Open Data Projects

Examples of Projects Using Open Data:

Several items selected from the City of Toronto Open data Gallery, the Government of Canada's App Gallery and the NYC Open Data Gallery.

Blindsquare

Blindsquare

"BlindSquare is the World’s Most Popular accessible GPS-app developed for the blind and visually impaired. It describes the environment, announces points of interest and street intersections as you travel. "

Garbage & Recycling Day Google Calendars

Lauren Archer

"Garbage & Recycling Day Google Calendars: Toronto solid waste pick up schedules for Google, iCal, Outlook and Yahoo calendars."

KH CANDADA

"KH Canada is, “a discovery portal to lifestyle interests in Canada’s cities and urban centers”

The 900+ Canadian Urban Centers include those from the 2016 Canada Census with 160 Metropolitan and curated UNData with 1,522 Urban Centers.

Based on location searches, the user can explore theme-based interest, (two dozen themes at present), for example; Local Events, Weather, Pharmacies, Parks, Images & Videos, Shopping and more themes."

NYC Street Trees

cloudred

NYC Street Trees is an interactive visualization of New York City Street Trees.

Rentlogic

Yale Fox

Rentlogic is designed to "bring transparency to the rental market and keep renters informed about the history of individual buildings before they sign a lease."

Skeen Salmon Data Centre

Skeena Knowledge Trust

"The Skeena Knowledge Trust’s purpose is to become a comprehensive source of information on the wild Pacific salmonids in the Skeena watershed, including water quality, habitat and population data."

Toronto Street Trees

Jordan Teichmann

Toronto Street Trees is a searchable map showing locations and types of city street trees.

TTC Bus Tracker

Beyond 2.0

"TTC Bus Tracker uses the TTC’s real-time data to provide users with up-to-the-minute information on transit arrival."