[waterloowarrior]

Streetview in Ottawa is now online! (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa,+on&sll=43.640051,-79.881592&sspn=0.926255,1.766052&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.418838,-75.698346&panoid=VwvwLJQdo1FBZKfXWHPLIw&cbp=12,226.46,,0,-24.36&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.418725,-75.698635&spn=0.000877,0.002747&z=19)

[Proof Sheet]

Streetview in Ottawa is now online! (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa,+on&sll=43.640051,-79.881592&sspn=0.926255,1.766052&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.418838,-75.698346&panoid=VwvwLJQdo1FBZKfXWHPLIw&cbp=12,226.46,,0,-24.36&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.418725,-75.698635&spn=0.000877,0.002747&z=19)

Wow,.I just checked my house and my car is parked on the road (hopefully not getting a ticket) and they blurred out my license plate. When you finally see your own neighbourhood it looks very unusual.

The pictures on my street look like last April (I have a new side door on my garage that was put in last December) and one of my neighbours is raking her lawn from all the winter debris.

[waterloowarrior]

My home wasn't picked up by their coverage, but I found my car (I remember seeing the google vehicle go by)

[Kitchissippi]

Dang, they did it before I painted the front porch!

[Acajack]

I think I might actually be in the picture. My garage door is open and there is a fuzzy human form coming out of it.

Looks like my area was done sometime in May or early June.

[Proof Sheet]

I think I might actually be in the picture. My garage door is open and there is a fuzzy human form coming out of it.

Looks like my area was done sometime in May or early June.

Mine was April I'm sure but other areas I've looked at are in May or June. My old place in Toronto was definately May as the trees are in blossom.

[harls]

Yep, my street was done late May/early June, the lilacs are still in bloom and I have a large mound of dirt in my driveway that I know I didn't move until at least mid-June.

[Cre47]

My (new) area was certainly done before May 30, the previous owners were still there.

[Rathgrith]

Well, I can see myself on Google Street View. I remember a day that I came home after work in March and as I went on the Ottawa Citizen website, a user submitted a picture of the Google car passing by near where I work.

Although I can see myself, I do not remember the car passing by. I was pretty far away from the road though.

[Proof Sheet]

My (new) area was certainly done before May 30, the previous owners were still there.

Confederation Park, across from City Hall, was photographed as the Jazz Festival was going on, based on the signage.

[lrt's friend]

My house was done at the start of May, likely on a weekend. My magnolia tree was flowering, the car was in the driveway and the garage was open.

[Dado]

Behold... my "favourite" piece of so-called infill. A semi-McMansion that pretty much fills the entire building envelope (and some people on here object to FARs! Ya, well, until someone comes up with a better idea this is what you can get without them):

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.395408,-75.759391&spn=0.001413,0.002411&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=45.395313,-75.759333&panoid=EDKDYdIevJ84K9IGwphABg&cbp=13,106.92,,0,5.3

This pair of 3000+ sq.ft. semis replaced a tiny cottage that also happened to have an enormous tree out front. Though it was on a large lot, I'd wager that its overall ecological footprint was substantially less than either of these. There's space for a total of 10 cars to be parked between them. My guess is that it has at least 75% impermeable surfaces too; the neighbour laid down a gravel driveway to lower his run-off volume only to have this thing built soon after - and now he gets their run-off in his driveway.

The sad thing is that the design is fairly good and if it was several units rather than just two it might even be defensible.

And it's not like there aren't examples of good semi-detached infill in the area, either. Here are two such examples, side-by-side:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.392355,-75.75932&panoid=b0UToJpbb2cvrWMfo_fq5A&cbp=13,94.62,,0,4.4&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.392528,-75.758688&spn=0.002825,0.004823&z=18

Some older three-storey units, a semi and a three-unit townhouse; the style is a bit basic but it nonetheless works and they even kept the trees:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.399592,-75.75685&panoid=eThrYLGO21uRCxIw6y8KcQ&cbp=13,6.2,,0,4.6&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.399544,-75.75702&spn=0.001413,0.002411&z=19

And this is what I think is one of the neatest infills I've seen anywhere nearby; it did have the advantage of having a bit of space to work with rather than just a standard lot:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.399839,-75.75247&panoid=zfEpUbzfS0yn_By79TK9Pg&cbp=13,352.95,,0,5&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.399862,-75.752312&spn=0.001412,0.002411&z=19

A couple more from Westboro:

The Exchange and Westboro Station (but not the Transitway one), framing the entrance to Westboro:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.389443,-75.75901&panoid=TiviLrYK-UzM3LxMId7EaQ&cbp=13,51.22,,0,-7.51&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.389279,-75.759289&spn=0.001413,0.002411&z=19

Rochester Field and the possible route for LRT from Dominion into the Richmond/Byron corridor:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.387072,-75.762808&panoid=mvbKwM3oCqoA9ENfw1GGHA&cbp=13,9.04,,0,-7.51&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.387072,-75.762808&spn=0.001413,0.002411&z=19

[Proof Sheet]

Rochester Field and the possible route for LRT from Dominion into the Richmond/Byron corridor:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.387072,-75.762808&panoid=mvbKwM3oCqoA9ENfw1GGHA&cbp=13,9.04,,0,-7.51&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.387072,-75.762808&spn=0.001413,0.002411&z=19

Great links...I gather you are not crazy about some infills in Westboro.

Love that last link...the blurring technology blurred the wheels of the white car but not the driver.

I can see these photos being used at OMB hearings or at Council meetings by residents in opposition to projects.

[Kitchissippi]

I think it won't be long until Kirchoffer is lined with those kinds of houses, especially with this precedent. The reason it's happening there and not as much on Berkley is the value of the land and proximity to the beach. A developer buying a half million dollar plus bungalow in Westboro Beach is going to want to raze it and build as high end as the market can take.

There's this one on Roosevelt that has every square inch of front yard paved!
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=344+Roosevelt+Ave,+Ottawa,+ON,+Canada&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=35.320633,64.160156&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=344+Roosevelt+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=45.392075,-75.757883&panoid=CJTSjRk0fEuGXZeunqQH1g&cbp=12,60.15,,1,8.51

[Dado]

:previous:

Oh, that one. Sad too, since the styling isn't too bad. I think the porch-over-garage is a pretty good way of mitigating the effect of the garage doors.

Last I checked they *still* hadn't repaired the freaking sidewalk there, either.

About Kirchoffer, I was really surprised when the two cottages next to it were put up for sale at the same time by the same agent that they apparently weren't bought together by one developer. That would have been a really good opportunity to put in a 4-6 unit townhouse terrace and also mitigate the effect of that semi at the same time. Instead, I imagine it'll just end up being another pair of semis (or is that a pair of pair of semis?).

Great links...I gather you are not crazy about some infills in Westboro.

Love that last link...the blurring technology blurred the wheels of the white car but not the driver.

I can see these photos being used at OMB hearings or at Council meetings by residents in opposition to projects.

Yep, not too crazy about some infills. The problem is that putting in gigantic and ugly infills tends to reduce any community goodwill towards them. In the late 80s and throughout the 90s we got a number of semis coming in and few people objected to them because they were properly massed and added to the general eclectic feel of the area. But recently there has been a tendency towards gigantic semis that just look overwhelming from the street (and people's back yards too - I wouldn't want to live behind that thing either).

I imagine OMB hearings are about to get a lot more interesting. But on the other hand it also has the potential for developers of showing that three-storey infills could be preferable to deep two-storey infills. The fact that a garage is that much less prominent on a three-storey façade is a definite advantage, as is the fact that houses that aren't as deep don't have such prominent roofs. You don't appreciate those in a simple elevation drawing but it's so noticeable as you approach and can see part of the side of a house. So, at the end of the day, if it means developers have to start making better designs then it could well be an improvement in the end.

[waterloowarrior]

Maybe in 50 years some of those big homes will be converted to triplexes or rooming houses?

Street View is great for looking at infill and smaller scale projects.

La Maison Jeanne d'Arc (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=360+kenwood+Ottawa,+ON,+Canada&sll=45.38849,-75.753071&sspn=0.011438,0.019248&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=360+Kenwood+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.388445,-75.753179&spn=0.011438,0.019248&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.388484,-75.753068&panoid=O2rYq1u6_ZRZZmzeebadkg&cbp=12,190.29,,0,-2.63) by Uniform (designed by Barry Hobin, the big building is heritage (http://ottawa.ca/residents/planning/built_heritage/designation/current_en.html)). Not sure if "La Maison Jeanne d'Arc" is the the project name or if they sold it under something else.

76 Chamberlain Ave (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=76+Chamberlain+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.407926,-75.69241&sspn=0.011434,0.019248&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=76+Chamberlain+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.406902,-75.6949&spn=0.011434,0.019248&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.406953,-75.694809&panoid=kGtRViZk1pg4B_hayRdGvg&cbp=12,121.5,,0,1.59) and 57 Lewis... (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa,+on&sll=40.647304,-86.308594&sspn=50.049555,78.837891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.417371,-75.684021&spn=0.002858,0.004812&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.417579,-75.685619&panoid=RqkulO2Vx0Xg8cJgjAtfGw&cbp=12,343.81,,0,-10.05)2009 urban design award winners

47-49 Ontario Street (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=49+Ontario+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.427778,-75.666865&sspn=0.005715,0.009624&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FYsstQIdgG19-w&split=0&hq=&hnear=49+Ontario+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.427763,-75.667026&spn=0.01143,0.019248&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.427776,-75.666865&panoid=LtDIFOHeImzzXh1CEABpeQ&cbp=12,32.45,,0,1.99) by Routeburn (http://www.routeburn.ca/past_projects/ontario.html).. I think that's River Court Lofts by Domicile under construction in the background

An interesting constrast on Kehoe Street (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=170+kehoe,+ottawa&sll=45.367667,-75.8003&sspn=0.005721,0.009624&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=170+Kehoe+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.367765,-75.8003&spn=0.005721,0.009624&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.367665,-75.800305&panoid=bLhw9dnedCpPvtqlw_ZINQ&cbp=12,277.16,,0,4.3).

This one (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=24+burland,+ottawa&sll=45.357638,-75.806056&sspn=0.002861,0.004812&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=24+Burland+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.357518,-75.805981&panoid=vPJr2DYucTiO0AHAdUaGDA&cbp=12,272.22,,0,3.49) on Burland (near the Colisium) is definitely different... I am curious what used to be on this site.

You could probably turn this driveway (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=448+ancaster,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.371214,-75.773113&sspn=0.00286,0.004812&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=448+Ancaster+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.371232,-75.773134&spn=0.011441,0.019248&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.371332,-75.773233&panoid=CYazpBpxQIXAZ8rdwDM1HQ&cbp=12,242.49,,0,8.01) on Ancaster into a parking lot.

Petrino Lofts (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=360+kenwood+Ottawa,+ON,+Canada&sll=45.38849,-75.753071&sspn=0.011438,0.019248&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=360+Kenwood+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.3717,-75.765667&spn=0.011441,0.019248&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.371769,-75.765717&panoid=PJ7-eQNB3criUeiHGQNHWA&cbp=12,38.8,,0,-1.22)by Tega Homes... nice rooftop terraces. Phase 2 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2000+carling+ave,+Ottawa,+ON,+Canada&sll=45.373102,-75.763006&sspn=0.011441,0.019248&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2000+Carling+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.373222,-75.763435&spn=0.00572,0.009624&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.373291,-75.763273&panoid=g8xb0wqdPekmEACxO_R_kA&cbp=12,201.1,,0,-4.33)is just down the street.

Modern, small-scale, interesting garage... (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=448+ancaster,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.371214,-75.773113&sspn=0.00286,0.004812&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=448+Ancaster+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.364449,-75.794334&spn=0.002861,0.004812&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.364806,-75.794313&panoid=_McDvJatT_HsYlqg1Fi2pw&cbp=12,160.83,,1,-0.32).... and another modern house (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.398229,-75.755585&panoid=enc5uKvulG9jRgKcBJ07RA&cbp=13,135.99,,0,-0.12&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.398275,-75.755429&spn=0.001429,0.002406&z=19) on Beechgrove, which I think incoporates a carport quite well (at least I think that's a carport)

Site (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.444728,-75.636023&sll=45.444724,-75.63602&sspn=0.005713,0.009624&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=599+Lang's+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.444626,-75.635953&panoid=4hJgB8VZma-nub9DEk30xQ&cbp=12,317.12,,0,0.89)of the proposed Montreal Road drug store that got everyone excited a little while ago at committee

[Dado]

Maybe in 50 years some of those big homes will be converted to triplexes or rooming houses?

Street View is great for looking at infill and smaller scale projects.

76 Chamberlain Ave (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=76+Chamberlain+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.407926,-75.69241&sspn=0.011434,0.019248&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=76+Chamberlain+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.406902,-75.6949&spn=0.011434,0.019248&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.406953,-75.694809&panoid=kGtRViZk1pg4B_hayRdGvg&cbp=12,121.5,,0,1.59) and 57 Lewis... (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa,+on&sll=40.647304,-86.308594&sspn=50.049555,78.837891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.417371,-75.684021&spn=0.002858,0.004812&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.417579,-75.685619&panoid=RqkulO2Vx0Xg8cJgjAtfGw&cbp=12,343.81,,0,-10.05)2009 urban design award winners


Blimey - I thought that one at 76 Chamberlain was an artist's rendering for a moment.


An interesting constrast on Kehoe Street (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=170+kehoe,+ottawa&sll=45.367667,-75.8003&sspn=0.005721,0.009624&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=170+Kehoe+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.367765,-75.8003&spn=0.005721,0.009624&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.367665,-75.800305&panoid=bLhw9dnedCpPvtqlw_ZINQ&cbp=12,277.16,,0,4.3).

There's another interesting contrast on Duchess at Lochaber; the rose-coloured house in the background was the subject of a fracas with the NCC a few years back - they had built too close to the parkway and were forced to tear down a substantial part of the house, with the lawyer ending up getting sued:

455 Duchess @ Lochaber (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=76+Chamberlain+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.407926,-75.69241&sspn=0.011434,0.019248&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.39332,-75.760233&panoid=bYqs6NNE8-vKWoSIzGCxNw&cbp=12,38.91,,0,6.8&hq=&hnear=76+Chamberlain+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.393432,-75.760238&spn=0.011301,0.01929&z=16)


Modern, small-scale, interesting garage... (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=448+ancaster,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.371214,-75.773113&sspn=0.00286,0.004812&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=448+Ancaster+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.364449,-75.794334&spn=0.002861,0.004812&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.364806,-75.794313&panoid=_McDvJatT_HsYlqg1Fi2pw&cbp=12,160.83,,1,-0.32).... and another modern house (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ottawa&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.398229,-75.755585&panoid=enc5uKvulG9jRgKcBJ07RA&cbp=13,135.99,,0,-0.12&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.398275,-75.755429&spn=0.001429,0.002406&z=19) on Beechgrove, which I think incoporates a carport quite well (at least I think that's a carport)

I think so too, but it's pretty close to being a garage.

[Kitchissippi]

The other new feature I find really neat is the addition of layered user photos. Most of the ones for Ottawa seem to be concentrated around Wellington Street/Parliament Hill. Maybe the avid photographers in this forum should get their pictures integrated into the system.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=45.423606,-75.697517&spn=0.008404,0.031328&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.423621,-75.697538&panoid=09hoZgxEhOIgV9TAkhRCAA&cbp=11,329.27,,0,-5.43

[harls]

^ I've got about 300 hits off a picture of Bank and Wellington since Google street view went live.

I thought you had to add them to a Panaramio (sp?) account though, but all of the referrals came from Street view.

[rakerman]

^ I've got about 300 hits off a picture of Bank and Wellington since Google street view went live.

I thought you had to add them to a Panaramio (sp?) account though, but all of the referrals came from Street view.

Where are you hosting the photo that Google is picking up?

[harls]

I'm hosting it on flickr.

The stats say the referrals came from maps.google.com.. but when I click the referral link it just brings me to the main page. Not sure exactly where people are finding the photo (I can't see it anywhere on that link Kitchissippi provided), but the hits are coming from there.

[Kitchissippi]

If you mouse over the top left hand side of the street view page on that link, a small inset photo appears labelled "user photos". If you navigate close to the location you took the picture, yours will probably pop up

[Rathgrith]

How dooes it located that? Is there a GPS trace in every picture or does Google read the tag to
all those images?

[jeremy_haak]

How dooes it located that? Is there a GPS trace in every picture or does Google read the tag to
all those images?

My guess is that it probably uses tags as a basis. Quite a few photos are also tagged with GPS coordinates, so it would likely be fairly simple to figure out that photos tagged with "war museum ottawa" are all located in the same location as long as at least one has a GPS coordinate.

Microsoft is actually working on technology which identifies landmarks in the photo and locates them from that information. I saw a demonstration of it awhile ago, and I believe that it is even capable of generating three dimensional models of the landmark from multiple photo sources.

[harls]

If you mouse over the top left hand side of the street view page on that link, a small inset photo appears labelled "user photos". If you navigate close to the location you took the picture, yours will probably pop up

Yep, I looked all around the area for my photo and didn't see it. Oh well..

this is pic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blix613/2380219615/) if anyone's interested.

[Cre47]

Guess this might be an occasionnal bug but notice in many shoots you can noticed what looks like a nasty crack on the pavement

Here's an example

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.484928,-75.60379&spn=0,359.928074&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=45.475923,-75.611489&panoid=xQWbUoBSXv9N1CibgTAk_g&cbp=12,114.05,,0,5

Another bug is this, two buses in one

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.464099,-75.715756&panoid=N3CJSMdOvhEG3xp1WVwUOQ&cbp=12,347.03,,3,-0.48&ll=45.464525,-75.715714&spn=0,359.964037&z=14

[c_speed3108]

Guess this might be an occasionnal bug but notice in many shoots you can noticed what looks like a nasty crack on the pavement

Here's an example

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.484928,-75.60379&spn=0,359.928074&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=45.475923,-75.611489&panoid=xQWbUoBSXv9N1CibgTAk_g&cbp=12,114.05,,0,5

Another bug is this, two buses in one

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=45.464099,-75.715756&panoid=N3CJSMdOvhEG3xp1WVwUOQ&cbp=12,347.03,,3,-0.48&ll=45.464525,-75.715714&spn=0,359.964037&z=14

Someone found an angle with two CN towers in Toronto.

[Proof Sheet]

My (new) area was certainly done before May 30, the previous owners were still there.

Check out this picture

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=455+Bevan+Avenue+Ottawa&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=455+Bevan+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&gl=ca&ei=RV9nS_zsIs2ztgeeo92iBg&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA&ll=45.392242,-75.746462&spn=0.010654,0.027874&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.392179,-75.746668&panoid=GvPgTrjW0LjMvEk84z5gBw&cbp=12,182.5,,0,10.06

and look at the property for sale...scroll on the arrow to the east (left) and it looks like in the next photo the moving truck has arrived (leaves on the trees in that photo but not when the property is for sale).

[waterloowarrior]

massive update of Canada including eastern ontario and Ottawa places like stittsville that weren't covered in the previous update

[adam-machiavelli]

Everywhere in Canada is now displayed.

[waterloowarrior]

ignore the titles/search strings in these links...

Rear laneway of some of the Mattamy townhomes (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.289411,-75.918531&spn=0.024697,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.289431,-75.91867&panoid=wgWYBvRutCgv4HKzEro3hg&cbp=12,243.14,,0,9.04)

Anyone know why all the trees were cut down here? (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.296954,-75.579742&spn=0.001389,0.009012&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.296956,-75.579744&panoid=lfQeTM4iBEfzFb56oVSp0Q&cbp=11,127.4,,0,1.89)

New RCVA building (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa&sll=44.90045,-76.250095&sspn=0.049732,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.24764,-75.711164&spn=0.022238,0.111494&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=45.247663,-75.71117&panoid=208MFKjdQhNdC0uX5UXkZA&cbp=11,97.32,,0,1.13)

"Recreation and Landfill Area" (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=45.020429,-74.750633&spn=0.011163,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.020438,-74.75063&panoid=-SqQrywTfKncHpsSSiYHmg&cbp=11,314.05,,2,4.13)... doesn't really sound that appealing.

Good cheese made here (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beau's,+Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+Prescott+and+Russell+United+Counties,+Ontario&sll=45.519218,-74.652958&sspn=0.098387,0.222988&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=beau's,&hnear=Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+ON&ll=45.253531,-75.11889&spn=0.005559,0.027874&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.253317,-75.121055&panoid=w9qno68lNZ1-6CahpPgK-Q&cbp=11,206.15,,0,-0.47)

Perth: Great town to visit on a summer day, one of the few Ontario places I've seen that has "Yield to Pedestrian" signs throughout its main street (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beau's,+Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+Prescott+and+Russell+United+Counties,+Ontario&sll=45.519218,-74.652958&sspn=0.098387,0.222988&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=beau's,&hnear=Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+ON&ll=44.90045,-76.250095&spn=0.022373,0.111494&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.90048,-76.25011&panoid=9rua4Xd3ru3HL5UjTBh6zA&cbp=11,149.9,,0,1.94)

Classic Highway 7 sight #1 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=44.729906,-76.959229&spn=0.089758,0.445976&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=44.729829,-76.959146&panoid=Z_wjwD-_V2l1gmA9vAgogg&cbp=11,145.74,,0,4.99)

Classic Highway 7 sight #2 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=44.757949,-76.79203&spn=0.089714,0.445976&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=44.757887,-76.792169&panoid=fszPvpvj7Hq2ORF0uTUX3w&cbp=11,36.18,,0,8.6)


I grew up in rural Eastern Ontario and I'm amazed how many towns are covered by this update.

[Proof Sheet]

ignore the titles/search strings in these links...

Rear laneway of some of the Mattamy townhomes (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.289411,-75.918531&spn=0.024697,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.289431,-75.91867&panoid=wgWYBvRutCgv4HKzEro3hg&cbp=12,243.14,,0,9.04)

Anyone know why all the trees were cut down here? (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.296954,-75.579742&spn=0.001389,0.009012&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.296956,-75.579744&panoid=lfQeTM4iBEfzFb56oVSp0Q&cbp=11,127.4,,0,1.89)

New RCVA building (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa&sll=44.90045,-76.250095&sspn=0.049732,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.24764,-75.711164&spn=0.022238,0.111494&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=45.247663,-75.71117&panoid=208MFKjdQhNdC0uX5UXkZA&cbp=11,97.32,,0,1.13)

"Recreation and Landfill Area" (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=45.020429,-74.750633&spn=0.011163,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.020438,-74.75063&panoid=-SqQrywTfKncHpsSSiYHmg&cbp=11,314.05,,2,4.13)... doesn't really sound that appealing.

Good cheese made here (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beau's,+Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+Prescott+and+Russell+United+Counties,+Ontario&sll=45.519218,-74.652958&sspn=0.098387,0.222988&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=beau's,&hnear=Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+ON&ll=45.253531,-75.11889&spn=0.005559,0.027874&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.253317,-75.121055&panoid=w9qno68lNZ1-6CahpPgK-Q&cbp=11,206.15,,0,-0.47)

Perth: Great town to visit on a summer day, one of the few Ontario places I've seen that has "Yield to Pedestrian" signs throughout its main street (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beau's,+Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+Prescott+and+Russell+United+Counties,+Ontario&sll=45.519218,-74.652958&sspn=0.098387,0.222988&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=beau's,&hnear=Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+ON&ll=44.90045,-76.250095&spn=0.022373,0.111494&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.90048,-76.25011&panoid=9rua4Xd3ru3HL5UjTBh6zA&cbp=11,149.9,,0,1.94)

Classic Highway 7 sight #1 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=44.729906,-76.959229&spn=0.089758,0.445976&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=44.729829,-76.959146&panoid=Z_wjwD-_V2l1gmA9vAgogg&cbp=11,145.74,,0,4.99)

Classic Highway 7 sight #2 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=44.757949,-76.79203&spn=0.089714,0.445976&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=44.757887,-76.792169&panoid=fszPvpvj7Hq2ORF0uTUX3w&cbp=11,36.18,,0,8.6)


I grew up in rural Eastern Ontario and I'm amazed how many towns are covered by this update.

I think you like Beau's beer.:banana: great updates...I'll be checking them out.

[harls]

Nice, I was waiting to see when they would finish the rest of Quebec city as well.. they only had the old part covered before.

[bradnixon]

ignore the titles/search strings in these links...

Anyone know why all the trees were cut down here? (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.296954,-75.579742&spn=0.001389,0.009012&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.296956,-75.579744&panoid=lfQeTM4iBEfzFb56oVSp0Q&cbp=11,127.4,,0,1.89)


Industrial development... http://www.thebrickyards.ca/TheBrickYards/index.html

They've yet to build anything... I think they just wanted to make the old brick factory visible from Bank St.

[Dado]

Lots of things have changed at Queen's University, like:

New buildings at Union and Division (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queen%27s+University,&sll=44.226627,-76.495893&sspn=0.005043,0.01929&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&radius=0.48&rq=1&ev=zo&layer=c&cbll=44.22776,-76.492925&panoid=C_TOOzxrfnahKJLcPEJyHA&cbp=11,353.29,,0,-1.71&hq=Queen%27s+University,&hnear=&ll=44.226843,-76.49467&spn=0.005043,0.01929&t=h&z=16)

University Avenue (they removed the semi-treed median!). I like the road texture but did they have to remove the median? (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queen%27s+University,&sll=44.224329,-76.49923&sspn=0.005574,0.009645&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&radius=0.24&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=Queen%27s+University,&hnear=&ll=44.224567,-76.496687&spn=0.002522,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.225088,-76.495495&panoid=0fIwIGnxEw3akcvpL9yvVA&cbp=11,7.71,,0,-0.01)

Stuart St has a new hall on it. (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queen%27s+University,&sll=44.224329,-76.49923&sspn=0.005574,0.009645&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&radius=0.24&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=Queen%27s+University,&hnear=&ll=44.22386,-76.498103&spn=0.002522,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.223858,-76.498108&panoid=wQ9QGeem2kCGiNim5-YN4A&cbp=11,88.68,,0,-10.59)

But one thing hasn't changed... this infernal gravelled-over island with its lack of curb cuts that still presents an obstacle to anyone on a wheelchair and an annoyance to everyone else:

Albert St at Bader Ln between Leonard and Victoria Halls (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queen%27s+University,&sll=44.224329,-76.49923&sspn=0.005574,0.009645&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&radius=0.24&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=Queen%27s+University,&hnear=&ll=44.224429,-76.499552&spn=0.002522,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.224431,-76.499548&panoid=x0GMN5O4Hg-8O7ayV-6ixw&cbp=11,64,,0,5.5)

Kingston suffered from a minor version of 'Ottawa disease' in that its main CN railway station was relocated from

Montreal Street (no exactly prime downtown real estate) (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queen%27s+University,&sll=44.250978,-76.481752&sspn=0.010083,0.038581&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&radius=0.95&rq=1&ev=zi&layer=c&cbll=44.253811,-76.484151&panoid=xxKN3pu0I3VWq2w0fKQ5eA&cbp=11,268.52,,0,1.7&hq=Queen%27s+University,&hnear=&ll=44.253806,-76.484156&spn=0.010082,0.038581&t=h&z=15)

to Counter Street (since renamed "John Counter Blvd") near Princess Street (sorry I couldn't get a better view - it's in the middle of a swamp...) (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queen%27s+University,&sll=44.259155,-76.526899&sspn=0.010081,0.038581&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&radius=0.95&rq=1&ev=p&layer=c&cbll=44.25541,-76.53972&panoid=FiUewcs-7zO50SJ_AT3wGQ&cbp=11,49.62,,0,5&hq=Queen%27s+University,&hnear=&ll=44.257956,-76.532092&spn=0.010081,0.038581&t=h&z=15)

Just outside Smiths Falls, VIA is doing some trackwork. I'm wondering if this is to be the new station location; if so it's a bit of a sad location for it:

Hwy 15 @ Smiths Falls Subdivision crossing (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Smiths+Falls,+ON&sll=44.919112,-76.025305&sspn=0.045826,0.077162&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Smiths+Falls,+Lanark+County,+Ontario&ll=44.915343,-76.012945&spn=0.020605,0.077162&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.919087,-76.025263&panoid=2GApTJlrpe0iJOQyIsj-Sw&cbp=11,198.06,,0,5)

I think this is the old (CP) station, on Victoria Ave. (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Smiths+Falls,+ON&sll=44.919112,-76.025305&sspn=0.045826,0.077162&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Smiths+Falls,+Lanark+County,+Ontario&ll=44.905344,-76.017494&spn=0.010304,0.038581&z=15&layer=c&cbll=44.90534,-76.017478&panoid=-7o9VtkmX-0bbO3C5YYa2Q&cbp=11,42.06,,0,-1.88)

The Railway Museum in Smiths Falls at the old CN Station - pan to the right and note that the tracks still go across the street, literally to nowhere. (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Smiths+Falls,+ON&sll=44.919112,-76.025305&sspn=0.045826,0.077162&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Smiths+Falls,+Lanark+County,+Ontario&ll=44.903064,-76.024575&spn=0.010305,0.038581&z=15&layer=c&cbll=44.901073,-76.028519&panoid=l-cWfR-g-NxFv70PYYIVDw&cbp=11,359.44,,0,5)

One of the oddest sights around:

The counterweight railway drawbridge over the Rideau Canal in Smiths Falls permanently locked in the up position. (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Smiths+Falls,+ON&sll=44.919112,-76.025305&sspn=0.045826,0.077162&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Smiths+Falls,+Lanark+County,+Ontario&ll=44.895981,-76.026549&spn=0.010306,0.038581&z=15&layer=c&cbll=44.895987,-76.026553&panoid=_3Sz3uKpxs9OjppXcTdrIw&cbp=11,283.25,,0,7.8)

It's too bad that Canadian Northern took this line to Napanee rather than Kingston, because had they gone to Kingston instead it would in all likelihood still be in operation, providing faster trips to Toronto. Of course doing that now has been made more difficult...

Highway sprawl on the railway corridor at Hwy 15 south of Smiths Falls (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Smiths+Falls,+ON&sll=44.919112,-76.025305&sspn=0.045826,0.077162&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Smiths+Falls,+Lanark+County,+Ontario&ll=44.892485,-76.02994&spn=0.020613,0.077162&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.89248,-76.029938&panoid=jSlPXOkt5ZJ5TVL69y9xmA&cbp=11,18.34,,1,2.35)

[waterloowarrior]

On top of the massive streetview update, we just got some new Google Earth aerial imagery for Ottawa (not in Google Maps yet). Imagery date is Sept 30, 2008 (looks to be newer than the 2008 stuff on EMAPS). Highway 7, Kanata Lakes, Soho West, Fairwinds, Mondrian, HPII.... lots of changes throughout the city.

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2010/02/new_google_earth_imagery_-_february.html

It also goes pretty far in Quebec... check out the A-50 extension!

edit: even better, it looks like large swaths of Southern Ontario and Quebec have new satellite imagery. Can't really see too much compared to orthophotos, but much better than what was there before.

[jeremy_haak]

ignore the titles/search strings in these links...

Rear laneway of some of the Mattamy townhomes (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.289411,-75.918531&spn=0.024697,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.289431,-75.91867&panoid=wgWYBvRutCgv4HKzEro3hg&cbp=12,243.14,,0,9.04)

Anyone know why all the trees were cut down here? (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.296954,-75.579742&spn=0.001389,0.009012&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=45.296956,-75.579744&panoid=lfQeTM4iBEfzFb56oVSp0Q&cbp=11,127.4,,0,1.89)

New RCVA building (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ottawa&sll=44.90045,-76.250095&sspn=0.049732,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.24764,-75.711164&spn=0.022238,0.111494&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=45.247663,-75.71117&panoid=208MFKjdQhNdC0uX5UXkZA&cbp=11,97.32,,0,1.13)

"Recreation and Landfill Area" (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=45.020429,-74.750633&spn=0.011163,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.020438,-74.75063&panoid=-SqQrywTfKncHpsSSiYHmg&cbp=11,314.05,,2,4.13)... doesn't really sound that appealing.

Good cheese made here (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beau's,+Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+Prescott+and+Russell+United+Counties,+Ontario&sll=45.519218,-74.652958&sspn=0.098387,0.222988&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=beau's,&hnear=Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+ON&ll=45.253531,-75.11889&spn=0.005559,0.027874&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.253317,-75.121055&panoid=w9qno68lNZ1-6CahpPgK-Q&cbp=11,206.15,,0,-0.47)

Perth: Great town to visit on a summer day, one of the few Ontario places I've seen that has "Yield to Pedestrian" signs throughout its main street (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beau's,+Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+Prescott+and+Russell+United+Counties,+Ontario&sll=45.519218,-74.652958&sspn=0.098387,0.222988&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=beau's,&hnear=Vankleek+Hill,+Champlain,+ON&ll=44.90045,-76.250095&spn=0.022373,0.111494&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.90048,-76.25011&panoid=9rua4Xd3ru3HL5UjTBh6zA&cbp=11,149.9,,0,1.94)

Classic Highway 7 sight #1 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=44.729906,-76.959229&spn=0.089758,0.445976&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=44.729829,-76.959146&panoid=Z_wjwD-_V2l1gmA9vAgogg&cbp=11,145.74,,0,4.99)

Classic Highway 7 sight #2 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cornwall&sll=45.020444,-74.750633&sspn=0.012407,0.027874&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cornwall,+Stormont,+Dundas+and+Glengarry+United+Counties,+Ontario&ll=44.757949,-76.79203&spn=0.089714,0.445976&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=44.757887,-76.792169&panoid=fszPvpvj7Hq2ORF0uTUX3w&cbp=11,36.18,,0,8.6)


I grew up in rural Eastern Ontario and I'm amazed how many towns are covered by this update.

Those Highway 7 sights really remind me of rural Kentucky.

[adam-machiavelli]

The new VIA station will be here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=smiths+falls,+on&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.099308,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Smiths+Falls,+Lanark+County,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=44.912867,-76.023438&spn=0.008555,0.022724&z=16&layer=c&cbll=44.913007,-76.023483&panoid=1XMIV2WtIA2jnxoGmu433Q&cbp=12,217.97,,0,-0.44 It's part of my Master's Report so I have the site plan. It's pretty depressing that they're moving it way out there.

[Dado]

:previous:

So the trackwork I identified is indeed part of it... more like the approaches. It seems kind of wide for just a second track all that way out from the station site itself though and it seems to be wide "on the wrong side" if it's for parking, unless VIA has decided to shove parking further from the road (?).

Do you have any idea why they're moving the station at all and why here? If anyone had any ambitions of using the CP Belleville Sub for passenger service to Perth or beyond this station is still in the wrong place (it would have to be even further out of town, beyond the Hwy 15 crossing). It seems really retrograde to pull an Ottawa or Kingston on yet another community.

[c_speed3108]

ignore the titles/search strings in these links...

Rear laneway of some of the Mattamy townhomes (http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dwyer+hill+and+flood+road,,+ottawa&sll=45.373169,-76.096443&sspn=0.049321,0.111494&gl=ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dwyer+Hill+Rd+%26+Flood+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.289411,-75.918531&spn=0.024697,0.055747&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=45.289431,-75.91867&panoid=wgWYBvRutCgv4HKzEro3hg&cbp=12,243.14,,0,9.04)



Wow..I like rear laneways conceptually, but this is going to have serious snow removal issues. You need to leave more space, or just do single car garages or something.

[bradnixon]

The fall 2008 satellite imagery is now in Google maps.

[Dado]

:previous:

Woohoo! We can now get down to the 20 m scale zoom-level and not just the 50 m scale zoom-level (sorry, I don't have any better way to describe it, but anyone who uses it regularly should know or be able to figure out what I mean).

October is a nice time to have footage since the vegetation isn't crazy but it's not bare looking either - and it's kind of colourful.

Looking at the Park & Ride lots, the imagery looks to have been taken on a weekend, and probably not Thanksgiving since retail parking lots are well-used. I think it was on a Saturday since two O-Trains are in operation (the southbound train is already at Carling whilst the northbound has just left Confederation... they could add another station at Gladstone...). Time of day looks to be right around noon.

[adam-machiavelli]

:previous:

So the trackwork I identified is indeed part of it... more like the approaches. It seems kind of wide for just a second track all that way out from the station site itself though and it seems to be wide "on the wrong side" if it's for parking, unless VIA has decided to shove parking further from the road (?).

Do you have any idea why they're moving the station at all and why here? If anyone had any ambitions of using the CP Belleville Sub for passenger service to Perth or beyond this station is still in the wrong place (it would have to be even further out of town, beyond the Hwy 15 crossing). It seems really retrograde to pull an Ottawa or Kingston on yet another community.
The Smiths Falls planner I interviewed had no idea why it was being moved. The track work you found has since been completed, as with the future platforms. The only parts not built yet are the station (which will consist of 5 seats, a vending machine, water fountain, and washroom), and 21 parking spots. They could do the track work before site plan approval because rail lines are a federal jurisdiction.

[MichelKazan]

Saw the Google Car driving around the Herongate area today. At last glance, he pulled into the Leon's Parking lot. I thought they were done photographing Ottawa. Anybody know or want to speculate why they might still be driving around Ottawa.

[eternallyme]

Saw the Google Car driving around the Herongate area today. At last glance, he pulled into the Leon's Parking lot. I thought they were done photographing Ottawa. Anybody know or want to speculate why they might still be driving around Ottawa.

Updating bad pictures perhaps, and/or collecting more rural areas not covered well (they mostly only have the main arterials in the rural areas).

[Richard Eade]

Maybe we are getting upgraded to 3D, like Montreal.

[c_speed3108]

I was just looking at Bank & Maclaren on street view.

It appears that the Google car drove right under an excavator :D

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bank+St+%26+Maclaren+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K2P,+Canada&sll=45.414819,-75.695629&sspn=0.001442,0.003235&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bank+St+%26+Maclaren+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=45.414675,-75.695881&spn=0.000761,0.001617&t=h&z=19

[waterloowarrior]

pathways are now on streetview... cool!
http://goo.gl/maps/ZaRYj

[Proof Sheet]

I ran into the Google Street View driver at a parking lot of a Starbucks today. They have been updating and expanding on Ottawa etc since April and are due to wrap up in a week. From there they have to proof the imagery and eventually it will get uploaded. The driver I spoke to had been assigned along with another fellow, the area from the west edge of Montreal, to Sudbury to Kingston.

Interesting fellow and car.

[trebor204]

pathways are now on streetview... cool!
http://goo.gl/maps/ZaRYj

Would be nice is they get permission to use the Transitway, or strap a camera on OC vechile

[Cre47]

Nrm

[waterloowarrior]

You can now use Streetview to explore several Ottawa hotels and restaurants
http://goo.gl/maps/1KSmx

[jeremy_haak]

Cool! The Convention Centre as well.

[Proof Sheet]

A friend of mine texted me to say that the Google Street View car was in the Byward Market this morning (8:00 am or so) and was all covered in tinsel etc for Christmas. I thought they were done in Ottawa for the season due to reduced light intensity, shorter hours of daylight.

[MichelKazan]

If you check the Google Street View images, they seem to have been updated and are dated 2011 and 2012.
Notable changes that you'll see include the new Highway 7 to Carleton Place, the newly opened parts of Autoroute 50 (except for the part that just opened this week) as well as the addition of many rural roads that had not been done in the past.

[waterloowarrior]

Thanks for the update! Here are a few highlights I've seen so far... I'll post some project updates in the threads if I get a chance

-updates as late as October 2012
-they've covered in a number of power centres and other commercial areas: here's a gas station plaza in Kanata http://goo.gl/maps/sOtZH
-some private residential roads have been mapped. Residents didn't to mind though
http://goo.gl/maps/MgIcD
-a lot more dead end roads have been included - curbside pickup even in the boonies http://goo.gl/maps/5iFTf

[J.OT13]

Can't wait for them to update the satellite/3D views.

[Dado]

Great. Just great.

Now I don't know what my neighbourhood looked like 4 years ago anymore.

[J.OT13]

Great. Just great.

Now I don't know what my neighbourhood looked like 4 years ago anymore.

How about a google streetview "back in time"? "See your city grow thrue the years".

[Proof Sheet]

How about a google streetview "back in time"? "See your city grow thrue the years".

Try this...

http://goo.gl/maps/wZ30P

and then hit the right arrow button..voila, insta power centre

[waterloowarrior]

-Solar power in the driveway http://goo.gl/maps/DldTs
-Scout out campsites at Fitzroy Provincial Park http://goo.gl/maps/TBKiJ
-mont cascade http://goo.gl/maps/4zgVA
-calabogie skiing http://goo.gl/maps/upKkS
-Queens, UOIT, York, McMaster and some other Ontario universities have undergone pedestrian-level streetview tours but not yet for UofO and Carleton

[McC]

Try this...

http://goo.gl/maps/wZ30P

and then hit the right arrow button..voila, insta power centre

That's brilliant!

[harls]

Finally, that pile of dirt from 2008 that was in my driveway has been removed. Wife will be pleased.

[Proof Sheet]

How about a google streetview "back in time"? "See your city grow thrue the years".

Check out this image.

http://goo.gl/maps/1dNTg

and then scroll one image to the west (July 2009) imagery.

http://goo.gl/maps/sJ3AS

wonder what the reason was to increase the privacy so much....over 3 years

[Dado]

:previous:

Probably the fact that Prince of Wales was widened to just the other side of his line of trees...

What gets me is that he has added some large trees somehow. Perhaps they came from the copse to the left (2009 image) that is now in the road and it was done by the contractor.

[rocketphish]

Anybody else notice that most of Scott St. between Pinhey and Athlone is a Google Streetview black hole?
http://goo.gl/maps/wWZbg

[J.OT13]

Anybody else notice that most of Scott St. between Pinhey and Athlone is a Google Streetview black hole?
http://goo.gl/maps/wWZbg

I've seen a few black holes on street view. Kind of annoying. In other news, apparently Google maps will be revamped. Or so I've heard on the radio this mourning (Live 88.5 I believe).

[Capital Shaun]

Anybody else notice that most of Scott St. between Pinhey and Athlone is a Google Streetview black hole?
http://goo.gl/maps/wWZbg

Use the "Report A Problem" link. It might be a problem with the image file or they can take note of it for the next time they send their cameras to Ottawa.

I've reported a few errors and omissions over the years and they usually get fixed.

[rocketphish]

I've seen a few black holes on street view. Kind of annoying. In other news, apparently Google maps will be revamped. Or so I've heard on the radio this mourning (Live 88.5 I believe).

See here:
http://maps.google.ca/help/maps/helloworld/desktop/preview/

[rocketphish]

Use the "Report A Problem" link. It might be a problem with the image file or they can take note of it for the next time they send their cameras to Ottawa.

I've reported a few errors and omissions over the years and they usually get fixed.

Great idea! And I did just that. :)

[Capital Shaun]

Great idea! And I did just that. :)

No problem! :)

[Cre47]

A lot of Hunt Club Road is blacked out too and around the CE (... euh okay Ernst and Young Centre)