Re: [Talk-ca] Notes on a Saskatchewan import

2011-03-02 Thread Tyler Gunn
On 2011-03-02, at 8:38 PM, Brent Fraser wrote: > Tyler, > > The problem I have with the Statscan data is they have two attributes in the > shapefile: > NAMEMacLeod > TYPEAVE > > where I want one attribute, and according to OSM best practices, I want no > abbreviations: > > MacLeod A

Re: [Talk-ca] all our addresses are belong to you

2011-03-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, flambe...@gmail.com wrote: > MapQuest is providing several address files that contain user-provided > latitude and longitude locations across the world. Our users provided > these exact locations to us so that they could be mapped correctly on > our MapQuest maps. >

Re: [Talk-ca] Notes on a Saskatchewan import

2011-03-02 Thread Brent Fraser
Tyler, The problem I have with the Statscan data is they have two attributes in the shapefile: NAMEMacLeod TYPEAVE where I want one attribute, and according to OSM best practices, I want no abbreviations: MacLeod Avenue Dunno what the Canvec data will look like... Best Regards,

Re: [Talk-ca] Notes on a Saskatchewan import

2011-03-02 Thread Tyler Gunn
On 2011-03-02, at 12:04 PM, Brent Fraser wrote: > Hmmm. Maybe I'll hold off on importing any more Canvec roads until Edition 8 > (due in April?). Are there any other major changes in Ed. 8? If not, I may > continue to upload non-road features from Ed 7... > > Best Regards, > Brent Fraser

Re: [Talk-ca] all our addresses are belong to you

2011-03-02 Thread john whelan
There is a fair amount of address information in the CANVEC files. Cheerio John On 2 March 2011 15:55, flambe...@gmail.com wrote: > MapQuest is providing several address files that contain user-provided > latitude and longitude locations across the world. Our users provided > these exact locati

[Talk-ca] all our addresses are belong to you

2011-03-02 Thread flambe...@gmail.com
MapQuest is providing several address files that contain user-provided latitude and longitude locations across the world. Our users provided these exact locations to us so that they could be mapped correctly on our MapQuest maps. There are currently three (3) main files - one for the United States

[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 t

Re: [Talk-ca] Notes on a Saskatchewan import

2011-03-02 Thread Brent Fraser
Hmmm. Maybe I'll hold off on importing any more Canvec roads until Edition 8 (due in April?). Are there any other major changes in Ed. 8? If not, I may continue to upload non-road features from Ed 7... Best Regards, Brent Fraser On 3/1/2011 11:57 AM, Bégin, Daniel wrote: Bonjour Brent, F