[Talk-ca] Beautiful mission

[Heather Leson]

Hi folks

Mapping fruit trees and food sources is a beautiful mission. This might be
for you or someone in your network.

Laura - this is the openstreetmap canada network


Check out this job at Food For All NB | Aliments pour tous NB:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2269085805

All the best

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Re: [Talk-ca] Piggyback a SOTM bid with FOSS4G in Calgary

[Heather Leson]

Hey this is amazing

Fingers crossed for calgary

On Tue, 27 Aug 2019, 18:44 Martijn van Exel,  wrote:

> Not Canadian and definitely not local to Calgary, but I just wanted to
> chime in to say I really enjoyed it when SOTM and FOSS4G were both in
> Denver, and I would love for that to happen again. If I can somehow support
> I'd be happy to.
> --
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>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, at 11:26, Clifford Snow wrote:
>
> The 2020 FOSS4G is being held August 24-29 in Calgary. This seems like a
> good opportunity to submit a SOTM bid for either the weekend before or the
> weekend after. I have a number of friends that can get funding from their
> company to one but not both. Having both conferences in the same week will
> get us more participation.
>
> SOTM 2020 bids [1] are due next week, August 30th, so there isn't much
> time left. I know that a couple of the lead people for FOSS4G are willing
> the help.
>
> What are your thoughts on bidding on the 2020 SOTM?
>
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_2020/Call_for_venues
>
> Best,
> Clifford
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[Talk-ca] Input wanted - Open Gender Monologues

[Heather Leson]

HI colleagues,

I'm writing to ask if you would like to share about experiences around
gender in OSM. We are looking for a wide range of voices and ideas.

If you feel like you can share publicly (online or in person) or
anonymously, we welcome your guidance. Details. Perhaps you can also share
with your networks?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Heather%20Leson/diary/44407

We are hoping to collect input by July 25th

Thanks again and hoping to see some Canadians at SOTM  :)

Heather


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Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing with Statistics Canada (Ottawa ODL 2.0 is go!)

[Heather Leson]

Fantastic. Happy open data day!

On 4 Mar 2017 04:12, "John Marshall"  wrote:

> Great news
>
> On Mar 3, 2017 9:16 PM, "Stewart C. Russell"  wrote:
>
>> I just got access to the OSMF LWG draft minutes from yesterday, and I
>> have good news: Ottawa ODL 2.0 data *can* be included in the OSM
>> database.
>>
>> The minutes link - https://docs.google.com/docume
>> nt/d/1KyTLbQWSmo1rdoppqlFGTB3by-qVAzjLo_LPml3Ri9Y/edit - is still draft
>> so may not be generally readable, so I've included the text in full below:
>>
>> *5. Statement on Ottawa Open Data Licence Version 2.0 compatibility*
>>
>> Approval of the following statement:
>>
>> ---
>>
>> The LWG has been asked to determine the compatibility of Ottawa Open
>> Data, Licence Version 2.0 (Ottawa ODL 2.0) with the ODbL 2.0 in conjunction
>> with importing so licensed data. The text of the Ottawa ODL 2.0 can be
>> found here
>> 
>> *http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0*
>> 
>>
>> The Ottawa ODL 2.0 is a localised version of the OGL Canada
>> 
>> *http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada*
>>  which in turn
>> is loosly based on the UK OGL. The changes relative to the OGL Canada due
>> to localisation are the licensor (the City of Ottawa) and reference to the
>> definition of "personal information" as defined in the "Ontario Municipal
>> Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act",
>>
>> The LWG has determined
>>
>>-
>>
>>that the attribution requirements of the Ottawa ODL 2.0 can be met by
>>adding the required text to the wiki contributor page and corresponding
>>changeset source attribute values, and that there is no downstream
>>attribution requirement,
>>-
>>
>>that we are not using "Personal Information" as defined in the
>>licence and referenced legislation,
>>
>> and that so licensed material can be included in the OpenStreetMap
>> dataset and distributed on ODbL 1.0 terms.
>>
>> In the past the local variants of the OGL Canada have varied widely and
>> have in some cases included additional terms that have made them
>> incompatible with the ODbL and in some instances non-open. For this reason
>> we are not making a blanket statement on other such localised versions of
>> the OGL at this point in time and will continue to review them on a case by
>> case base.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Approved with 4 yes, 1 abstain.
>>
>>
>> I've also updated the wiki page.
>>
>> Have a great weekend!
>>  Stewart
>>
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Re: [Talk-ca] New Innovative Map Company

[Heather Leson]

So great!  Now I need to not live on the road so that I have a wall for it.

Congratulations

heather

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On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Bradon Levalds <bleva...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Stewart,
>
> Thanks again. I will ensure the correct attributions are visible on both
> digitally and printed on the labels we place on the maps themselves.
>
> Thanks,
> Bradon.
>
> > On Nov 5, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Stewart C. Russell <scr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2016-11-05 12:43 PM, Bradon Levalds wrote:
> >>
> >> This lasering allows only light to pass through the etched artwork which
> >> frosts, creating a unique, contemporary and detailed design of any
> >> location in the world with just the click of a button.
> >
> > These look really nice! I bet it took a load of trial and error to get
> > the engraving just so. Having spent a good bit of time laser cutting and
> > etching acrylic, the results look spectacular when you've got the
> > settings dialled in.
> >
> > Hope you've got the attribution* somewhere on the label!
> >
> > Stewart
> >
> > *:
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#3a._I_would_like_to_use_
> OpenStreetMap_maps._How_should_I_credit_you.3F
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Re: [Talk-ca] New project with OSM at Statistics Canada

[Heather Leson]

Hi

Maybe the osm ca community could set up an adhoc call or working group to
see how this can help all your efforts?

I'm not in Canada for the foreseeable future and don't have the bandwidth
but this might be a good way to build the relationship.

Excited to see how it plays out.

Heather

On 19 Jul 2016 05:11, "Stewart C. Russell"  wrote:

> On 2016-07-18 04:08 PM, john whelan wrote:
> >
> > … for the pilot what they would like
> > is a few tags adding to existing buildings.  These would be things such
> > as postcode
>
> Ooh, lemme order popcorn so I can watch Canada Post sue Statistics
> Canada for use of "their" precious codes ...
>
>  Stewart
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Re: [Talk-ca] Fort McMurray - Canadian volunteer as a point of contact

[Heather Leson]

HI Bernie, someone contacted me off list. I am working to coordinate. Just
got off the phone with the CanVost liaison to learn more first.

There is satellite imagery but the licenses are not ideal (yet).

CanVOST - Canadian Virtual Operations Support Team.

Heather

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On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Bernie Connors <bernie.conn...@unb.ca>
wrote:

> Is anybody following up on this opportunity to liaise with the emergency 
> managers in Fort McMurray? They are looking for an Albertan
>
>
> Morning from Doha.
>
> As mentioned previously there are emergency managers trying to get 
> imagery.
> This is their first time considering digital volunteers. If I can have one
> Canadian volunteer as a point of contact I can hand off the discussion.
>
> Note: they would really love it if it was someone from alberta. However, i
> think someone who can work on what is needed is also great.
>
> Heather - heatherleson at gmail.com
>
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Re: [Talk-ca] Fort McMurray forest fires

[Heather Leson]

Hi Folks

Planet Labs opened up their imagery with an OSM friendly license

https://www.planet.com/pulse/fort-mcmurray-wildfire/

Heather

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On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Morning from Doha.
>
> As mentioned previously there are emergency managers trying to get
> imagery. This is their first time considering digital volunteers. If I can
> have one Canadian volunteer as a point of contact I can hand off the
> discussion.
>
> Note: they would really love it if it was someone from alberta. However, i
> think someone who can work on what is needed is also great.
>
> Heather
> On 10 May 2016 03:31, "James" <james2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I doubt we could use this for validating as its creating a derived work
>> and unless we have permission
>> On May 9, 2016 8:20 PM, "Pierre Béland" <pierz...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> Couche Immeubles, cité de Wood Buffalo
>>> josm tms[19]:
>>> http://gis-portal-api.elasticbeanstalk.com/arcgis/rest/services/basemaps/vectorBasemap/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x}
>>>
>>> On ne peut tracer à partir de cette couche à moins d'obtenir
>>> l'autorisation de la municipalité. Mais cela permet de comparer immeubles
>>> avec carte OSM et imagerie Bing. On peut aussi valider les noms de rue dans
>>> OSM.
>>>
>>> Pierre
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Talk-ca] Ft. McMurry Fires

[Heather Leson]

Hello as mentioned under separate cover, Id like to connect one point of
contact who will try to heto

Thanks for being so detailed

Heather
On 10 May 2016 03:22, "James"  wrote:

> Seems the only way to contact them is via phone...and I doubt those lines
> will be mannedfor obvious reasons
>
> http://www.rmwb.ca/ContactUs.htm
> On May 9, 2016 8:14 PM, "Bernie Connors"  wrote:
>
> I believe the Wood Buffalo municipality has a buildings dataset. Can
> anyone get in touch with the municipal government to get the data?
>
> Bernie.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.
> *From: *Kunce, Dale
> *Sent: *Monday, May 9, 2016 1:24 PM
> *To: *James
> *Cc: *Talk-CA OpenStreetMap
> *Subject: *Re: [Talk-ca] Ft. McMurry Fires
>
> Quick question would it be possible to add that all buildings should be
> traced. This is crucial for the damage assessment.
>
> Thanks
> Dale
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> Services |  American Red Cross
> 2025 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
> Tel 202.303.4095 | Cell 510.842.7523 | Skype dkunce​
>
>
> From: Dale Kunce 
> Date: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 12:19 PM
> To: James 
> Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Ft. McMurry Fires
>
> Fantastic,
> I just joined the list today.
>
> Thanks
> Dale
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>
> From: James 
> Date: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 12:16 PM
> To: Dale Kunce 
> Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Ft. McMurry Fires
>
> Hi Dale I'm not sure if you've been following this list previously, but
> there was a initiative started already within osm-canada
>
> I've created a HOT project here:
> http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/22
>
> But right now OSM is in read only mode as there is a scheduled maintenance
> On May 9, 2016 12:12 PM, "Kunce, Dale"  wrote:
>
>> The American Red Cross is potentially sending some teams to do help the
>> Canadian Canadian Red Cross with damage assessments in Ft. Mcmurtry and
>> other places affected by the recent fires.
>>
>> As part of the assessment we are potentially going to use OpenMapKit to
>> do a building by building assessment. The OSM data looks pretty good for
>> the area except that not all buildings are in OSM. The assessment would not
>> happen for at least a week or two but we are interested in mapping all of
>> the buildings in the affected area from pre-event imagery. No damage
>> assessment from satellite imagery will occur.
>>
>> I’ve already let HOT know but it would be great to have support of the
>> OSM-Canada community to help get the work done.
>>
>> Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in
>> helping or leading.
>>
>> Dale
>>
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Re: [Talk-ca] Fort McMurray forest fires

[Heather Leson]

Morning from Doha.

As mentioned previously there are emergency managers trying to get imagery.
This is their first time considering digital volunteers. If I can have one
Canadian volunteer as a point of contact I can hand off the discussion.

Note: they would really love it if it was someone from alberta. However, i
think someone who can work on what is needed is also great.

Heather
On 10 May 2016 03:31, "James"  wrote:

> I doubt we could use this for validating as its creating a derived work
> and unless we have permission
> On May 9, 2016 8:20 PM, "Pierre Béland"  wrote:
>
>> Couche Immeubles, cité de Wood Buffalo
>> josm tms[19]:
>> http://gis-portal-api.elasticbeanstalk.com/arcgis/rest/services/basemaps/vectorBasemap/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x}
>>
>> On ne peut tracer à partir de cette couche à moins d'obtenir
>> l'autorisation de la municipalité. Mais cela permet de comparer immeubles
>> avec carte OSM et imagerie Bing. On peut aussi valider les noms de rue dans
>> OSM.
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>
>>
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[Talk-ca] Fort McMurray Fires: CanVOST update for Friday

[Heather Leson]

Hello here is the promised update from the for the Fort McMurray fires.
Summary: the canadian governments haven't asked for crisismapping yet. Step
by step.

CANVOST - this is a group building partnerships and lines of communications
between digital contributors and Canadian government officials. The goal is
to be a Canadian Volunteer network like our allies in the US (VOADs and
VOSTs)

There are details in the note on how to join this mailing list.

I am happy to introduce anyone. Given that I live in Qatar it would be best
if someone in Canada is the liaison.

Thanks

Heather
-- Forwarded message --
From: "David Black" <da...@crisiscommons.org>
Date: 7 May 2016 04:01
Subject: CanVOST update for Friday
To: <coret...@standbytaskforce.com>, <t...@humanityroad.org>, "patrice
cloutier" <patricecloutiermc...@gmail.com>, "Heather Leson" <
heatherle...@gmail.com>, <rbhar...@cisco.com>, "Christiaan Adams" <
csad...@google.com>
Cc:

Considering that our current mandate from AEMA is fairly limited (but
important) to Social Media monitoring, message amplification, correcting
misinformation etc. as outlined previously, we do not see an immediate need
for mapping and other tasks. This is directly related to the official
mandate/needs from the AEMA. Of course, we are all free to carry on doing
the work we do to aid citizens directly and I encourage it.

This is CanVOST's first direct engagement with an official agency here and
they have limited the scope of our contribution to essentially the
activities that we exercised with them last year.

Though we know that with all our partners such as yourselves we could bring
more to the table, we are happy to complete the mandate and satisfy our
larger goals of building the trust relationships with government,
demonstrating the value of our collective contributions, and refining our
activation and workflow processes.

That being said, as the situation evolves we are ready to step things up if
AEMA comes back with new requests and a wider scope of work.

We will be reaching out to the PIO's in various EOC's tomorrow to better
our integration with current operations and refine the products that we
supply.

CanVOST has organized it's work schedule, will reach out to other VOST's,
and if anyone from your organizations want to help out with the tasks at
hand for a few hours Patrice would be happy to welcome you on board. Just
contact him directly. patricecloutiermc...@gmail.com

I will message again if things change.

Please contact us if you have any questions or feedback and thank you for
all the support.

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Re: [Talk-ca] Fort McMurray forest fires

[Heather Leson]

Hello

Let me know if you want me to connect you to the emergency managers in the
area. I will give them a heads up that you are talking about it

Two of them are big fans of osm so they might help. But i leave this
decision with you.

Heather
On 6 May 2016 04:59, "Simon Wood"  wrote:

> On Thu, May 5, 2016 9:28 am, Andrew MacKinnon wrote:
> > As you are probably aware by now, a large portion of Fort McMurray,
> > Alberta has been destroyed by forest fires.
> >
> >
> > Is any freely licensed aerial imagery of the affected area available
> > yet? Will the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team be creating a project for
> > Fort McMurray?
>
> You might get some help from UrtheCast, as a Canadian company they might
> be willing to donate access to footage.
> https://www.urthecast.com
>
> Not sure that they can provide geo-referenced shots, but any info might be
> of use. Their cameras are fixed on ISS, so any orbital software/website
> will tell you if/when they have near passes.
>
> They also have a live feed:
> https://www.urthecast.com/live
>
> Cheers,
> Simon.
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Re: [Talk-ca] OSM in Metro Toronto

[Heather Leson]

Fantastic! I miss the monthly OSM Tdot meet ups.  Let hope people map
globally and locally.

Colin : link? Hope you are well

Heather
On 13 Oct 2015 19:14, "Colin McGregor"  wrote:

> FYI:
>
> There is a short piece in today's "Metro Toronto" (free newspaper) on
> page 11 about an OSM mapping event tomorrow (October 14th, 2015) at
> the Centre for Social Innovation. Regrettably I have another event
> scheduled tomorrow evening, so I can't go, but I would recommend that
> everyone who can go, do so.
>
> All the best.
>
>
>
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Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

[Heather Leson]

Good point.

How about a university? I have had great luck with those. I think that
someone from Norman Patterson (Carleton) has been writing about HOT and
OSM. Let us know

John/Richard, is there a list that folks have on tech specs setting up
Missing Maps? I know that Pete has been doing them often in London UK and
could help if needed.

Heather

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On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:23 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you have a confirmed venue with lots of wifi bandwidth?  If its
> preinstalled JOSM its not too bad but going by other maperthons iD seems to
> be more demanding.
>
> Thanks John
>
> On 25 September 2015 at 23:40, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada
>>
>> I just wanted to say thank you. I'll it widely. Perhaps consider posting
>> on the HOT list too?
>>
>> Heather
>> On 26 Sep 2015 3:24 am, "Richard Burcher" <richardburc...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa.
>>> Still some details to work out but we're aiming for November 14th from 9am
>>> - 3pm.
>>>
>>> So if you're interested, drop us a line and get involved:)
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/225620798/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

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Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada

I just wanted to say thank you. I'll it widely. Perhaps consider posting on
the HOT list too?

Heather
On 26 Sep 2015 3:24 am, "Richard Burcher"  wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa. Still
> some details to work out but we're aiming for November 14th from 9am - 3pm.
>
> So if you're interested, drop us a line and get involved:)
>
> [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/225620798/
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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Re: [Talk-ca] Bid: State of the Map - Toronto 2015

[Heather Leson]

HI Richard and OSM TO team. Thank you so much for all your amazing work on
this. Here's to a potential event in the future.

All the best,
Heather

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On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:

 Dear All,

 The Toronto bid for State of the Map 2015 was not accepted, so we
 won't be hosting State of the Map 2015 in Toronto.

 I want to thank the hard-working members of the Toronto bid team; you
 enabled us to assemble a wonderful bid on a preposterously short
 deadline.  Well done, and thank you for committing your time and
 experience and for believing in our goal of hosting the best
 OpenStreetMap conference ever.

 Thank you also to the many vendors who were able to meet our request
 for quotes on the aforementioned preposterously short deadlines.  They
 delivered on time.  Thanks further for being so patient and
 understanding when the Toronto bid team had to ask for extension after
 extension to the proposal period when faced with missed deadlines and
 non-decisions from the SotM-WG.

 There will be an official announcement from the State of the Map
 Working Group some time soon with other details.

 Best regards,

 Richard

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Re: [Talk-ca] HOT in Canada

[Heather Leson]

Bonjour/ Hi

Sorry for my delayed response due to the upcoming move. Pierre, your
leadership in HOT for activations and for community work is so key. Merci.

I've long felt that the work we do internationally as CrisisMappers could
be used at home.  Richard Weait once mentioned at an OSM Toronto meetup
that it would be a great to have OSM translated into local languages in the
North. Stewart, Charles, Pierre: I think that a proposal to map Canada to
support our northern friends with community mapping parties and youth
engagement would be an amazing project. It is long overdue and I think you
are the ones who could make this possible.

The Canadian government is supporting the large Open Data conference in
Ottawa. Surely, this might be an amazing place to get more allies and
funding support (if needed). http://opendatacon.org/


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About HOT
I received a few notes offlist for the Missing Maps connections. Thanks so
much.

See some of you hopefully tonight at Maptime in Toronto.

Thanks again,

Heather



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2015-01-16 22:45 GMT-05:00 Pierre Béland pierz...@yahoo.fr:

 Il y a effectivement HOT et ce que nous pouvons faire comme communauté.
 Comme vous savez, je suis beaucoup impliqué dans les activations de HOT
 comme coordonnateur des Réponses OSM telles que Haiyan et Ebola.  Mais je
 m'intéresse aussi à couvrir nos propres territoires. Et effectivement, le
 nord du Canada est peu cartographié et nous pouvons nous donner comme
 communauté le défi de couvrir ces zones, d'établir des priorités pour
 couvrir l'essentiel.  Après cela, il sera toujours possible de compléter
 plus systématiquement à l'aide des données Canvec.

 Au cours des deux dernières semaines, j'ai commencé à faire cela en partie
 pour le nord du Québec. Je me suis concentré sur les réseaux de chemin de
 fer et d'électricité. J'ai d'abord ajouté une ligne de chemin de fer au
 nord de Sept-Iles. J'ai aussi systématiquement révisé le réseau des
 barrages électriques et lignes électriques 735 000 volts.

 Il y a aussi à ajouter les villages, le réseau routier et des activités
 économiques telles les mines.  Partout où l'imagerie Bing est disponible,
 on peut évidemment avoir pour objectif de colorier davantage la carte du
 nord du Canada.

 Pour les communautés isolées telles au nord du Québec, ce peut être une
 bonne approche d'obtenir des traces GPS. Et qui sais, éventuellement des
 images obtenues à l'aide de drones étant donné la petite taille des
 villages.


 Pierre

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 *Objet :* Re: [Talk-ca] HOT in Canada



 On 01/16/2015 10:08 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
  Hi Heather,
  … They have an organization who would like to help support a Missing
  Maps event in Canada
 
  Is this remote mapping, or would it be considered ‘in country’? The
  state of some of the northern communities in Canada is a disaster, and
  it makes me ashamed to be Canadian.
 
   Stewart

 Slightly off topic, but a new member of the Montreal community should be
 in Kuujjuaq right now. We discussed how he could acquire gps data before
 he left, so we might get some good ground data in a couple weeks.

 I agree though that we could do more, now, by mapping imagery for the
 northern communities.

 Cheers,

 Charles
 
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[Talk-ca] HOT in Canada

[Heather Leson]

Hello

I'm relatively new to this list but not OSM, so an introduction.  For the
past 5 years or so, I've been active in the Humanitarian OpenstreetMap Team
(HOT)[1] and CrisisMappers Network[2]. As an organizer and supporter, my
role also includes being a member and on the board of HOT. We have our own
HOT mailing list. There are a few of you who may be collaborating on global
OSM projects. (Thank you). Some of you may even be on the HOT list or
contributed to some of the humanitarian activations.

I know this is a talk list for Canada, so I will explain why I posting. HOT
is involved in is the Missing Maps Project with Medicine sans Frontières
and the American Red Cross [3]. This project has regular event in the UK
and is starting to do so in DC. My colleague at MSF asked if I knew of
other Canadians in HOT. He posted to the HOT list and did not reach many.
So, I offer to connect with you. They have an organization who would like
to help support a Missing Maps event in Canada (city is really about who
can help and community capacity). Richard Weait is already doing two
popular, regular mapping events in Toronto. While based in Toronto, I am
moving countries in a few weeks (so I can't help organize).

If you are interested, please do get in touch off list. I want to respect
the list topic and your times.


Thanks and happy mapping,


Heather


[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team
[2] http://crisismappers.net/
[3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Missing_Maps_Project



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