[Talk-ca] Tonight! Toronto OSM meetup

See you here! Come on in, the coffee is delicious! http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/ ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

[Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking for examples of well mapped areas

I discovered OSM a few weeks ago and have been hooked since. I've been refining the existing map data for my subdivision, adding new roads, cleaning up existing ones, and adding POIs. I've also traced all the houses in my subdivision and am planning to head out with a stack of WalkingPapers

Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking for examples of well mapped areas

A purely personal point of view. I like the footpaths, Google doesn't have these. I'm not so sure about the houses as a block. I'd be more inclined to drop in street numbers in post code blocks using addr:interpolationhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:interpolation . for example

Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking for examples of well mapped areas

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote: I discovered OSM a few weeks ago and have been hooked since.  I've been refining the existing map data for my subdivision, adding new roads, cleaning up existing ones, and adding POIs. I've also traced all the houses in my

Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking forexamples of well mapped areas

Hi Tyler and all! I would consider Sherbrooke as a well mapped area!-) http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.3788lon=-71.8948zoom=14layers=B000FT F Actually there are plenty of good examples around the country, each of them having their own color. Welcome Daniel _

Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking for examples of well mapped areas

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Marc Provencher m...@marcprovencher.comwrote: I finally understand what you mean by using Toporama as a WMS layer in JOSM. Can Potlatch make use of these WMS servers as well? Marc. I cc'd the talk-ca list, as it's a FAQ No, not yet. RichardF (who works

Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking for examples of well mapped areas

Hi Tyler, Welcome Yup, thats alot of houses. Great work! Thanks! A couple things. 1 - You can use Toporama from Natural Resources Canada, and set it up as a WMS layer in JOSM Awesome! I've added that in and have been able to trace some roads up in rural MB around Dauphin, the

Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to the Canadian mapping scene looking for examples of well mapped areas

Also consider some of the best from around the World. http://www.bestofosm.org/ Image of the week has a history of great mapping as OSM progresses. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_images And feel free to submit your excellent work for others to see at either of the above