Canadian Dogs Go Postal on Google Maps

Global BC has created a Google Map of dog ownership in Vancouver based on dog licence records mapped by postal code.

The heat map shows that there are more dog owners in the districts around the University Endowment Lands. More analysis by Global BC shows where individual breeds of dog are most popular in the city. For example, pit bull owners predominantly live in east Vancouver, "in a line more or less along Nanaimo St".

Global News produced a similar article last month looking at dog ownership in Toronto. The Toronto article includes a nice map with a drop-down menu that allows you to view heat maps of the ownership of different breeds in the city.

Vancouver's Buses Live on Google Maps

Vancouver's Next Bus has created a live real-time map of the city's bus network.

The Next Bus Google Map shows all the city's bus-stops with blue 'T' markers. If you click on a bus-stop marker you can view the scheduled times of the next bus due at the stop. However, as well as viewing the scheduled times of the next buses due, you can also see where the buses that service that route are in real-time on the map.

Hat-tip: Street View Funny

Vancouver's Ethnicity on Google Maps

The Vancouver Sun has used Google Maps and Fusion Tables to map the ethnic make-up of Metro Vancouver.

In a series of Google Maps the newspaper has mapped the distribution of ethnic groups in the city. In each map the darker the colour on the heat map the more people from that ethnic group are living in the area.

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Your Trash on a Google Map

VanTrash

If you live in Vancouver you now have no excuse for forgetting to put out your trash for collection. The city have developed this Google Maps mashup to inform residents about when their trash will be collected.

The map shows the regions for the city's trash pick-ups. If you click on a region you can then download the pick-up dates to your Google calendar or to Outlook. It is also possible to set up Twitter or email reminders informing you to put your trash out the night before the collection is due.

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