Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps For Transportation And Tourism-City Approach Maps-Ottawa

The map title is Ottawa. Tactile map scale. 2 centimetres = 3 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Ottawa and surrounding area. The Ottawa River, Rideau River, and Gatineau River are shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Main roads, routes 5, 31, 50, 174, 416, 417. A circle with a dot in the middle to indicate a bus station is located in the city centre. A circle with a cross in it to indicate a Via Rail station is located east of the city centre. A circle with the shape of an airplane indicates an airport located south of the city. A railroad symbol is shown going to and from the Via Rail station. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:58 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:58 (UTC)
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criticality_level Élevé
data_formats CDR; GIF; HTML; PDF
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
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source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/82fd8481-ceeb-5db6-ae1d-d1a4b9d2767a
subject nature_and_environment, society_and_culture
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year_most_recent 2022-02-22 21:23:33.777000
year_start 2016-09-24 21:34:55.115000