Tiny Brantford

A painted, clickable pixel-art map of downtown Brantford, Ontario. Back to the map

How it's made

Every painted building is a real building in the data. The map is built from open city data, a laser scan of the ground and buildings, and a 3D view of downtown, which an AI image model redraws as pixel art. Hover and click run on the data underneath, not on the painting. Inspired by Tiny Toronto.

Imagery

• Painting made from Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles. Imagery ©2026 Google.
• Painted with Google Gemini (Nano Banana Pro), then joined and finished by hand.

Data

• Building footprints, addresses, property parcels, zoning, parking and Harmony Square: City of Brantford Open Data.
• Heights, roof shapes, terrain and trees: Natural Resources Canada, CanElevation High Resolution DEM (Lake Erie 2017 LiDAR). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
• Aerial photography (fallback version): Ontario SWOOP 2025. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
• Shops, roads and bus routes: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (openstreetmap.org/copyright).
• Additional places: Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA Permissive 2.0 and ODbL sources).
• Live weather: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Brantford city page (Open Government Licence – Canada).
• Heritage descriptions: Canada's Historic Places, Heritage Guide, City of Brantford, Wilfrid Laurier University, Cinema Treasures and others, linked on each building card.
• Road closures and construction: City of Brantford road closures and construction map (live, refreshed every 30 minutes while the page is open).
• Bus routes, stops and timetables: Brantford Transit's published GTFS schedule feed (City of Brantford; feed by Strategic Mapping Inc.). Buses are drawn where the timetable says they should be, not from live GPS.

Photos

• 2019Marquee.jpg: Gbrowncob, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• 76 Dalhousie Street Brantford.jpg: Jdstrung, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
• 88 Dalhousie Street Brantford.jpg: Jdstrung, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Armory, Brantford.JPG: Nelro2 (talk), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Armoury-Brantford-Ontario-CHP9732-FHB5322-OHAR9035-20230315.jpg: Mhsheikholeslami, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford City Hall - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Civic Centre (2023) - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Civic Centre - Brantford, ON (Interior)(2023).jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Civic Centre - panoramio.jpg: Jason F. Voll, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Federal Building-Brantford-Ontario-CHP4155-OHAR8344-20230315.jpg: Mhsheikholeslami, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Post Office 2014.jpg: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantford Public Library - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Brantfordpostoffice.JPG: Nelro (talk), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
• Colborne King Streets Brantford Ontario (Wikivoyage banner).jpg: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Colborne King Streets Brantford Ontario.jpg: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Colborne Street Brantford Lawyers Hall 2014.jpg: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Colborne_Street_between_King_Queen_37267376852_.jpg: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Colborne_Street_between_King_Queen_37267381562_.jpg: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Elements Casino Brantford (Daytime) - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Elements Casino Brantford - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Elements Casino in Brantford, Ontario (51193529776).jpg: Alan Spencer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Elements Casino in Brantford, Ontario (51193535036).jpg: Alan Spencer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Elements Casino in Brantford, Ontario (51194597630).jpg: Alan Spencer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Elements Casino in Brantford, Ontario (51194597925).jpg: JackpotCity, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Former Brantford TH&B Station 1.jpg: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Former Brantford TH&B Station 2.jpg: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Jubilee Terrace Park - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Odeon Brantford - Brantford, ON.jpg: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Park in front of Sgt William Merrifield Armoury on Brant Ave. in Brantford, Ontario - panoramio.jpg: K Danko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Post oFfice, Brandtford 6.jpg: XeresNelro, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Sanderson Centre interior.jpg: Gbrowncob, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• Sanderson_Centre_Marquee_2022.jpg: Gbrowncob, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
• TH&B station Brantford postcard.jpg: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
• The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts (37296640941).jpg: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• The_Sanderson_Centre_for_the_Performing_Arts_37267387112_.jpg: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
• The_Sanderson_Centre_for_the_Performing_Arts_37267392832_.jpg: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Corrections

Spot a wrong name, a closed shop or a building we got wrong? Open an issue on the GitHub repository.

Made in Brantford by Joe Levac.