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Town Council updated on Data Orangeville, new online service for local residents

October 1, 2019   ·   0 Comments

By Mike Baker

Data Orangeville, a source of key municipal information, is now live for free public access. Data Orangeville is a Town website with a gallery of data-driven maps and apps (or tools), demo videos for those tools, and access to open data. You can learn about heritage buildings, mark up a map, find a park, report an issue about a street light, see election statistics, view planning applications and land use zoning.

The Town has launched more than 30 applications for public use on its Data Orangeville/Geographic Information System (GIS). You can find mapping systems for just about everything at your fingertips. These tools have improved internal processes and increased access to Town data for everyone. It allows people to easily navigate government information and to find answers and share ideas.

Data Orangeville/GIS has empowered Town staff with improved records maintenance tools that are simple to use and directly connected to data views available to the public. This includes street tree maintenance records, heritage building records, road needs assessment, snow plow routes, development charges calculator, transit routes and stops, tree sculpture tour and utility networks, to name a few. These are just a few examples of the Town’s applications that are readily available to everyone. 

Orangeville’s GIS is already winning awards. In 2019, the Town won an Ontario Geospatial Award from the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Ontario for its GIS applications. The Town was awarded silver for the Best Public Sector GIS category. Orangeville’s Planning Information Portal (PIP) was also recognized with an “App of the Month” Award by Esri Canada. 

Visit data.orangeville.ca for access to many great data-driven tools that enable users to get answers for themselves. The Town is continuously developing access to information.

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