Virtual Tour: Brampton – Chinguacousy Trail

TYPE/LOCATION: Park / Brampton, Ontario, Canada

VIRTUAL TOUR:
Swipe to look around, tap arrow to move, pinch to zoom, tap link to view on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ydsdhSRLEWEHJ5AS7

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DESCRIPTION:

The Chinguacousy Park perimeter footpath for walking, jogging, running, biking, scooting, etc… Taken on a beautiful morning of spring 2023, during the annual fund raising walkathon of a religious organization. You’ll see the public outdoor gym facilities along the path in this virtual tour. Anybody can use the outdoor gym facilities on a “first come first serve” basis. You’ll see some of those gym stations flooded as it rained earlier. Eventually it gets dried up come summer. Would be better if properly drained, in the future maybe. The total distance of the perimeter is approximately 2.5 km, around a 30 minutes leisurely walk.

RELATED LINKS:

2020 Playground
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVCBpZjCUNT87xTh7
Link to virtual tour of the playground in the middle of the Park, right beside the Splash Pad and other fun stuff. See the place where kids can have fun activities like sliding, climbing, playing musical instruments, merry-go-round, etc… The slides here are pretty high at like up to 3 stories up; there’s also a winding slides and right-across the path are the swings and the zipline. So much fun activities here for active kids. Enjoy!

Boat Pavillion
https://maps.app.goo.gl/pbJEcvD1mYPGRjA6A
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Boat Pavillion facilities. The swan shaped paddle boats are available here for rent during summer. There’s also a food court during warmer weather; there’s public washroom here too. Then right across the path is a smaller playground where kids would surely enjoy.

Boat Pavillion Playground
https://maps.app.goo.gl/DGqbb8ffHnrCSuJ67
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Boat Pavillion Playground. This is the smaller playground in the park with the bigger one across the pond. Still have enough playing area here on a mulch covered version of the playground.

Clock Circle
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JtJQxBbEqAne4dow7
Link to virtual tour of the Clock Circle by the Queen Street side of the park. This facility is in the area where the Greenhouse and the Wedding Chapel are located. There are plenty of flowers and other plants in this area of the park during warmer weather; also have plenty of benches for everyone to just sit down and relax. As well there’s an antique house in this area which I believe is an attraction but is also being used for park maintenance.

Greenhouse
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uNesojJvFt7avDKFA
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Greenhouse. Camera is allowed inside the greenhouse only if you have permit. My virtual tour here was taken only for the exteriors. Hopefully I can get that permit in the future and take photos and videos of its inside where there are lots of exotic plants and flowers.

Mini-Train
https://maps.app.goo.gl/L9Dti2MeEEAFgTih7
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Mini-Train. Fun ride during warmer weather. Their mini-train station is close to the fast food area where the mini-golf and the skating trail are also nearby. The mini-train can accommodate both adults and kids, a safer setup so kids can be supervised. It goes around it’s short route within the park.

Mt Chinguacousy
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YMu8EWfC5Ar9b5Lq7
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Mt Chinguacousy. Fun winter area where visitors can play skiing, snowboarding, tubing, etc… There’s a rubber belt conveyor that can bring us up the mountain where we can then slide down for a fun ride. On a snowy season, natural snow are used. If there are not enough snow but the temperature is freezing, then there are gadgets that can generate snow.

Pond
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9dQpZMk6gYFn5b1a7
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Pond. Walk around the pond where you can see most of the ponds and the available benches for a relaxing view of the pond with plenty of ducts and their flying, landing, swimming and other activities like their “bottoms-up :)”; fun sight to watch… What’s “bottom’s up”? That’d be for you to find out by visiting the place and watching them do their stuff. Enjoy!

Skate Park
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UVSWkyCAmX2fjRi1A
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Skate Park. Lots of good riders here using their bikes, scooters, roller blades, skates, skateboards, etc… There are lots of obstacles to play with is this facility.

Skate Trail
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PMp7eqm33QH7GkQP7
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Skate Trail. This skating facility converts into a splash pad during warmer weather. During winter, there are times where marshmallows are given for free for you to roast and eat in the bonfire they create.

Splash Pad
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9KMCgYXJfkJYg8cm8
Link to virtual tour of the Chinguacousy Park Splash Pad. There are water fountains, showers, waterfalls from big pipe and huge faucet. So much fun with kids during warm weather. There’s rinsing showers too once done splashing around. Maybe someday we can join them? 😂 Have fun!

TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR FELLOW GEEKS:

Date / Camera:
20230506 / Ricoh Theta V

Date / Publisher:
20240508 / TourBuilder

Date / Blog:
20240509 / WordPress.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Thanks to these freebies :)

For photo editing:
Snapseed
https://snapseedpc.online/

For this blog:
WordPress.com
https://wordpress.com/

For Virtual Tour portfolio:
Google Sheets
https://sheets.google.com/

For Virtual Tour creation:
TourBuilder
https://tourbuilder.com/

For Virtual Tour publishing:
Google Maps
https://maps.google.com/

PAID HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

360 Camera:
Ricoh Theta V
https://ricoh360.com/theta/

For nadir tripod removal:
TouchRetouch
https://adva-soft/app-pageTouch.html

For photo enhancements:
Photoshop
https://adobe.com

NOTES:

The biggest virtual tour I’ve created to-date at 417 photos.
Good thing TourBuilder have “Islands” feature enabling grouping of photos.
That was very helpful in completing this project.

Also for now having the most “Related Links”, didn’t notice earlier had done these much virtual tours in the park. Had fun doing them all and there are few more spots I could add maybe. No more time creating a blogpage for each though, direct link to Google Maps should be fine…

Got place(s) you want to be in Google Maps or in your website?
Please [Leave a Reply] below, hopefully we can together work for their virtual tour(s).
Thanks for viewing and I would appreciate your feedback.

Enjoy!

Virtual Tour: Caledon – Butter & Cup Cafe

TYPE/LOCATION: Business / Caledon, Ontario, Canada

VIRTUAL TOUR: Swipe to look around, tap arrow to move, pinch to zoom, tap link to view on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hi78VEDG8nWPDJBW6

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DESCRIPTION:

Butter & Cup Cafe is in the corner of Dougall Avenue and Kennedy Road, just across the Southfields Community Center of Caledon, Ontario, Canada. It got indoor and outdoor sittings. They have delicious scones that I’ve only heard of from here. I enjoyed a bit of spicy taste of their scone, I’m not sure if there’s a no-spice option. If you visit this place scone is a must have. Bon appetit!

RELATED LINK(S)

Southfields Community Center Virtual Tour
Just across the street is this community center with swimming pool, fitness center, library, etc… To virtually visit the place or just see its walkthru video, please visit my blogpage thru this WordPress Shortlink: https://wp.me/p17GFS-1Ow

Southfields Drones Lights Show
A night-time event celebrating Diwali, available in various video formats. There’s a 360 video version best viewed using VR (Virtual Reality) glasses but can be viewed as well using any device where you can swipe to look around; then there are normal videos in real and sped-up times. You can check them out from my blogpage thru this WordPress Shortlink: https://wp.me/p17GFS-1Oa

TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR FELLOW GEEKS:

Date / Camera:
20231111 / Insta360 X3

Date / Publisher:
20231116 / GoThru

Date / Blog:
20231130 / WordPress.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Thanks to these freebies :)

For this blog:
WordPress.com
https://wordpress.com/

For Virtual Tour portfolio:
Google Sheets
https://sheets.google.com/

For Virtual Tour creation:
GoThru
https://gothru.co/

For Virtual Tour publishing:
Google Maps
https://maps.google.com/

PAID HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

360 Camera:
Insta360 X3
https://www.insta360.com/sal/x3?insrc=INRMUDS

For nadir tripod removal:
TouchRetouch
https://adva-soft/app-pageTouch.html

Photo blurs for privacy protection:
Photoshop
https://adobe.com

NOTES:

Redundant Google Maps Virtual Tour link added here in the standard instructions. This is so we’ll be able to see the tour in the event bug(s) prohibits proper display. I think that was the case last 2023 late-October to mid-November, when only map of the world shows instead of the usual virtual tour. If that happens again, please try the link; last time I checked right after publishing this post, it displayed the virtual tour in Google Maps.

Got place(s) you want to be in Google Maps or in your website?
Please [Leave a Reply] below, hopefully we can together work for their virtual tour(s). Thanks for viewing and I would appreciate your feedback.

Enjoy!

Virtual Tour: Caledon – Southfields Community Center

TYPE/LOCATION: Non-Profit / Oakville, Ontario, Canada

VIRTUAL TOUR: Swipe to look around, tap arrow to move, pinch to zoom, tap link to view on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qrTsUNRWHuTcg2pv8

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DESCRIPTION:

This community center has library, shallow swimming pools, fitness center, event rooms with kitchen, sports facilities, parent-child center, washrooms, outdoor chess tables, plenty of parking lots with dedicated spots for electric vehicles charging. Had Diwali Drones Show when we visited the place, please check it out too…

RELATED LINKS:

Butter & Cup Coffee & Tea House Virtual Tour
The coffee shop just across the street corner of this community center. This was the view from their sidewalk as of below mentioned camera date; their scones are a “must try” if you drop by this place. You can check my blogpage of this place thru this WordPress Shortlink: https://wp.me/p17GFS-1Os

Southfields Virtual Walkaround
A guided tour of the Community Center in regular video of vertical orientation. Starts from the big sign post outside with quick glance of I think a bike repair mini-station nearby. Then walks in looking around, got into the swimming pool showing few safety signs (you can pause video for further read); Oh, you’ve to remove your shoes to get in the pool area. You’ll see staffs in sleeveless uniform too, makes you wonder if you’re in warm jacket from cold weather outside. Turns out, it’s warm inside, I believe so are the pool water. Continued walking to the rest of the halls inside, then outside to the rear side where the parking lots are and finally to the chess tables area. They have EV charging stations here too. You can view the walkthru from this shared YouTube (YT) link: https://youtu.be/EOm-7CSypIU

Or you can just watch this same embedded YT video:

Southfields Drones Lights Show
A night-time event celebrating Diwali, available in various video format. There’s a 360 video version best viewed using VR (Virtual Reality) glasses but can be viewed as well using any device but you can swipe to look around; finally the normal videos in real and sped-up times. You can check them out from this WP Shortlink: https://wp.me/p17GFS-1Oa

TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR FELLOW GEEKS:

Date / Camera:
20231111 / Insta360 X3

Date / Publisher:
20231116 / TourBuilder

Date / Blog:
20231130 / WordPress.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Thanks to these freebies :)

For this blog:
WordPress.com
https://wordpress.com/

For Virtual Tour portfolio:
Google Sheets
https://sheets.google.com/

For Virtual Tour creation:
TourBuilder
https://TourBuilder.com/

For Virtual Tour publishing:
Google Maps
https://maps.google.com/

PAID HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

360 Camera:
Insta360 X3
https://www.insta360.com/sal/x3?insrc=INRMUDS

For nadir tripod removal:
TouchRetouch
https://adva-soft/app-pageTouch.html

Photo blurs for privacy protection:
Photoshop
https://adobe.com

NOTES:

Redundant Google Maps Virtual Tour link added here in the Virtual Tour standard instructions. This is so we can easily see the virtual tour in case bug(s) prohibits proper embed display. I think that was the case last 2023 late-October to mid-November, when only map of the world shows instead of the usual virtual tour. If that happens again, please try the link; last time I checked right after publishing this post, said redundant link worked fine in Google Maps.

Got place(s) you want to be in Google Maps or in your website?
Please [Leave a Reply] below, hopefully we can together work for their virtual tour(s). Thanks for viewing and I would appreciate your feedback.

Enjoy!

Virtual Tour: Oakville – Lakeside Park

TYPE/LOCATION: Park / Oakville, Ontario, Canada

VIRTUAL TOUR:
Swipe to look around; Tap Arrow to move to that direction; Pinch to zoom…

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DESCRIPTION:

Wonderful view of the lake reflecting the colorful trees and the clouds on this sunshiny cloudy mid-autumn day. There’s also view of the lake and the rest of the park from the center of the Bandstand pavillion, showing as well the “accessible” public washroom. Checkout too the William Andrew Ferrah Memorial and the Spiderman’s web in the playground :)

Enjoy!

RELATED VIRTUAL TOURS:

Oakville Lakeside Park Lighthouse
Shows the closer view of the lake from the Towarf building intersection through the footpath to the lighthouse. Great drone-ish view of the cloudy daylight and the lighthouse, showing its accessibility for people of all ages to enjoy. Here’s link to this virtual tour: https://richardmhain.wordpress.com/virtual-tour-oakville-lakeside-park-lighthouse/

Oakville Museum
An excellent Virtual Tour, done I guess by their officials. Starts from the outside with this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FPPPbMjBo9ie57xn8 and you can virtually go inside, roam around the museum and see its artifacts. I believe that’s a souvenir shop that you’ll see first, which would be nice if you want some souvenirs; you can then proceed inside till the upper floor.

YOUTUBE VIDEO:

A minute fast-paced “walk to the beat” from lighthouse to the other end of the park. Some views of our small world on a colorful autumn ambiance :)
Passes by few ducks splashing away; then the boats mostly docked (none of which is mine); and the people enjoying the park with us on that beautiful day – literally a walk in the park :)
Cheers!

TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR FELLOW GEEKS:

Date / Camera:
20231004 / Insta360 X3

Date / Publisher:
20231025 / GoThru

Date / Blog:
20231025 / WordPress.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Thanks to these freebies :)

For this blog:
WordPress.com
https://wordpress.com/

For Virtual Tour portfolio:
Google Sheets
https://sheets.google.com/

For photo enhancements:
Snapseed
https://snapseedpc.online/

For nadir tripod removal:
Paint.net
https://getpaint.net

For Virtual Tour creation:
GoThru
https://gothru.co/

For Virtual Tour publishing:
Google Maps
https://maps.google.com/

For Walk-in-the-Park Video:
YouTube
https://youtube.com/

PAID HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

360 Camera:
Insta360 X3
https://www.insta360.com/sal/x3?insrc=INRMUDS

For nadir tripod removal:
TouchRetouch
https://adva-soft/app-pageTouch.html

For photo enhancements:
Photoshop
https://adobe.com

NOTES:

That rocky end was where I saw a fox, many years back – on a shiny “Red Moon” night. Also according to Google Maps, those rocks are the boundary of the park; that could mean that that stretch of shore after the rocks could be private property…

Got place(s) you want to be in Google Maps or in your website?
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Enjoy!

Virtual Tour: Oakville – Lakeside Park Lighthouse

TYPE/LOCATION: Park / Oakville, Ontario, Canada

VIRTUAL TOUR:
Swipe to look around; Tap Arrow to move to that direction; Pinch to zoom…

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DESCRIPTION:

Walk from Towarf Marine Rescue building to the lighthouse and to the daylight on my first day with my Insta360 X3 :) Beautiful cloudy sunshiny day with just the perfect temperature for me at around 21 degrees centigrade. This was the highlight of our trip. Continued walking here after enjoying the other end of the park passing by the loo with accessibility facilities, the Bandstand pavilion, the William Andrew Ferrah Memorial and the playground. On such a beautiful mid-autumn bright day, reminds me of my Master saying:

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.“
John 8:12 NIV

Blessings!

RELATED VIRTUAL TOURS:

Oakville Lakeside Park
Shows the park’s Bandstand pavilion, accessible washroom, William Andrew Ferrah Memorial and the playground. Overlooking from the memorial are the roadside parking spots, The David Patterson House 1835 and the Oakville Museum. Here’s link to this virtual tour: https://richardmhain.wordpress.com/virtual-tour-oakville-lakeside-park/

Oakville Museum
An excellent Virtual Tour, done I guess by their officials. Starts from the outside with this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FPPPbMjBo9ie57xn8 and you can virtually go inside, roam around the museum and see its artifacts. I believe that’s a souvenir shop that you’ll see first, which would be nice if you want some souvenirs; you can then proceed inside till the upper floor.

YOUTUBE VIDEO:

A minute fast-paced “walk to the beat” from lighthouse to the other end of the park. Some views of our small world on a colorful autumn ambiance :)
Passes by few ducks splashing away; then the boats mostly docked (none of which is mine); and the people enjoying the park with us on that beautiful day – literally a walk in the park :)
Cheers!

TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR FELLOW GEEKS:

GPS data still didn’t work with X3 :(
I thought it can just use my phone’s GPS – nope. I guess I need another gadget just for GPS so blue lines could be added to Google Maps instead of just blue dots. Oh well, hopefully will get that figured out in the future. The quest for blue lines continues…

Pictures taken not in sequence :(
I spent time sorting photos before processing this virtual tour. It’s quicker that way, than to figure out their sequence when connecting on the virtual tour software. Best of course is planning where to take photos and shoot them in sequence. Looking forward to better photoshoots soon as I get more familiarized with X3 and places.

Great app and online community
I got X3 mainly for videos but photo quality looks good too. Where Insta360 X3 really shines is in its mobile video editing apps that integrates well with their community forum. Their “Activities” reward system gives away virtual “golds” that can be used for discounts from their products. Also got some freebies from contests, n contributing photos/videos/knowhow to its online global community. Great job there – Cheers!

Date / Camera:
20231004 / Insta360 X3

Date / Publisher:
20231025 / TourBuilder

Date / Blog:
20231025 / WordPress.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Thanks to these freebies :)

For this blog:
WordPress.com
https://wordpress.com/

For Virtual Tour portfolio:
Google Sheets
https://sheets.google.com/

For Virtual Tour creation:
TourBuilder
https://tourbuilder.com/

For Virtual Tour publishing:
Google Maps
https://maps.google.com/

For Walk-in-the-Park Video:
YouTube
https://youtube.com/

PAID HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

360 Camera:
Insta360 X3
https://www.insta360.com/sal/x3?insrc=INRMUDS

For nadir tripod removal:
TouchRetouch
https://adva-soft/app-pageTouch.html

Photo blurs for privacy protection:
Photoshop
https://adobe.com

NOTES:

Shot on the first day with my Insta360 X3, should’ve taken better shots had I brought my longer selfie stick. Next time maybe, with a bit more X3 familiarity… looking forward to it :)

Got place(s) you want to be in Google Maps or in your website?
Please [Leave a Reply] below, hopefully we can tgether work for their virtual tour(s). Thanks for viewing and I would appreciate your feedback.

Enjoy!