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 ideasContinue reading
View All Ideas6 months ago
This "idea" function barely works
I want to add more info and an image, but it always fails to upload. And, since there's no other obvious forum to provide feedback... here's mine. I've tired .jpeg, .png, and the image is under 200 kb. It looksl ike it works, but then fails to upload. Once I've tried uploading the image, this form won't accept any more updates, even if I remove the image. Using Firefox browser. Hopefully you can get these sort of kinks worked out (and add a way to provide feedback about the site). I like the direction this is going!
6 months ago
Add "Locate Ottawa" to Apps listed on Open Data site
Add link/info for this app: http://www.locateottawa.ca/ Found here on Ottawa.ca: https://ottawa.ca/en/business/business-assistance-and-growth/tools-and-resources
17 days ago
Provide GIS layer with Street lights (lamp posts) locations
Preferably with additional information such as lamp post height, power, age, type of lighting used, light temperature etc
5 months ago
Add more information to Tabular Transportation Collision Data (http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/collisiondata2017)
Adding more detail collision information: Driver (Sex, Age, Condition), Sequence of Events and Offsets, Vehicle (Type, Maneuver, Condition, Damage), Initial Direction of Travel, Traffic Control Condition and Road (Pavement Marking, Alignment), this will allow to use the dataset to create more interesting analysis that could help to create a safer City of Ottawa. An interesting question to answer could be: "There is a type of manuever that is more prone to collisions in a specific road location?". Also, providing historical datasets (older than 2014) will help on the same target.
6 months ago
Add Development Application Search tool Apps
Add link/info to: https://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/home.jsf?lang=en City's plans to replace this tool could be noted as part of info provided.
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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 theContinue readingView All Ideasabout 2 months 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
5 months 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
about 1 month ago
Create more fenced-in dog parks
We would love to see more fenced-in dog parks in the city, particularly ones that are integrated in with parks (with walkways and trees/vegetation, rather than just a large, cleared out open area with mulch and/or dirt). One great opportunity in our neighbourhood is the park that is currently undergoing some renewal in the Kingsview Park area (just south of Vanier Parkway, near the Saint Patrick St bridge). Our dog cannot be let off-leash unless it is in a fenced-in area so more of these kinds of areas would be really great for other dog-owners like us!
4 months 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!
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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 theContinue reading
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Start by submitting an idea
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 Continue reading
