Toronto Google Maps Mashups Compendium

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February 8, 2007

Toronto Google Maps Mashups List What do you get when you take a great city, the Google Maps API, and creative individuals with coding skills? You get 29 fantastic Toronto "Google Maps Mashups".

Whether you're looking to grab a six-pack of beer, trying to figure out where to get off the subway to meet your blind date, planning your next scenic jog, trying to evade red light cameras in your car, or looking to satisfy your chocolate craving, there's an interactive Toronto map for you!

I've scoured the web to come up with a variety of food & drink, transit, housing, arts & entertainment, education, sports & leisure, and photography oriented Google Maps mashups for Toronto.

This might be a post you'll want to bookmark! :) Oh, and if you have any cool or useful maps to add, please drop the URL in the comments and I'll add it to the list.

Restaurant Listings
Beer, Liquor, and Wine Store Locator
Coffee Shop Locator (Tim Hortons, Starbucks)
Dim Sum Finder
Chocolatier Finder
Pub Finder

TTC Subway and Go Train
TTC Subway, Bus, Streetcar, and Go
Transit Fastest Route Finder (buses coming soon)
Taxi Fare Estimator
Live Traffic Cameras 1 | 2

Rentals 1 | 2 | 3
For Purchase TOlofts
Housing 123 (integrates with MLS listings)

Public Library Locator
UofT Campus Building Finder
Ryerson Campus Building Finder

Nightclubs 1 | 2
Live Music Venues

Running Routes
Walking Tours
Golf Courses

Wireless Hotspots (1)
Wireless Toronto

Art Galleries (1)
Toronto Star Gallery Tour

Photo Tours (3)
Virtual City
Envision Toronto
360capture

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Jerrold on February 8, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Movemap is giving me results but they don't seem to be following the legend.

jason on February 8, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Hi, I'm a big hockey fan and I love watching the play off race, I noticed that some one forgot too put The Boston Bruins in the race on thurdays paper!! Not a big Deal but if you want to get rid of a team can you plaese get rid of Montreal or Senators or hey lets just give the leafs the cup?

Ryan C. on February 8, 2007 at 1:17 PM

I thought I saw a "Red Light District" map. For a moment there I thought I had a plan for this Saturday.

Chris on February 8, 2007 at 1:30 PM

Can anyone else get the first housing "for purchase" mashup to work (grassisgreener.ca)? It keeps telling me there are no listings at all!

Jerrold on February 8, 2007 at 1:40 PM

Hmmm... looks like grassisgreener is broken!

Sameer Vasta on February 8, 2007 at 1:55 PM

Wow, this is awesome. I especially love the public library locater. But that's because I'm a geek.

brokenengine on February 8, 2007 at 2:25 PM

Movemap.com is also not working...

But this is brilliant all the same!

walweb on February 9, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Lookup locations worldwide on satellitepictures easy by address and online?

Try PICSFROMSPACE, Lookup Your Place By Address!
Since september 12th available at:

http://www.walweb.nl/picsfromspace

Patrick Cain on February 9, 2007 at 2:52 PM

Thestar.com was an early adopter of GoogleMaps (now Google Local) for interactive news features. Most of our maps can be found at thestar.com/maps .

Three in particular have local interest:

GTA homicides from January 2005 to the present (three maps);

Our traffic map, somewhat different from the two you have linked above;

and and marijuana grow houses busted in 2006

Greg Smith on February 11, 2007 at 12:59 AM

"I especially love the public library locater.

Glad you like it, Sameer. All that cutting and pasting solidified my own geek status pretty well.

Jerrold on February 12, 2007 at 9:37 AM

Added TO Mapster (fastest transit route finder).

Toronto Walking Tour on February 12, 2007 at 10:09 AM

Don't forget about this one. Great Toronto walking tour!

http://www.adventurecitytours.com

Jerrold on February 12, 2007 at 11:39 AM

Added walking tours. Thanks!

Yaz on February 12, 2007 at 2:28 PM

This is genius.

pete on March 6, 2007 at 11:56 AM

...and another. Indie culture social mashup Tupalo, currently testing in Toronto. Tupalo Toronto

David S. on June 4, 2007 at 2:51 PM

I've been geotagging lots of photoblog postings, videos, Wikipedia entries, etc... around Toronto - http://wholemap.com/map/area lists the popular areas, or you can just wander the city at http://wholemap.com/map/index.php

Pete Robinson on June 9, 2007 at 1:56 AM

http://www.alltorontopubs.com/map is a pretty extensive Toronto pub/bar listing mashup site as well...

Rod on July 11, 2007 at 9:22 PM

Extensive Golf Course listing including weather and driving directions

dor on July 11, 2007 at 9:22 PM

Extensive Golf Course listing including weather and driving directions

dor on July 14, 2007 at 9:21 PM

http://www.okfairway.com provides extensive Golf Course listing including weather and driving directions

maplist on August 14, 2007 at 10:03 PM

Toronto MapList is new mashup. Please check it out

Christina on September 19, 2007 at 9:48 AM

Okay, so where's the Google maps-restaurants mashup? The link above is just BlogTO's restaurant listings...

Anton on November 30, 2007 at 4:28 PM

Places to cut your own christmas tree around Toronto. Most of the farms opens December first and run almost till christmas

aou on December 25, 2007 at 11:48 AM

Mashup of wineries around Toronto: http://www.wineriesontario.com/toronto

funkylist on February 6, 2008 at 11:30 PM

Check out this list on FunkyList.com:

Shopping malls, Outlet malls, Power Centres around the GTA (Greater Toronto Area)
http://www.funkylist.com/ViewList.aspx?id=202&name=Shopping+malls%2c+Outlet+malls%2c+Power+Centres+around+the+GTA+(Greater+Toronto+Area)

You can also easily create your own custom google map mashups on FunkyList.com. Here is another great example of another google map mashup:

Shopping malls, outlet malls and stores to shop in Buffalo, New York

http://www.funkylist.com/ViewList.aspx?id=200&name=Shopping+malls%2c+outlet+malls+and+stores+to+shop+in+Buffalo%2c+New+York

screeperzone on February 12, 2008 at 8:31 AM

Search businesses/Gas stations/Restaurants along the route using Google Maps (POI along the route) http://screeperzone.com/2007/11/12/search-business-locations-on-your-way-using-google-maps-poi-along-a-route/

j on April 9, 2008 at 9:39 PM

You have to register to use it (free), but check out www.carpoolzone.ca which uses Google maps too

bobby on May 15, 2008 at 12:32 AM

Find grocery store locations in Ontario for the following stores:
Loblaws, No Frills, Food Basics, Price Chopper, Sobeys, Dominion, A & P, Ultra Food & Drug, The Barn
You can also see the available services, hours of operation, directions and map out your grocery route to
see how much gas it will cost you.
Find grocery stores close to you
at http://www.grocerysavings.ca/ontarioCanadaGroceryStoreLocationsMap.asp

Phil on November 6, 2008 at 7:29 AM

Here's a website that has done the Street View for Toronto:

http://www.pixelcity.ca

Fred Moesker on February 21, 2009 at 3:23 PM

Hey Jerrold,

When you have a second, please add:

Toronto Skating Rinks: http://toronto.sportaholik.com/skating
Toronto Shinny Rinks: http://toronto.sportaholik.com/shinny

Thanks!

rowe001 on October 5, 2009 at 8:52 AM

Here is an online resource of map mashup sources from York Region, just north of Toronto.

http://maps.york.ca/YorkExplorer/YorkGeoWeb.htm