[Talk-ca] Carleton University Mapathon

2017-10-25 Thread Kent Jacobs
Hello all! I am a Masters of Science student in the Geography department at Carleton University studying Quality Assessment of OSM data for my thesis. I am also currently employed at Employment and Social Development Canada as a Geomatics Technician where I have been promoting the use of

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Gordon Dewis
Maybe someone should put a comment on the features so that we avoid rehashing it in the future. :) On Oct 25, 2017, 20:19 -0400, James , wrote: > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2016-June/007017.html > > So we did. > > > On Oct 25, 2017 8:08 PM, "Corey

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread James
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2016-June/007017.html So we did. On Oct 25, 2017 8:08 PM, "Corey Burger" wrote: > It was discussed in 2016: [Talk-ca] Bike trail name check - Vancouver area > Pretty much the same discussion. "Mountain bikers are a crude

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Corey Burger
It was discussed in 2016: [Talk-ca] Bike trail name check - Vancouver area Pretty much the same discussion. "Mountain bikers are a crude lot" Corey On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:00 PM, James wrote: > so I'm not crazy, I remember it being discussed as well...just couldnt > find

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread James
so I'm not crazy, I remember it being discussed as well...just couldnt find it in my emails or searching on google On Oct 25, 2017 7:19 PM, "Bernie Connors" wrote: > I think if somebody did a search of the Talk-ca archives you will find > these trail names were

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Bernie Connors
I think if somebody did a search of the Talk-ca archives you will find these trail names were previously discussed here. I have never visited these trails but the names ring a bell in my memory and the Talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Denis Carriere
Unfortunately does names seem legit for that type of mountain bike trails, these are not the first mountain bike trails names I've seen with those types of names. Seems like source of these edits come from a reputable editor. *User: *BC Trail Guides

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Charles Basenga Kiyanda
As others have said, mountain bike trails can have surprising names for those not in their community. (I'm not a mountain biker, but the same is true for rock climbing routes.) This community website has the c-buster trail at about the same location. There is a note that this trail is

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread James
Atleast they censor it a bit: https://www.trailforks.com/trails/lower-cbuster/ https://www.trailforks.com/trails/c-buster/ https://www.trailforks.com/trails/severed-d/ On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:20 AM, James wrote: > Well aparently they are the proper

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread James
Well aparently they are the proper names...http://nsmba.ca/trail-maps/ *sigh* On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:15 AM, James wrote: > I highly doubt those are real names, but then again we have towns like > this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1452579483 > > On Wed, Oct

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread James
I highly doubt those are real names, but then again we have towns like this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1452579483 On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >noticed a few funny trail names in this region near Vancouver: > >

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Corey Burger
These are almost certainly moutain bike trail names, which run from the merely childish to the fully disgusting. Corey On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >noticed a few funny trail names in this region near Vancouver: > >

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

2017-10-25 Thread Begin Daniel
Terrible names indeed! Google provides pictures of those terrible bike trails but as I am not a BC resident, I can't be sure they are actually named that way :-) Daniel -Original Message- From: Frederik Ramm [mailto:frede...@remote.org] Sent: Wednesday, 25 October, 2017 11:04 To:

Re: [Talk-ca] Planning mapathon @ McGill in OSM Geo Week

2017-10-25 Thread Harald Kliems
There is a Montreal-specific listserv: Harald (who no longer lives in Montreal) On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 4:38 AM James wrote: > I think Pierre is a good contact for the local Montreal group. > > On Oct 24, 2017 11:02 PM, "Tim Elrick, Dr."

Re: [Talk-ca] Planning mapathon @ McGill in OSM Geo Week

2017-10-25 Thread Pierre Béland
Voir le site de OSM Montréal http://www.openstreetmap-montreal.org/et leur liste de discussion http://listes.osmqc.ca/listinfo/montreal Leur prochaine réunion mercredi le 1er novembre.   Pierre Le mercredi 25 octobre 2017 05:36:03 HAE, James a écrit : I think

Re: [Talk-ca] Planning mapathon @ McGill in OSM Geo Week

2017-10-25 Thread James
I think Pierre is a good contact for the local Montreal group. On Oct 24, 2017 11:02 PM, "Tim Elrick, Dr." wrote: > Hello OSMappers, > > > > I am Tim Elrick, heading the Geographic Information Centre at McGill. I am > involved with organizing a mapathon at McGill in