Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: Yukon Mapping Protected areas

d, but we're having a discussion akin to meeting over coffee and it does not carry the same weight as an inquiry). Best regards, matt wilkie Geomatics Analyst Information Management and Technology Yukon Department of Environment 10 Burns Road *

Re: [Talk-ca] Yukon Mapping Protected areas

> Cool, so i take that as confirmation we can use it for OSM. > Awesome. Yes, the parks and protected area data is free and libre, as is all the gis data from Environment Yukon found on the website. (Please note that the Wildlife Key Areas does have it's own license agreement.) > Its probably a b

Re: [Talk-ca] Yukon Mapping Protected areas

Hi Sam, 1000k and 250k parks data c.2008 is available from http://www.environmentyukon.ca/geomatics/govdata.html. There is an update pending for Old Crow Flats special management area "Real Soon Now(tm)". Surveyed protected areas can be nabbed from http://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/datalicence-licencedonne

Re: [Talk-ca] Mapping parks

Yukon Parks & Protected Areas data can be nabbed from http://environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/geomatics/govdata.html cheers, matt wilkie Geographic Information, Information Management and Technology, Yukon Department of Environment 10 Burns

Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase and OpenStreetMap

asm outstrips their skill. Some filtering and verification is needed, but I'm confident that can be addressed if there is a will to do so. cheers, matt wilkie Geographic Information, Information Management and Technology, Yukon Department of Env

Re: [Talk-ca] Why import all of Geobase/Canvec?

gt; steep hills)). It's easier to do that kind of calculation from a digital elevation model than contours. > As for hydrology, by attitude would be, if it isn't much trouble to > add, why not? The theme of my questions is based on the premise that it likely will be a lot of tr

[Talk-ca] Why import all of Geobase/Canvec?

g geometry to more closely match the reality they see. I don't see the same potential value adding activity for natural features like hydrology, contours, satellite imagery, etc. Am I missing something? best regards, -- matt wilkie Geograp

Re: [Talk-ca] Initial Test Areas to Import GeoBase

can dedicate a machine to running conversion scripts if someone else can provide them, or a sample from which I can write my own. best regards, matt wilkie Geographic Information, Information Management and Technology, Yukon Department of Environmen

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian data - GeoGratis (and an accuracy rant)

earest metre (in UTM coordinate space), as per the NTDB specification. matt wilkie Geographic Information, Information Management and Technology, Yukon Department of Environment 10 Burns Road * Whitehorse, Yukon * Y1A 4Y9 867-667-8133 Tel * 867-393-7003 Fa

Re: [Talk-ca] mp2osm updating Wiki page

a year. http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/collection/detail.do?id=28954 -- matt wilkie Geographic Information, Information Management and Technology, Yukon Department of Environment 10 Burns Road * Whitehorse, Yukon * Y1A 4Y9 867-667-8133 Tel * 867-39

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing geobase data, learning from everyone

ere's also some work in persuading them that the changes you are proposing are correct and valid. It does work though; nobody wants to knowingly distribute wrong data. cheers, matt wilkie Geographic Information, Information Management and Technolo

[Talk-ca] Hello from the Yukon

Greetings Everyone, My name is Matt Wilkie and I work for the Yukon Government, Department of Environment, and have a little familiarity with Geobase data. At least as it pertains to my region. Sam Vekhemans scrounged me up and invited me to participate in the discussion of importing Geobase