Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-11-01 Thread John Whelan
Are you confusing the availability of Open Data with an import?  Most imports need plans but just because Open Data is available does not mean the license is compatible nor that it will be imported. My feeling is the wiki page lists open data and indicates if the license is compatible. We

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-11-01 Thread John Whelan
The Canadian Federal Government Open Data License is one of the few that has been formally approved by the legal working group.  I would have preferred to see it released through the Treasury Board's Open Data portal that way there is no question about the license but I accept Alessandro's

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-11-01 Thread OSM Volunteer stevea
On Nov 1, 2018, at 12:47 PM, Дмитрий Киселев wrote: > Looks like the wiki needs amending to only list open data with the correct > license either separately or a note added to each entry. Mmmm, not "only," an Import Plan is required, too. That can be part of a wiki that describes the project

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-11-01 Thread Дмитрий Киселев
Hi John, Looks like the wiki needs amending to only list open data with the correct > license either separately or a note added to each entry. what's the status of OGL-CA is it compatible or not, or compatible with some restrictions or only for some datasets? StatsCan just published building

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-10-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 10/30/18 19:15, wambac...@posteo.de wrote: > last week there was a (short) discussion at talk-ca about > https://osm.org/user/Darthmouthmapper Now known as "Darthmouthmapmaker", though not currently making any maps because of https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/2312 I hope he will

[Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-10-30 Thread wambacher
Hi, last week there was a (short) discussion at talk-ca about https://osm.org/user/Darthmouthmapper see https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2018-October/008794.html Unfortunately nothing happened until now. The user (or users?) is still going on doing very strange stuff including

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-10-21 Thread Andrew Lester
mappers. It's already going to take a while to clean up the mess they've made, so we need to stop the creation of even more mess. Andrew Lester Victoria, BC, Canada From: "Frederik Ramm" To: "talk-ca" Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 6:18:24 AM Subject: [Talk-ca]

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-10-21 Thread John Whelan
Looks like the wiki needs amending to only list open data with the correct license either separately or a note added to each entry.  I have noticed before there is no authority listed on the wiki. Cheerio John Дмитрий Киселев wrote on 2018-10-21 10:28 AM: About source, I suppose it's

Re: [Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-10-21 Thread Дмитрий Киселев
About source, I suppose it's https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Canada#Open_Data [12] вс, 21 окт. 2018 г. в 10:20, Frederik Ramm : > Hi, > > there's a mapper in Canada - Darthmouthmapper - who seems to: > > 1. import data from a source he calls "Nova Scotia Open Data" - I am not >

[Talk-ca] Nova Scotia imports, and boundary=land_area

2018-10-21 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, there's a mapper in Canada - Darthmouthmapper - who seems to: 1. import data from a source he calls "Nova Scotia Open Data" - I am not aware of any imports discussion, and the source specification is not precise enough to determine the legal status of that. Judging from past changeset