[Talk-ca] import complaints

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Weait
dear all, I've heard some LOUD complaints about imports in Canada. Please be sure to follow the import guidelines, including special import accounts, and please be sure to check your work and fix errors. Latest issue appears to be a large broken water polygon. Best regards, Richard

Re: [Talk-ca] Talk-ca Digest, Vol 46, Issue 2

2011-12-02 Thread Sam Dyck
Excellent, but is the City of Winnipeg aerial imagery kosher for use with OSM? I was under the impression that the aside from the Transit Department, the city doesn't believe in open data. Are you using a WMS server to access it or downloading the images and loading them into JSOM? Sam Dyck On

Re: [Talk-ca] Talk-ca Digest, Vol 46, Issue 2

2011-12-02 Thread Tyler Gunn
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Sam Dyck samueld...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent, but is the City of Winnipeg aerial imagery kosher for use with OSM? I was under the impression that the aside from the Transit Department, the city doesn't believe in open data. Are you using a WMS server to

Re: [Talk-ca] import complaints

2011-12-02 Thread Connors, Bernie (SNB)
Richard, Do you have a link to Import Guidelines that are specific to Canvec data? Bernie. -- Bernie Connors, P.Eng Service New Brunswick (506) 444-2077 45°56'25.21N, 66°38'53.65W www.snb.ca/geonb/ -Original Message- From: Richard Weait [mailto:rich...@weait.com] Sent:

Re: [Talk-ca] import complaints

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: Richard,        Do you have a link to Import Guidelines that are specific to Canvec data? Sure. All imports should comply with the OSM import guidelines. My preference is that we do not import at all. We

Re: [Talk-ca] Toronto area OSM Mappy Hour / Open house

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Hi All, OSM contributors are welcome to join us for an Open house / Mappy Hour on Saturday 10 December 2011. [ ... ] http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/events/42176392/ I want to make this really clear. If you

Re: [Talk-ca] Re-licensing -- a good excuse to rework some data.

2011-12-02 Thread john whelan
Personal view - why not just import the Canvec data? If you use keeprite to have a qeikc look at the area

Re: [Talk-ca] import complaints

2011-12-02 Thread Samuel Dyck
I /think/ I'm responsible for that big error in Hudson Bay. I've fixed it, but can't quite figure out how two small mistakes caused that big glitch. Perhaps the real problem is that the coastlines are updated only a few times a year, I fixed the problem as soon as I saw it, and yet it will

Re: [Talk-ca] import complaints

2011-12-02 Thread Stewart C. Russell
On 11-12-02 16:07 , Richard Weait wrote: So let's start treating external like we treat aerial imagery. Let's don't, and say we did. For much of Canada, aerials aren't useful. Look at, say, Elliot Lake: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=46.3846lon=-82.6852zoom=13layers=M - aerials don't