-- John
Posted
from North Vancouver, Canada
City of Vancouver council expense visualization
Local Vancouver web guru Luke Closs has put together a great tool that visualizes Vancouver City Council expense data:
From: Luke Closs
Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Subject: [Vancouver-Data] Simple council expense visualizationHey gang, I wanted to learn some new technologies last week, so I built some
simple visualizations of the city council 2010 expense dataset: You can find it here: http://expense.recollect.net/
Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Subject: [Vancouver-Data] Simple council expense visualizationHey gang, I wanted to learn some new technologies last week, so I built some
simple visualizations of the city council 2010 expense dataset: You can find it here: http://expense.recollect.net/
City of North Vancouver opts out of Onni meeting
Council asks staff, Onni to reduce proposed density on Safeway site
The proposed development for the Safeway site at 13th and Lonsdale came under scrutiny Monday, with several City of North Vancouver councillors taking issue with Onni Group's proposal and their plan to embark on a series of town hall meetings.Low Level Road project to be discussed at May 11 planning commission meeting
Those who are confused and/or concerned about the Port of Metro Vancouver's Low Level Road Improvement Project may be interested to know that the project is on the agenda for the Advisory Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday May 11. I sit on the commission and am looking forward to the presentation, as there has been a lot of discussion in the community about and this is the first time the project has come before us.
Any questions you'd like asked? Let me know via email or a comment below.
Open House for 13th and Lonsdale (Safeway site) Development
Onni Development is holding an Open House on Tuesday May 17th regarding a proposed major development on the corner of 13th and Lonsdale.
The proposed development has a total of 500,000 square feet in three towers, nearly double the permitted density in the City's Official Community Plan.
CNV development map mention in North Shore Outlook
I had a discussion a few days ago with Sean Kolenko of the North Shore Outlook regarding the Civic Engagement Task Force and the development map I created. It's mentioned in this article in Wednesday's paper.
How has North Vancouver changed over the last 30 years?
ESRI, the mapping software company, recently launched an interesting tool that uses historical US satellite data to produce maps showing changes on the earth's surface between 1975 and 2005.
I thought I would try to see what it showed for North Vancouver; the resulting map is below.
Green areas show where vegetation has increased, purple where it has decreased, and white where there has been little change.
One can see that there's been an increase in Lower Lonsdale where Waterfront Park is, along creek beds, and where the old North Vancouver dump along Lynn Creek has been replaced by parkland and playing fields. The dark purple along Lonsdale also shows where new developments have decreased vegetation over the last thirty years.
Check it out yourself to zoom in on different areas.
Craig Oliver predicts an NDP minority government?
I can't believe this... Craig Oliver, on CTV's "Question Period", just predicted an NDP minority government, with the Tories in opposition.
