Let's use data to make Ottawa better
We want to hear from you.
As part of the City of Ottawa's Smart City 2.0 Strategy, Open Ottawa engages people like you, members of our community to build data solutions -- together -- to make Ottawa better. The City is using digital channels to:
- Listen to you,
- Understand your data needs,
- Learn how you are using data to solve civic issues, and
- Get your insights on the usability and inclusiveness of our website.
The City looks forward to hearing from you in the Ideas Section below. Take our quick poll on your favourite data types and check out the stories in the News Feed. All of the feedback on this site is publicly posted as our goal is to deliver open and transparent stakeholder engagement.
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Suggest 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>.
View All Ideasabout 3 years ago
Reliability data of OCtranspo bus routes
Can be used to provide better information when selecting bus trips based on multiple possible routes: riders will be able to choose between the fastest, or the most reliable. Riders will often choose the most reliable if they have that information, instead of taking the risk to be late.
almost 3 years ago
Location of public emergency telephones
OC Transpo has emergency telephones on their property (park and rides, transit stations, etc). Provide the location of each of these on a map.
about 3 years ago
Park equipment
Park structure by type, age of user and expected end of life date. Community associations often wonder how long until their park equipment will be updated. But any systemic information on the park facilities particularly for minor parks and parkettes would be useful. Is there hydro? Is there water? Washrooms? Toddler play area? Wheelchair accessible playground? Tween age equipment? Sliding hill? Sandbox?
10 months ago
Education on how the city allocates resources
Not that I'm a gamer however there is a game I believe is called Mind craft that has something to do with allocating resources to build cities or towns. I suggest that you plug in real city data and make a game of it for students and people of all ages. The goal is to give people a perspective of everything (most things) the city has to look at when allocating resources. Simplified games for younger people, more detailed for older people. Hopefully it will lead to better engagement with more realistic expectations and most of all innovative ideas on how to save and spend.
over 2 years ago
Add RSS feed for engage ottawa
For any topic in engage ottawa I should be able to get an RSS feed for any new topics posted. Also there should be an RSS feed to know about all the new topics that area available for engagement.
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Did 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>.
View All Ideasalmost 3 years ago
Improve the URLs
The URL for construction projects is https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/b2395e56baf148ee88eef9e20c43e12c_1/data. All those jumble of alpha-numeric characters are not intuitive. https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/construction/data or similar would be much better
about 3 years ago
Parking 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!
about 3 years ago
Expand the breadth and powers of Open Ottawa
Expand the focus from providing datasets to fostering innovation. Putting emphasis on: - Social services development and improvement though digtalization - Increasing accountability and trust though tech - Foster tourism and growth to the internal and external public image of ottawa - Promote civic minded development, focusing on quality of life and reducing the barriers to a healthy, happy and active civic life
almost 3 years ago
Use 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/
7 months ago
More data should be downloadable
Datasets used to create graphs and infographics should be available for download
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These 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>.
View All Ideas4 months ago
Ottawa 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/
over 2 years ago
https://infograph.venngage.com/ps/JprJTOw1GyQ/wallacethea_coms2200_infographick
An infographic on a case study demonstrating how large-scale construction makes the roads safer
over 2 years ago
Interactive Visualization of Bicycle Counters in Ottawa
Data from bicycle counters across Ottawa. There are 14 bicycle counters in Ottawa that track bicycle crossings on streets and bike paths. This visual app displays how daily counts change over time. Link: https://whipson.shinyapps.io/Ottawa_Bike_Counters/
about 3 years ago
PotSnap: 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 ❤
over 2 years ago
How 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
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The 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>.
