Re: [Talk-ca] Is Mississauga Data licence compatible with OSM?

2012-01-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Greg Smith greg.smi...@gmail.com wrote: I was in the process of adding some data, And! Where are my manners? Welcome to the OpenStreetMap community. We do, indeed, welcome you and need you mapping in Mississauga and other places that are important to you. There

Re: [Talk-ca] Construction update. Toronto-area mappers

2012-01-04 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear All, A portion of the 401 construction near Highway 10 / Hurontario is now open to traffic. The now-opened section will probably change further. it has a new tunnel, here. http://osm.org/go/ZX4ifmsv?m The express

[Talk-ca] Construction update. Toronto-area mappers

2011-12-22 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, A portion of the 401 construction near Highway 10 / Hurontario is now open to traffic. If you will be passing through this interchange in the next little while, be sure to grab a GPS trace! :-) I was surprised to find myself on the new collector lanes westbound when starting from the

Re: [Talk-ca] User r_coastlines

2011-12-19 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:20 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: But recently I noted that the CANVEC tags are being removed.  Two people in the talk-ca list mentioned recently they had done so. Yes. All tags may be modified. That's the point of OSM data; it is a wiki, you know? :-)

Re: [Talk-ca] HWY 7 - Carleton Place to HWY 417

2011-12-16 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org wrote: Oh, and the changeset is #10128549. Dear Gordon, Thank you for doing this so promptly! The concerned user has now agreed to CT/ODbL for the rest of the contributions on that account. Best regards, Richard

Re: [Talk-ca] Surrey Imagery

2011-12-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: Thanks to iandees, the imagery from Surrey BC is now mirrored with an OSM US server. It can be accessed with an imagery URL of tms[10,20]:http://{switch:a,b,c}.tile.osm.osuosl.org/tiles/bc_surrey_2011/{z oom}/{x}/{y}.png in

Re: [Talk-ca] HWY 7 - Carleton Place to HWY 417

2011-12-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org wrote: I may head out this evening and gather some GPS tracks so that this can be done. Super! ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Automated imports of Canvec?

2011-12-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote: [ ... ] What I've got in mind is a plugin for JOSM where you'd add a bunch of Canvec tiles to a list, hit a button and leave it alone while it does its thing. In a complete surprise, I'm going to recommend against this. :-)

Re: [Talk-ca] Automated imports of Canvec?

2011-12-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:24 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: I think that OSM will be complete, and in maintenance mode once we have a mapper on every block. And in what dream world do you live? Yes, I know

[Talk-ca] HWY 7 - Carleton Place to HWY 417

2011-12-14 Thread Richard Weait
Hi All, I've been in contact with a declining mapper who has said that he will accept CT/ODbL once he gets rid of some contributions that he made from sources that he considers incompatible. As he described it to me he used cc-license photos from flicker etc., in making these edits. But

Re: [Talk-ca] data replacement north east mississauga

2011-12-11 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote: I've started trying to replace some of the data in Mississauga from people who haven't accepted the contributor terms using a mixture of bing, canvec and memory. Excellent. I did some of the same last week. I've

Re: [Talk-ca] data replacement north east mississauga

2011-12-11 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2011, Richard Weait wrote: On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote: The wiki will give some guidance on how to clean tainted objects. http

Re: [Talk-ca] Copyright violation?

2011-12-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Andrew MacKinnon andrew...@gmail.com wrote: Just noticed that user:postmaster added some data from source city of hamilton property map [ ... ] Thank you, Andrew.  I've sent a note to the new

[Talk-ca] Milton, Ontario Canvec 8

2011-12-05 Thread Richard Weait
Hi all, I'm having a look at Milton, where a decliner imported a single canvec tile 30M12.0.1. It appears to be just the non-road features; mostly water and woods, so far. I'm planning to replace the canvec6 tile with canvec8 later tonight or tomorrow. This means removing canvec6, which appears

Re: [Talk-ca] Copyright violation?

2011-12-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Andrew MacKinnon andrew...@gmail.com wrote: Just noticed that user:postmaster added some data from source city of hamilton property map http://map.hamilton.ca/InteractiveMaps/framesetup.asp;, obviously a newbie.

Re: [Talk-ca] Server Slow?

2011-12-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote: I've been trying to work on Great Slave Lake over the past couple months, but it's becoming quite frustrating trying to work with the OSM server. I'm currently trying to upload a changeset that has 19 objects to modify. It's

[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] 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] Coastline problem in Montreal

2011-11-28 Thread Richard Weait
2011/11/28 Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org: Alain512 changed it from natural=land to natural=coastline in changeset #9896847 on November 21st. 2011/11/28 Pierre Béland infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr Harald Kliems wrote on 2011-11-28  11:48:14  possibly related to the recent discussions about 

[Talk-ca] new goodies on OSM

2011-11-25 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, The London hack weekend starts in a few hours in London (yay!), England (oh.) One of these days I'll organize a hack weekend in London, Ontario, just for laughs. Interesting things come out of these hack weekends and sometimes we see the results right away, like squashed bugs or new

[Talk-ca] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Argh, Canvec imports

2011-11-17 Thread Richard Weait
see the conversation around changing coastal tags on talk@ -- Forwarded message -- From: Michal Migurski m...@stamen.com Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:40 AM Subject: [OSM-talk] Argh, Canvec imports To: Talk Openstreetmap t...@openstreetmap.org A cry of frustration: I do

Re: [Talk-ca] Calgary Area Trail Mapping Project

2011-11-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I was looking at the new truck rendering layer at http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/ito_map/main?view=160 and ran across an import called the Calgary Area Trail Mapping Project. This is, as far as I can tell, the only

[Talk-ca] Routing with OSM data

2011-10-31 Thread Richard Weait
Dear talk-ca If you want to see what your local data looks like to routing engines, OSM user apmon has just the demo for you. http://apmon.dev.openstreetmap.org/routing visit his page on the dev server, and select the routing tab. Then you can place origin and destination locations and choose

Re: [Talk-ca] Talk at Victoria GeoGeeks on Nov 3rd

2011-10-31 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any parts I am missing? That mapping is fun. :-) Knowing that the fantastic new coffee shop on the corner, isn't on any other map, and that you've just added it to OSM and people can use that information to

Re: [Talk-ca] Google Map Maker now in Canada

2011-10-24 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:24 AM, G. Michael Carter mi...@carterfamily.ca wrote: Any idea how to upload GPS track log? Nope. No idea. Also what's the policy of using OSM data? You may contribute to both projects if you wish. You may not contribute OpenStreetMap data to Google Map Maker.

Re: [Talk-ca] Motorways tagging at ferry terminals/boarders

2011-10-18 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com wrote: I prefer the Swartz Bay scheme because it is more reflective of the reality on the ground. The what? Could you provide a link please? :-) ___ Talk-ca mailing

[Talk-ca] Maptoberfest!

2011-10-03 Thread Richard Weait
Hi all, Are you all set for Maptoberfest? :-) October OSM events are set for Waterloo Region and Toronto. Waterloo - Tuesday, 11 October 2011 http://www.meetup.com/Waterloo-OSM/ Toronto - Monday, 17 October 2011 http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/ Hope to see all you regulars, and

[Talk-ca] Alberta? Quebec? BC? Where are you?

2011-09-18 Thread Richard Weait
It is wonderful to see the increasing numbers of OSM groups in Canada. Fredericton, NB is the newest group to start, earlier this year, but who will be next? Will it be Vancouver, or do Van-OSMers just pop across to Seattle to get their Mappy Hour needs filled? Perhaps it will be Alberta, with

Re: [Talk-ca] NHS=* in Canada and network types

2011-09-16 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: 2.   Network tagging on relations Relations have been a mix of ca_bc_primary and CA:BC. Rweait believes ca_bc_primary came from ca_on_primary but I’m not sure where that was from. It doesn’t really matter which is used,

Re: [Talk-ca] What should a Canadian style map look like?

2011-09-14 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:48 PM, AJ Ashton aj.ash...@gmail.com wrote: One aspect of the map that is not a uniquely Canadian problem, but is perhaps more significant here than in other places is how temporal objects spaces should be handled. Many important aspects of mappable life change

Re: [Talk-ca] New Surrey, BC Data/Imagery

2011-09-13 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: Apparently Surrey now has data for buildings in the city, likely based on planning documents. I’m going to be trying to obtain a shapefile version to see if it might be useful in some way. They also appear to of done a flight

[Talk-ca] What should a Canadian style map look like?

2011-09-12 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, Just brain-storming, so let's have suggestions without debate for now. What should the OSM data look like when styled for Canadians? Just some quick ideas that appeal to me: - highway marker shields like 401, highway of heroes, Yellowhead, etc. - fewer road colors. - render cues

Re: [Talk-ca] Slow OSM tiles

2011-09-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: Is it just me or is the OSM tile server running really slow? What are you doing? Just editing? ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Slow OSM tiles

2011-09-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: I am not editing.  I am just browsing the map to see if my recent edits have been rendered. You might have just asked for tiles when the server was particularly busy. That happens often. There was a small

Re: [Talk-ca] Your new coastline

2011-09-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:34 PM, G. Michael Carter mi...@carterfamily.ca wrote: I wish they'd updated the Bing high resolution images  In Orangeville there's a new mall, but only one image (of three tiles) has the new mall, the other has the cleared field from when they started.  I can only

Re: [Talk-ca] Tagging Cardlock gasoline

2011-08-29 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Samuel Dyck samueld...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody I have been away from the internet for much of the summer and am now entering information gathered in my travels into OSM. However I encountered some problems with some fuel stations. Many stations in rural

Re: [Talk-ca] Lake Ontario Missing...

2011-08-28 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:36 AM, G. Michael Carter mi...@carterfamily.ca wrote: I just loaded the latest data for Ontario. I noticed my Lake ontario object is missing.  Is there a reason or was it just an oversight? Looking for this one? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/1205143

Re: [Talk-ca] North of Regina SK

2011-08-26 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Jonathan Crowe jonathan.cr...@gmail.com wrote: Not quite sure what happened here, but I'm reasonably sure than 99 percent of this does not in fact exist: http://osm.org/go/WmKBuFO Interesting. I've sent the user a note.

Re: [Talk-ca] Missing harbours and marshes - L Ontario

2011-08-18 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Bob Dustan bob.dus...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed that several small bodies of water along the north shore of Lake Ontario have disappeared (partially or completely).  Some harbours affected are Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Port Hope, and Cobourg.  Some

Re: [Talk-ca] Missing harbours and marshes - L Ontario

2011-08-18 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Bob Dustan bob.dus...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed that several small bodies of water along the north shore of Lake Ontario have disappeared (partially or completely).  Some harbours

Re: [Talk-ca] Missing street segments

2011-08-07 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've found some street missing in Cornwall Ontario.  Seems deleted to me. Someone is aware about that? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.01442lon=-74.73045zoom=16layers=M That does look a little odd. It might

[Talk-ca] Ottawa Mapping Party (?) Sunday, 28 August 2011

2011-08-03 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, I hear a rumour that there may be a Mapping Party-like event in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sunday 28 August 2011. This will be the day after the FOSSLC Summer Camp[1] at University of Ottawa, and so there may well be some Free Software notables in attendance. It you are planning to attend

[Talk-ca] Toronto: OSM 7th birthday party

2011-07-22 Thread Richard Weait
Hi All, It is that time of year again, time to celebrate another year of OSM OSM-ness. There will be other OpenStreetMap birthday parties around the world. Organize your own, or come and join us in Toronto on Saturday, 20 August 2011. RSVP required.

[Talk-ca] wiki cleanup

2011-07-19 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, Some folks are doing periodic wiki cleanup and noticed that there are pages with Canada in the name that are considered lonely pages These lonely pages aren't linked from any other pages in the wiki. Some of these may be abandoned and others junk, but some might have some forgotten

[Talk-ca] empty relations.

2011-07-18 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, An OSM relation with neither tags, nor members is likely an error of some sort. I see that some of us are on the list of users who last-touched these empty relations. See the discussion on talk@ for more information. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2011-July/059414.html

Re: [Talk-ca] Problem uploading GPX files

2011-07-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: Is anybody else having trouble uploading GPX files to OSM?  Here is a GPX file that I recorded on Saturday with most of the track points deleted. When I attempt to upload this trace to OSM it appears to work and

[Talk-ca] Fwd: link on wiki to new research report

2011-06-15 Thread Richard Weait
Interesting use of OSM and transit feeds for a report on multi-modal trip planning. -- Forwarded message -- From: Hillsman, Edward hills...@cutr.usf.edu Hi all, One of my colleagues and I have completed a report on developing multimodal trip planners. The report focuses on

[Talk-ca] Fwd: [OSM-dev] NOTICE: Scheduled Maintenance - 23rd June 2011

2011-06-09 Thread Richard Weait
-- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM Subject: [OSM-dev] NOTICE: Scheduled Maintenance - 23rd June 2011 To: Talk Openstreetmap t...@openstreetmap.org, OSM Dev List d...@openstreetmap.org, annou...@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

2011-06-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org wrote: And it is done. Thank you, Gordon. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Different account for Canvec data

2011-06-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Robert Shand b...@shand.org.uk wrote: Based off of a recent discussion I'm looking at creating a new account for the Canvec data I'm importing. I just want to clarify what things I should setup when I create my account. Specifically how should I answer In

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

2011-06-07 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:24 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier, Jonathan Crowe said, but JW messed up the attribution: Treat his edits as vandalism and proceed accordingly. I would be extremely happy to see all my edits removed. So you are happy to be known as a vandal,

Re: [Talk-ca] wetlands in canvec

2011-06-07 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:48 PM, James A. Treacy tre...@debian.org wrote: Hello, Is it allowed to have wetland outside of land? I don't know. I think it depends on how your definitions match for the extent of the wetland vs. the extent of the other water body. Certainly tidal water can be

[Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard Weait
Dear John, Your edit today http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/8355694 deleted thousands of nodes and ways, with a comment of bixi bike_rental but in fact deleted large portions of Leslie park.

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:17 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Acting on your advice I accepted the new CT. If I recall discussion you asked what the license was all about and why was there so much chatter about it? And if I recall my reply, it was something along the lines of, you

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:10 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: According to the new CT terms OSM can change the license to anything. Dear John, Your interpretation of the contributor terms is incorrect. See §3 http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms ... or such

Re: [Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data

2011-06-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Nakor Osm nakor@gmail.com wrote: I have also noticed that some tiles does not have all street names. For example the tile covering Pointe-a-la-Croix, QC and Campbellton, NB have all street names on QC side but only a few ones on NB side. You shouldn't be

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: [OSGeo-qc] Party carto le samedi 18 juin 2011 a l'Universite de Sherbrooke

2011-06-02 Thread Richard Weait
2011/6/2 Yves Moisan yves.moi...@boreal-is.com Hi All, I'm redirecting this email from Jérôme Théau about a mapping party in Sherbrooke on June 18. Cheers all, Yves Message original Sujet: [OSGeo-qc] Party carto le samedi 18 juin 2011 a l'Universite de Sherbrooke

Re: [Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data

2011-06-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote: What?  Didn't know that.  We should be importing under a separate account? How is that to be set up?  Sorry if I've been doing this wrong. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines#Use_a_dedicated_user_account

[Talk-ca] Fwd: Next FredOSM event

2011-06-02 Thread Richard Weait
Another OSM event is in the planning stages for Fredericton, NB. Join the fun if you are local. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bernie Connors Hi everybody,   I did not organize an OSM event for May but I am planning one for the week of June 20th.  My plan is to walk the streets

Re: [Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data

2011-05-30 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Bégin, Daniel daniel.be...@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca wrote: Bonjour Frank, Thank for the comments. I'll see what can be done. I have been assigned to some other projects. I'll try to keep in touch with the community (as NRCan contact) but I'm not in charge of the

Re: [Talk-ca] [HOT] Flooding in Richelieu River, Quebec, Canada :Follow-up(Complement of information)

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Weait
2011/5/27 Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com: Bonjour tous le monde, I have generated a 30m and 31m contour lines for Richelieu river and lake Champlain (using SRTM data). It fits the 30m contour provided by Jean-Guilhem but doesn't seem to fit pretty well the flooded wetland area provided by

Re: [Talk-ca] height data

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: There seems to be considerable interest in flooding recently.  The UK has a government site http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?ep=maptopicslang=_e that shows the risk of flooding for a particular

[Talk-ca] fwd: Downtown Calgary deletions

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Weait
Hi AC, You message was held for moderation, perhaps you have subscribed with a different email account? At any rate, I've taken the unusual decision to edit your email because of the content of the reply. Hope you don't mind. -- Forwarded message -- From: A C osm...@hotmail.ca

[Talk-ca] CDN OSM meetup dates.

2011-05-25 Thread Richard Weait
Two new dates for Canadian OSM meetups. Toronto - Mon 6 Jun 2011 http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/events/19702391/ Waterloo - Tue 14 June 2011 http://www.meetup.com/Waterloo-OSM/events/19703081/ ___ Talk-ca mailing list

[Talk-ca] Mapping in Toronto: Bicycle rental

2011-05-10 Thread Richard Weait
Bixi bike rental launched in Toronto last week. if you see these bike stations in your travels downtown, be sure to add them to OSM. Typical tagging for these amenity=bicycle_rental capacity=15 network=bixi ___ Talk-ca mailing list

Re: [Talk-ca] Winnipeg Transit data published PDDL

2011-05-09 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Winnipeg Transit has published their gtfs data as PDDLv1.0.  The zip file includes a LICENSE file with the PDDL dedication. http://gtfs.winnipegtransit.com

[Talk-ca] Winnipeg Transit data published PDDL

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Weait
Winnipeg Transit has published their gtfs data as PDDLv1.0. The zip file includes a LICENSE file with the PDDL dedication. http://gtfs.winnipegtransit.com/google_transit.zip ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-ca] more Canadian OSM extracts coming

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, Frederik announced that he will be providing more Canadian extracts of OSM data in future. They have already started here: http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/north-america/canada/ with Ontario and Quebec. Others will be added as well. The geofabrik extracts are in the new pbf format.

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM slower than usual?

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: The OSM maps and website seem to be loading slower today and updates to the map appear to be taking longer to be rendered into tiles.  Anybody else notice this? Tile updates have been slowed by abusive

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM slower than usual?

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:48 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to know how much load is being exerted by each type of application out there? The sysadmins know, but I expect that the logs can't be exposed due to privacy law. We have a newer application that uses OSM maps.

Re: [Talk-ca] Topographic map app using OSM data

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Dan Charrois d...@syz.com wrote: Hi everybody.  I don't want to make this a commercial plug, so I'll keep this short and relevant.  The only reason I'd even want to mention this here is that I value the feedback of other OpenStreetMap people - especially that

Re: [Talk-ca] more Canadian OSM extracts coming

2011-05-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Richard, I'm a bit confuse about the announcement.  What is that for? What purpose does it deserved?  I should have miss something! Cheers, Daniel Dear Daniel, Extract and planet files are for people who wish to

Re: [Talk-ca] Great Lakes shoreline

2011-04-20 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM, James A. Treacy tre...@debian.org wrote: Hello, I have been adding canvec data for the last part of the Bruce Peninsula and noticed that the existing shoreline is quite different than that given by the canvec data. The source for the existing coastline is

[Talk-ca] trouble editing? Log in on osm.org

2011-04-17 Thread Richard Weait
Hi all, If you are having trouble editing, you should read this. The solution is simple. Log in to your account at http://openstreetmap.org/ Then return to editing normally. Best regards, Richard. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Tagging for streets on a military base

2011-04-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: I am looking at the street tags for CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, New Brunswick.  Currently all of the streets are tagged residential.  Of course there are some military personnel that live on the base but the

Re: [Talk-ca] Bridge closed for repairs

2011-04-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: What is the suggested method for tagging a bridge that will be closed for several months for repairs? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.9411549568176lon=-66.623797416687zoom=16

[Talk-ca] OSM meetings Toronto / KW

2011-04-03 Thread Richard Weait
Hi all, Toronto OSM folks will gather at C'est What? pub on Monday http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/ Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge / Guelph OSM folks will gather at Williams Fresh Cafe near University of Waterloo on Tuesday http://www.meetup.com/Waterloo-OSM/ See you there!

Re: [Talk-ca] [Imports] Proposed import: Surrey, BC waterways

2011-04-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I've rendered an area locally at http://maps.paulnorman.ca/surreywater.html?bbox=-122.88,49.08,-122.82,49.12 give renderd a little kick, perhaps? ;-) ___ Talk-ca mailing list

Re: [Talk-ca] [Imports] Proposed import: Surrey, BC waterways

2011-04-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I've rendered an area locally at http://maps.paulnorman.ca/surreywater.html?bbox=-122.88,49.08,-122.82,49.12 give renderd a little kick, perhaps

Re: [Talk-ca] NAD83-SCRS vs WGS84 Reference systems

2011-03-27 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, I need someone to confirm the following about reference system... Context: Paul and I are uploading US-Canada boundary monuments/turning points to get a stable and verifiable information. The data is available

Re: [Talk-ca] Proposed import of IBC data (was RE: NAD83-SCRS vs WGS84 Reference systems)

2011-03-27 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank Paul, a really good idea to include others as they are concerned :-) About tagging, I would agree with minor adjustments ... man_made=survey_point - agreed ref= - agreed to reference a monument id However, I

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing MLI park boundaries

2011-03-26 Thread Richard Weait
Dear Sam, Well, Sam (Vekemans) you are a man of your word. You mean what you say. Don't you? On 25 August 2010, you said, All my contributions to OpenStreetMap are released into the public domain... I grant anyone the right to use my contributions for any purpose [1] You mean that don't you?

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing MLI park boundaries

2011-03-26 Thread Richard Weait
Re: On 25 August 2010, Sam Vekemans said on his wiki user page, All my contributions to OpenStreetMap are released into the public domain... I grant anyone the right to use my contributions for any purpose [1] [1]

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM data growth in New Brunswick - Help.

2011-03-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) bernie.conn...@snb.ca wrote: Hello,     I have been asked on short notice to give an OSM presentation to some government employees here in New Brunswick.  I would like some data or graphics (or video) that shows the growth of

[Talk-ca] Crisis mapping

2011-03-14 Thread Richard Weait
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is on another deployment to Haiti. They have been making periodic trips to Haiti since the earthquake there last year. The goal has been to coach Haitians in mapping so that they may continue to improve the map of Haiti in OSM. OSM Haiti contributors

Re: [Talk-ca] culs-du-sac tag

2011-03-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Bryan Crosby b_cro...@hotmail.com wrote: Chances are that veteran users are probably already know that highway=turning_point creates a nifty cul-du-sac for your curvilinear suburbs, but I thought I would share it anyway as I just found it myself browsing around

Re: [Talk-ca] Did I just find a potentially significant bug in JOSM?

2011-03-07 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Russell P skiinf...@gmail.com wrote: Thats funny, because I submitted a bug just a few hours ago because the latest (dev) build of Validator + JOSm wouldnt merge duplicate nodes on a canvec boundary.. Anyways, clearly JOSM is a work in progress, Yes, it is

Re: [Talk-ca] Boundary and updates

2011-03-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, [ ... ] I'm uploading Canvec around Canada/US boundary and I try to get a clean result both side. The area I'm working on have the US-Canadian boundary defined by a small river.  The river has changed his course

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
I've fixed some continuity errors, etc. on Hwy 417 near Ottawa. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: I've fixed some continuity errors, etc. on Hwy 417 near Ottawa. I'm working now on the rest of 417, then I'll tackle 416. Ottawa is a mess. A disaster. ___ Talk-ca mailing list

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
fixed QEW at 403. overlapping nodes not connected ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: fixed QEW at 403. overlapping nodes not connected QEW at Hidden Valley. same. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Here we go again...

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody got a claim on user user_5365? [http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/user_5365/] This user is doing lots of Canvec importing, and is actually self-identifying as a bot (with the tag bot=yes). Rather disconcerting,

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
MB TCH: fix bad oneway at PTH 44 ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote: This site is great for finding route errors. OSM will really improve thanks to this. I can't believe how many errors there were, and major ones that would prevent road trip planning for travellers. Thanks Richard, and the

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: Oop, forgot we were supposed to indicate routing errors corrected here... Southeast of Edmonton, Alberta: Highway 14/21 interchange node not connected fixed. Canvec service road removed from highway 14/Anthony Henday

[Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-04 Thread Richard Weait
Dear talk-ca, There is a new secret demo of routing on OSM data for Canada. The demo server could go away without notice, and it doesn't update data regularly, but it seems to be blindingly fast. Also, it only works for part of Europe. Except it secretly works for part of Canada too! So far,

Re: [Talk-ca] Secret routing demo.

2011-03-04 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear talk-ca, There is a new secret demo of routing on OSM data for Canada.  The demo server could go away without notice, and it doesn't update data regularly, but it seems to be blindingly fast.  Also, it only works

[Talk-ca] Canadian Mappy Hours

2011-03-02 Thread Richard Weait
Hey, a cool new tool to find local OSM groups. This one uses OpenStreetMap to find local OSM groups. How cool is that? Matthias, from the German OSM community, extended the tool used in Germany to track OSM meetings. It now takes group data automatically from the OSM wiki, then presents it on

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