Re: [Talk-ca] Toronto OpenStreetMap Meet and Greet

2012-12-29 Thread Richard Weait
We've confirmed the date and time, and the special guest, for the Toronto meet and greet. It will be next Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, from 3pm. http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/ Join the meetup, or email me off list for details. ___ Talk-ca

[Talk-ca] Deleting non-visible Administrative Boundaries (or The Great Wall of China)

2012-12-29 Thread Bruno Remy
Hi, In this post of Talk-US, Frederik suggests NOT mapping administrative boundaries that are not visible on ground (fences, toll, etc...) http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2012-December/010026.html Don't you think that the notion of virtual or not is absolutly not applicable on

Re: [Talk-ca] Deleting non-visible Administrative Boundaries (or The Great Wall of China)

2012-12-29 Thread Pierre Béland
Bruno, Frederik tiens un discours idéologique sans savoir à quoi servent de telles informations.  Je pourrais toujours dire que je demeure sur la rue ensoleillée, dans un village nulle part. Difficile de s'y retrouver.  Les limites administratives, tout comme les noms de rues sont un élément

Re: [Talk-ca] Deleting non-visible Administrative Boundaries (or The Great Wall of China)

2012-12-29 Thread Gordon Dewis
I took from that message that the person was talking about not putting property lines in OSM, not about removing geopolitical boundaries. Mapping property lines is problematic for your average mapper and doing so accurately is an even bigger challenge. If I had to pick where to expend my

Re: [Talk-ca] Deleting non-visible Administrative Boundaries (or The Great Wall of China)

2012-12-29 Thread Pierre Béland
j'ai d'abord répondu à partir du compte-rendu de Bruno. En retournant à la discussion originale, je m'aperçois que c'est Frederik Ramm qui a écrit la note en question.  Frederik est sur le conseil d'administration de la Fondation OSM et sur le comité de surveillance des données (DWG). Dans