Re: [Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

2020-01-03 Thread Tim Elrick
Thank you, Daniel, for advancing on the import! I agree with most of what you said below (I will reply to some details on the wiki page). I also agree to separate the different sources as I have great reservations about using Microsoft's building footprints for an import into OSM (the

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

2020-01-03 Thread john whelan
Sounds sane to me. Thanks John On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 16:05, Daniel @jfd553 wrote: > Hi John, > > To comply with the import directive, I would like the discussion to > continue on the current ODB import only. Could we talk about other sources > of potential imports at another time? -) > > > >

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

2020-01-03 Thread Daniel @jfd553
That is why I proposed changes in some wiki page (talk), to deal with many imports, without mixing discussions :-) Daniel From: Daniel @jfd553 [mailto:jfd...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2020 16:06 To: john whelan; Daniel @jfd553 Cc: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-ca]

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

2020-01-03 Thread Daniel @jfd553
Hi John, To comply with the import directive, I would like the discussion to continue on the current ODB import only. Could we talk about other sources of potential imports at another time? -) Thanks Daniel From: john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2020 15:57

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

2020-01-03 Thread john whelan
Sounds sane to me. Are we thinking of setting up a second import to handle Microsoft building outlines on a similar basis? Or extending this one? I only ask since if we are doing it municipality by municipality it might be an idea to identify those municipalities that do not have suitable open

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

2020-01-03 Thread Daniel @jfd553
Bonjour groupe, mes excuses pour ce très long courriel !-) I have reviewed everything that has been written on the ODB import (aka Canada Building Import) in Talk-ca and the wiki. I proposed changes to some wiki pages (via talk tabs) to ease the discussions about this import and the following.