, the rationale will be posted on Engage Ottawa.
Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of the tools in the platform, please share any and all feedback here <https://engage.ottawa.ca/why-engage>.
rhkloostover 4 years agoProvide OC transpo ridership data by gender
The city should be regularly collecting and reporting on OC transpo ridership numbers disaggregated by sex. The city should provide all of its datasets disaggregated by sex. Men and women use public transit differently and policy should be informed by accurate data on the end-users.
1 comment1DanB65almost 4 years agoMandatory Yearly Bicycle License and Registration Fees
Just like anyone that has the privilege to own a vehicle it must be licensed, registered and insured which helps the economy for maintaining, repairing and creating roadways. Many cyclists ride without proper safety precautions, lights at night, no reflectors, darting in and out of traffic, not using proper HTA rules at stop signs, red lights, etc. Some cyclists will ride in the middle of the traffic lanes impeding vehicles stuck behind them. I understand that cycling is great exercise, causes no pollution and is a great way to get around but it's been my experience as a professional driver that I see more cyclists abusing their right of way even though the City has spent and is spending a lot of money which as a tax payer we all have to pay for. In order to lessen the tax increases for those of us that do not use or rarely use cycling to get around then why not input a yearly license and registration fee specifically for cyclists so they can enjoy and adhere to all the same HTA rules motorists are required to do. The fees collected would be used to help produce, maintain and repair bicycle lanes for all cyclists and possibly help ensure they follow and practice the same motor vehicle rules which I believe could help everyone on the roads.
2 comments1I♥booksEtcalmost 2 years agoSome datasets accumulate several months/years. This makes trendspotting hard. Please separate by year or month or day or have a date field.
0 comment0Alex Marshall66almost 2 years agoI'm looking for traffic counts (car, truck, bike, pedestrian) on downtown streets.
I'm trying to gauge if the city is making any progress on sustainable transportation. There is some bike counter information; but only titbits of auto counts, and then only presented at intersections, not broken down by specific streets.
1 comment0Harrisonalmost 5 years agoZoning Informaition
Would be useful if the http://maps.ottawa.ca/geoottawa was made public in a kml file
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How would you make Open Ottawa more inclusive?
about 5 years agoThe City of Ottawa is committed to creating an accessible organization. Creating accessible service and program delivery channels is one way we are removing barriers for people with disabilities. Tell us how we are doing. Share your ideas on how we can make Open Ottawa more inclusive.
Like or comment on existing ideas to show your support.Please note that the Ideas Tool is moderated by the platform operator (Bang The Table) and the aim of this tool is to encourage citizen comments and provide ideas related to the specific project. If you have questions on how to use Engage Ottawa or comments about any of the tools in the platform, please share any and all feedback here <https://engage.ottawa.ca/why-engage>.
Who's listening
Engagement Calendar
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October 06 2020
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September 23 2020
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August 31 → September 04 2020
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September 21 2020
2019 Open Ottawa
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Open Ottawa Beta Launch
Let's use data to make Ottawa better has finished this stageApril 02, 2019 - The City of Ottawa launches Open Ottawa beta website
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Beta Test Period
Let's use data to make Ottawa better has finished this stageApril 2019 - August 2019 Understand the needs & priorities of the community (user experience, data needs & data uses)
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Open Ottawa Production Launch Decision
Let's use data to make Ottawa better has finished this stageSeptember 2019 - Based on feedback from the community and internal testing, determine if the beta Open Ottawa website can be moved to production and the existing data.ottawa.ca website can be retired.
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Open Data Plan Development
Let's use data to make Ottawa better has finished this stageFall 2019 - Based on the community feedback received during the beta test period in terms of needs and priority, develop a plan with the community to continue to evolve the Open Data Program over this term of Council.
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Open Data Plan Review by IT Sub Committee
Let's use data to make Ottawa better is currently at this stageSeptember 2020 - Present the Open Data Plan at IT Sub Committee.