[Talk-ca] Approaching civic government for access to GIS data..
Hello, I'm considering writing a letter to the civic government here in Winnipeg to ask for permission/access to their GIS data. The aerial imagery alone available on their website is a HUGE treasure-trove of information; 20cm 2009 aerial imagery!!! :) Has anyone ever approached the local government in this manner? If so is there any starting point letter I could use that someone has? Thanks! Tyler -- -- Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Approaching civic government for access to GIS data..
My approach is, build it and they will come. Have you seen the CanMatrix geoTIFF CanTopo PDFs? This digital paper map, includes more features that are not available in canvec, such as municiple boundaries (and in BC) it includes backroad logging roads. These PDFs can be freely traced. Anyway, the point is, i think is better to fully exhaust the resources we already have, as there is a TONNE of data available to us. Once winnipeg sees the top quality map that OSM is becomming, i thing they would approach the OSM Community. Anyway, the pdf re-discovery was just in the past few days. Were chatting about that on #osm-ca IRC. Cheers, Sam On 6/22/10, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote: Hello, I'm considering writing a letter to the civic government here in Winnipeg to ask for permission/access to their GIS data. The aerial imagery alone available on their website is a HUGE treasure-trove of information; 20cm 2009 aerial imagery!!! :) Has anyone ever approached the local government in this manner? If so is there any starting point letter I could use that someone has? Thanks! Tyler -- -- Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Approaching civic government for access to GIS data..
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:19:32 -0700, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, ya, its easier to get it done now than in a few months from now. No doubt; once all the Geobase data floods in this wouldn't be quite so easy!!! If you find the city boundaries file before i do, feel free to convert it to OSM and make the .osm files available if you can. Im not sure how to tag it, so a 1st run is needed. I have yet to find any city boundaries -- I really would like to get that data added at some point. Or do the other provinces, i have loaded a few in northern Ontario. So i think the NWT should still be alot of OpenRange. I got some areas in Nunavut, Sask and Northern Ontario -- I'll venture into other areas as I get the time. Thanks, Tyler ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Approaching civic government for access to GIS data..
Cool, Then i'll hold off on the National Protected Areas file for i bit, and get the Aboriginal Lands more done. If anyone finds the admin areas, do share :) the ontario areas are available, i just havent converted it yet. Sam On 6/22/10, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:19:32 -0700, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, ya, its easier to get it done now than in a few months from now. No doubt; once all the Geobase data floods in this wouldn't be quite so easy!!! If you find the city boundaries file before i do, feel free to convert it to OSM and make the .osm files available if you can. Im not sure how to tag it, so a 1st run is needed. I have yet to find any city boundaries -- I really would like to get that data added at some point. Or do the other provinces, i have loaded a few in northern Ontario. So i think the NWT should still be alot of OpenRange. I got some areas in Nunavut, Sask and Northern Ontario -- I'll venture into other areas as I get the time. Thanks, Tyler -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
