Re: [Talk-ca] Road and Trail Maps available for Ontario, Canada at no cost
Hi Talk-ca list, cc: Albertson, Carol Anne (MNR) carolanne.albert...@ontario.ca, cc: SteveC st...@asklater.com, Just a quick note to let you know that I'm faxing off a (myself) signed copy of the Unrestricted Use license agreement(1), and once thats received, I'll be able to analyze the data to make some sense of it. My guess is a few weeks. (lots of stuff on the go.. but its fun). The easy one is that the attribution tag will be attribution=Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR)** I'll create a Wiki chart similar to the ones i did for canvec, listing what all is available. And what tags should be used, then we can debate it. It's assumed that this data is better than the trails available from CanVec, (since its more direct). So if anyone also wants to help out, please let me know than we can get it done faster. And of course, still, the import guidelines(2) are followed :) Thank again SteveC for forwarding the info. Cheers, Sam (1) http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/LIO/2ColumnSubPage/272487.html (2) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Thats music to my ears! Thanks Steve, and thanks Carol Anne! On behalf of the talk-ca list, we take that as confirmation and we'll post it on the Ontario wiki page. I'll add the Trail Data file for ontario to the Master Canada Import progress Chart. If anyone wants to make up the source tag (ontario_trails2osm) tags chart, please let the talk-ca list know. Its on my list of things todo. :-) The trail data for Ontario should (most likely) be better than what is in the CanVec set. Since (odds are) the CanVec data would be older. If its 1 big (or a few big) shp files, i'd recommend going with manual coping with the shp-to-osm.jar (slow steady beats fast messy, but thats just me. :-) thanks again! Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails P.S my guess is that Patrick Connor of Ontario Trails Council might want to know (or a THANK YOU is in Order) On 8/28/09, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Hi, sounds like this should go to talk-ca Yours c. Steve On 28 Aug 2009, at 08:41, Albertson, Carol Anne (MNR) wrote: Hi, I am not sure if you are accessing Provincial or Federal warehouses for data but currently Ontario road and trail data can be accessed at no cost at Land Information - the data layers are Ontario Road Network and the Ontario Trail Network. The Provincial data is available in a GIS format and can be converted to your proprietary mapping. Please visit http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/ STEL02_168321.html or call 705-755-2175. If you are looking for Canadian Road data I would also suggest you go to Geobase http://www.geobase.ca/ where you can directly download data freely for Canadian roads and other data. The provinces are working with the Federal government to provide data at no cost to users. Shortly street names and address ranges for Ontario will be available through Geobase. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me, Carol-Anne Albertson Project Manager, Land Information Ontario Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources P.O. Box 7000, 300 Water Street, 2nd Floor North Tower Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5 Telephone: 705.755.2175 Email: carolanne.albert...@ontario.ca Do We Have Your Trail? Land Information Ontario has developed a web map showing trail locations based on information we have received from Ontario municipalities and trail organizations. By adding your trail to the Ontario Trail Network your trail along with other trails will be accessible at no cost to government ministries and other organizations for planning, analysis and emergency management. Check to see if we have your trail in French or English! ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] More vandalism by Yathusan
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2365099 Can someone please revert and block this user? This is a repeat offender. Andrew MacKinnon ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Yathusan vandalism
Sure, i'll try :-) right now im brainstorming (thinking outloud on email) on solving the 'root problem'. its 'The technical learning curve', Because making a better GUI, folks who want to be vandels skip that 1st step. Its the 'community-user-inyour-face' which is our strength. :-) As soon as they realize exactly who we are, they would have 'incentive to stop'. -ie. We are going 'against the grain of Copyrighted maps' Pirates charting a new course. The worlds greatest hackers, working together, to make 'windows in its frame'. To make $ for software a thing of the past. These are pritty good incentives for a junior hacker to want to work with the 'in person' pirate community. We blow them of their port side maties. We are not a single country, $/£/€ makes no difference. We throw our map in a bottle, and cast a sea. (along with a link to the wiki) so only the 'brains' of the crew can desypher the code. You wouldnt have a newbie release a new update of ibuntu would you? We even have the Audacity to allow mapArt to go ahead and use OSM data on their maps, but just ask that they put 'data provided by OpenStreetMap.org and Contributors' Now to turn the above into a persuasive essay. Cheers, Sam On 9/3/09, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear Sam, Andrew reported these after suspicious edits by the same user in Toronto. Would you have a look at these, or refer them to folks you know in the area, and check these edits for potential vandalism / reckless enthusiasm / ignorance ? Best regards, Richard. -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew MacKinnon andrew...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:54 PM Subject: [OSM-talk] Yathusan vandalism To: Talk Openstreetmap t...@openstreetmap.org Found some more: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2365004 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2364986 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2364907 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2364884 Not 100% sure they are vandalism since they are in B.C., but I strongly suspect so. ___ talk mailing list t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Yathusan vandalism
Let me guess, reverting the deleting of Nanaimo roads? (i guessed right) BTW, rest of Canada. Vancouver Island is the guinea pig for the rest of Canada. I figure that at least if all the 'wedgies' are ironed out over here, it will save on the rest of Canada being imported messily :0) Since there's a TO NE of data available, messing up an island is much better than messing up all of Canada. The local mapper Jamie is well aware of this, and anxious to get it fixed too. I think that this shows a valuablabe point. That as soon as the road data is imported, it attracts more users. So when Canvec is dropped in, it needs to be done in 1 tile session as complete as possible. This will avoid frustration the next day when someone else goes to the map. Austin, if you have time, can you make the 092f01 to 092f04 geobase roads available? Because the western half of Nanaimo isn't available, only the 'old' CAPS roads still are there. It confuses people as to which road data to use.So if all the 'corrections' (me removing the caps roads) in 1 sitting, it would have helped. Anyway, I plan on visiting Nanaimo later this month, and hosting a mapping party. with all the local area users. Cheers, Sam On 9/3/09, Andrew MacKinnon andrew...@gmail.com wrote: Found some more: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2365004 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2364986 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2364907 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2364884 Not 100% sure they are vandalism since they are in B.C., but I strongly suspect so. ___ talk mailing list t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
