Re: [Talk-ca] Fredericton WMS Offset

[nicholas ingalls]

Yeah I did a bit more research afterwards to double check, including going
and getting gps more gps traces and the current (Bing) imagery appears to
be dead on. I also checked it with some centre lines from another data
source (Not importing just to check the imagery) and they also verified
that the Bing imagery is correct.

Thanks for the feedback! I hadn't thought about the atmospheric
interference.

Cheers,
ingalls


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Andrew Buck  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am not from the area, but I did want to post my 2 cents about this
> issue.  Your idea of how the offset got started sounds correct.  I
> would caution you though that GPS traces can be offset, too, due to
> atmospheric effects.  To really get a good trace with no offset you
> need to do a few traces on different days of the same road (or path is
> better since it is narrow) and through an area with few buildings
> around as these can cause offsets, too.
>
> Other than those issues, if you trust your traces then I see no reason
> not to fix the offset, but as I said make sure your traces are good
> first.
>
> -AndrewBuck
>
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Re: [Talk-ca] [OpenDataBC] Call for Speakers @ Open Data BC Summit on Feb 19, 2013 Vancouver

[Paul Norman]

Resenting to the right address...

Sent from my iPad

On 2013-01-03, at 12:09 PM, Paul Norman  wrote:

> I'm considering going to this conference and presenting on OSM use of open 
> data. I figure it might be of interest to a few people as data used by us 
> will be used by Wikipedia, wolfram alpha, MQ open, assorted phone apps, etc...
> 
> I'm open to other ideas, particularly as I'm on vacation until 2 days before 
> the call for presentations ends. Also if anyone else is interested it makes 
> sense to coordinate.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Nelson Lah 
>> Date: 3 January, 2013 1:26:02 AM EST
>> To: nla...@shaw.ca
>> Subject: [OpenDataBC] Call for Speakers @ Open Data BC Summit on Feb 19, 
>> 2013 Vancouver
>> Reply-To: opendat...@googlegroups.com
>> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> Now that we have all survived the End of the World, Christmas and New Year, 
>> this will be easy...
>> 
>> The Open Data Society of BC is hosting the BC Open Data Summit on February 
>> 19, 2013 in downtown Vancouver at SFU Segal Graduate School of Business at 
>> 500 Granville Street.  We are inviting you to be part of this conversation.
>> 
>> We're especially proud of what the BC open data community has accomplished 
>> over the past three years since we first started growing our community.  At 
>> the beginning, the thought of accessing data on a government web site was 
>> tricky business (imagine wanting access to government data!).  We had to 
>> sort out challenges around licensing, formats, methods of access...the 
>> works.  Through many great conversations and threads here and elsewhere, we 
>> have thankfully sorted out much of the "WHAT" of open data.
>> 
>> Now that we have some open data accessible to us, we thought it would be 
>> helpful to focus on the value that it can bring.  We want to explore how it 
>> is being used in academia, in evidence-based decision making, in fighting 
>> corruption, in uncovering new opportunities, and in creating economic value, 
>> businesses and jobs.
>> 
>> That's why we're inviting you to join us at the BC Open Data Summit in 
>> February.  
>> 
>> We are calling you to come out and make a short presentation.  Share your 
>> ideas, and what you or your organization has done with open data to create 
>> value.  Proposals are due by January 13.  
>> 
>> More information is available here: 
>> http://www.opendatabc.ca/bc-open-data-summit-2013-call-for-speakers.html
>> 
>> Many thanks.
>> 
>> Nelson Lah
>> Summit Chair
>> on behalf of Open Data Society of BC
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