election-atlas.ca

[trebor204]

Comparing the 1979 with the new boundaries:

2 Ridings in Mississauga, 6 in the next election
1 riding in Brampton, 5 in the next election
2 ridings in RM of York, now there are about 9

[EPG]

1979? Super.

[the506]

Quebec 2014 poll maps are now up:

http://www.election-atlas.ca/qc/

Have at it, folks.

[DC Al Fine]

My personal favourite.

D'Arcy McGee: Poll #6
PLQ: 184
CAQ: 1

[Hatman 🍁]

My personal favourite.

D'Arcy McGee: Poll #6
PLQ: 184
CAQ: 1

I wonder if there were any 100% polls they had to merge for confidentiality reasons?

[MaxQue]

Quebec 2014 poll maps are now up:

http://www.election-atlas.ca/qc/

Have at it, folks.

I'm very impressed by your speed. A few days ago, the shapefiles weren't on DGEQ website yet.

[the506]

To be fair, I could do 90% of the work without the shapefiles. Once they were up (and I'm insane enough that I checked the site daily), I only needed a couple hours to finish the job.

[Citizen Hats]

To be fair, I could do 90% of the work without the shapefiles. Once they were up (and I'm insane enough that I checked the site daily), I only needed a couple hours to finish the job.

proper GIS is wonderful

If there's any province's shapefiles you're missing, I have them

[the506]

Here's Alberta:

http://www.election-atlas.ca/alberta/

[Hatman 🍁]

To be fair, I could do 90% of the work without the shapefiles. Once they were up (and I'm insane enough that I checked the site daily), I only needed a couple hours to finish the job.

proper GIS is wonderful

If there's any province's shapefiles you're missing, I have them

Do you have Manitoba? (Are you referring to polling divisions?)

[Citizen Hats]

To be fair, I could do 90% of the work without the shapefiles. Once they were up (and I'm insane enough that I checked the site daily), I only needed a couple hours to finish the job.

proper GIS is wonderful

If there's any province's shapefiles you're missing, I have them

Do you have Manitoba? (Are you referring to polling divisions?)

just ridings

[Hatman 🍁]

To be fair, I could do 90% of the work without the shapefiles. Once they were up (and I'm insane enough that I checked the site daily), I only needed a couple hours to finish the job.

proper GIS is wonderful

If there's any province's shapefiles you're missing, I have them

Do you have Manitoba? (Are you referring to polling divisions?)

just ridings

Guess I'll have to keep emailing Elections Manitoba every time they have a by-election. Hopefully this time they will send me the proper pdfs.

[Njall]

Here's Alberta:

http://www.election-atlas.ca/alberta/

Oooh

[the506]

And here's New Brunswick:

http://www.election-atlas.ca/nb/

Only have one election's worth of poll maps now, but that's going to change in a couple months...

[the506]

May's federal by-elections:

Trinity-Spadina: http://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/308/35095.php?e=2014
Scarborough-Agincourt: http://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/308/35080.php?e=2014
Fort McMurray: http://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/308/48001.php?e=2014
Macleod: http://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/308/48020.php?e=2014

(Seriously Elections Canada, it shouldn't take 4 1/2 months to release results...)

Next province will probably be Newfoundland. Especially if I can try and coax polling division shapefiles out of them.

[Hatman 🍁]

I don't think shapefiles exist of the Newfoundland polls.

Interesting to see the CHP won a poll in Macleod. Ever thought of using purple for them?

Also, what's up with the poll boundaries in Fort McMurray not matching the streets at all?

[MaxQue]

I don't think shapefiles exist of the Newfoundland polls.

Interesting to see the CHP won a poll in Macleod. Ever thought of using purple for them?

Also, what's up with the poll boundaries in Fort McMurray not matching the streets at all?

Since it's a pretty new city, I suspect than the poll were drew before the streets were drew.

[the506]

Yes, Fort McMurray's screwed up. Obviously based on a bad street map.

As for Newfoundland....came across this. One guy only got the shapefiles after a year and a half of e-mails and an access to info request. Yikes.
http://labradore.blogspot.ca/2012_09_01_archive.html

[Hatman 🍁]

I've been doing my Newfy maps by hand:



The riding boundary itself was using GIS though.

[the506]

I'm giving election-atlas.ca a total remodel. Hope it looks a lot more professional and easier to use, and it should solve a lot of the problems people had with the old version of the site.

http://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/

I'm now using dots to represent poll results, and you can view poll maps for multiple ridings at once.

The federal section is done now, I'll be converting the provinces over the spring and summer.

Enjoy!

[Hatman 🍁]

You should have an option to not use the dots if you don't want to. I'm not a big fan of that change. Everything else is spectacular.

I especially like having the new riding boundary overlay. I remember having trouble seeing the yellow on my computer at home (when you posted this on facebook), so you either made it easier to see, or my monitor is better here.

[Smid]

You and Earl publish a couple of my favourite websites, and I thoroughly enjoy going through your results.

When I read your post, I was on my phone and therefore couldn't immediately open the maps to see your changes. I was ambivalent towards the idea of dots. In some respects, I prefer the old method, however the dots are clear and allow shading of the actual overall riding winner as a background colour, as you have done. Overall, I think this makes the dots a positive and I consider it slightly preferable to the previous version. Earl's suggestion of an option of switching between dots and the previous version is a good idea, however, if it doesn't require too much effort to accomplish (if it's difficult, I'm still happy with the current layout). I take it that the dot diameter reflects the margin of victory for the winning candidate (or primary vote of the winning candidate, which is roughly the same)?

My favourite addition is the ability to add multiple ridings to the sample. This was something I have wanted to see for some time, but assumed was too difficult/too intensive computing to be able to manage. Very, very pleased to see this.

The new boundary overlay is also an excellent addition.

Overall, I am really pleased with your changes.

[adma]

You should have an option to not use the dots if you don't want to. I'm not a big fan of that change.

Ditto on that.  I want poll boundaries; not dots.  *Please*.

[Smid]

You should have an option to not use the dots if you don't want to. I'm not a big fan of that change.

Ditto on that.  I want poll boundaries; not dots.  *Please*.

The poll boundaries are still there, just not quite so clear as they were before.

EDIT: I should note that you have to change the option near the top right from "View data for Ridings" to "View data for polls"

[Hash]

I preferred the previous format, with polls shaded and coloured according to the winning party.