Ward boundaries in shapefile
Requested By: Glen McGregor
Tagged:
wards mapping shapefile map
Not sure if this exists already but all I could find were JPEGs and PDFs of the ward boundaries. If anyone can point me to a .shp, I'd be grateful.
Thanks,
Glen McGregor Ottawa Citizen
There are 11 comments:
posted Aug 10, 2010
There is a KML file http://ottawa.ca/googlemaps/kml/wards.kml
posted Aug 13, 2010
This KML is a mess. It's made of polylines, not polygons, so tough to figure out which ward is which.
posted Aug 17, 2010
I am in the process of converting the KML file to a polygon shapefile. Should be done in the next couple days.
Regie
posted Sep 1, 2010
We just posted the ward boundaries in SHP format on our http://ottawa.ca/onlineservices/opendata/info/indexen.html
We've also added voting locations and subdivisions if those are of interest.
posted Sep 11, 2010
Thanks, Robert. Glad to see this added to the list.
posted Oct 7, 2010
Does anyone know why all the ward names are in CAPS? Can we get the names changed to mixed-case?
posted Oct 18, 2010
Hi Matthew, we're putting in the request for mixed-case. Not sure if there's a specific reason yet.
Thank-you,
posted Nov 27, 2010
ah man - i just spent 2 hours figuring out how to convert the damn SHP files to KML.
posted Dec 10, 2010
I used http://www.shpescape.com/ to do the translation for me from SHP. It generates a Google Fusion table, which you can then export as a KML. A bit slow, but pretty easy.
posted Dec 10, 2010
You can download Qgis, a great open-source GIS app which imports shapefiles and export to KML. If you don't like the case, run the KML through a text editor with a change case function (or GREP)
posted Aug 22, 2011
Our Surveys and Mapping team are now going to post KML and DWG formats for all of the data sets they have posted and will post SHP, KML, and DWG formats for any future data sets they post (should be some new ones coming shortly).
Robert Giggey | City of Ottawa OpenData Lead
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