Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Andrew MacKinnon
Sorry about this. I accidentally imported duplicate features in 031G09.1.3 (Lachute) that should be removed now unless I missed a few. Lachute seemed to have been mostly mapped by a user called JeanRob98 in 2009 (badly - there were many roads missing the street type such as "Rue" etc., there were

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Olivier Hill
Thank you Daniel. The situation you are describing is exactly what is currently being done in 031G08, and I'm not too happy about it. Features from CanVec have been modified since, and re-imported on top. This has the consequence of destroying the many contributions done by people around the area

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Daniel Begin
I agree with Olivier, It certainly needs more effort but the result is there. Blind import never helps. It just mess-up with others work. Blind Canvec import could have been done by NRCan, messing-up all the work done by each OSM contributor. It doesn't help the project to have the impression

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread john whelan
Probably the best thing to do is wait for commonmap. Cheerio John On 31 December 2010 11:50, Olivier Hill wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to remind everyone not to blindly import CanVec tiles on OSM. > > I have recently seen tiles uploaded blindly, duplicating nodes and > duplicating featu

[Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Olivier Hill
Hello all, I would like to remind everyone not to blindly import CanVec tiles on OSM. I have recently seen tiles uploaded blindly, duplicating nodes and duplicating features that were already imported (like wooded areas, lakes, rivers, etc.) I know it is tempting to see more data on OSM, but dir