Re: [Talk-ca] Map Error

Interesting. I wonder if it's an artefact left over after the NAD27-NAD83 conversion. --Gordon -Original Message- From: Bob Dustan bob.dus...@gmail.com Sender: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:30:45 To: talk-catalk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-ca] Map

Re: [Talk-ca] Pay-and-display machines

Ah... that looks like the right thing. Thanks! So, would the prepaid cards you can buy from the City of Ottawa be considered * payment:electronic_purses=yes*? --G On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Gordon Dewis gor

Re: [Talk-ca] How to tag London Drugs?

I must confess I was wondering the same thing myself. --G (Keeper of Maps) -Original Message- From: James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com Sender: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:03:56 To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] How to tag London Drugs? On

Re: [Talk-ca] [Tagging] 0-0 address lines

I have been wondering about them for a while, too. In fact, when tidying up links I often remove the annoying little 0-0 address ranges because they add nothing to the dataset. --G -Original Message- From: Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com Sender: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

there wasn't a problem. The problem arose when the new CT retroactively changed the previously inserted data. Cheerio John On 6 June 2011 18:30, Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org wrote: What should John do? John should accept the fact that the data he has added were added under the terms he

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

The reverting has already begun. I have looked at some of the features deleted and some of them only list him in the history when he deleted them. -Original Message- From: Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:34:44 To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re:

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

-ca] Ping John Whelan? some of them only list him in the history when he deleted them. But why would that surprise you? The objective was to remove dubious data from the database not to delete anything else. Cheerio John On 7 June 2011 17:37, Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org wrote

Re: [Talk-ca] Ping John Whelan?

://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Keeper%20of%20Maps/edits) Now to bed... --G On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org wrote: I will do that this evening. --G -Original Message- From: Jonathan Crowe jonathan.cr...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:03:41 To: talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Tagging sharrows (On-road markings for bicycle-automobile shared lane)

I was out and about last night in Ottawa and saw some sharrow markings on Somerset in Chinatown. Sharrow is a new-to-me word, too. --G On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:41 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: In Ottawa we have paved shoulders which show up on the city's cycle maps as

Re: [Talk-ca] Future GPS issues?

The geocaching community has been watching this for a while. I don't understand why this has gotten as far as it has given that the GPS system is owned by the United States and is used for military and law enforcement applications domestically. You would think that the government would just say

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

I think people will participate because they will get a warm fuzzy feeling from being able to point at Google Maps and say I did that. True, you can get a warm fuzzy from pointing at OSM and saying I did that, but Google Maps has a much higher profile in the non-geo* community than OSM does.

Re: [Talk-ca] Coastline problem in Montreal

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 coastline problems in Canada, I've just

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Imports

Maybe they altered the position of the lane slightly or merged it with another piece that didn't have come from CanVec? I know that's occasionally happened when I've been extending coverage of an area based on my GPS tracks. --G -Original Message- From: john whelan

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

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Highway 7 from 417 to Carleton Place appears to be twinned now and upgraded to divided highway. Aerial imagery appears to be too old to show the dual carriageway and new junctions. Some GPS tracks exist in the area.

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

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: 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! Ok, so I headed out and drove Highway 7 between

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

Oh, and the changeset is #10128549. -Original Message- From: Gordon Dewis gor...@pinetree.org Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:55:16 To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMaptalk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] HWY 7 - Carleton Place to HWY 417 On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Richard Weait rich

Re: [Talk-ca] User r_coastlines

If the source of data in jeopardy is CanVec do we need to remove it given that there are no issues with CanVec data being in OSM? On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Andrew Allison andrew.alli...@gmail.comwrote: Hello: Unless I'm missing something or it's a bug Using the OSM Inspector

Re: [Talk-ca] StatCan Boundaries

Disclaimer: Speaking strictly for myself and not the government statistical agency I work for. Hi... I believe this came up a year or two ago and that the answer at the time was no. But, I will ask the licensing people at work and see what they say. Cheers! --G --Original Message--

Re: [Talk-ca] StatCan Boundaries

it helps, Daniel -Original Message- From: Gordon Dewis [mailto:gor...@pinetree.org] Sent: January 17, 2012 08:59 To: Olivier Hill; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] StatCan Boundaries Disclaimer: Speaking strictly for myself and not the government statistical agency I work

Re: [Talk-ca] Effets_de_bords_indésirables

So, should the changesets in question be rolled back? 2012/2/13 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com 2012/2/12 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com: [ ... ] I've sent a note to the user en anglais, and invited them to join us here. The user has replied and apologized. He may have used the potlatch

Re: [Talk-ca] Named railway locations

I like the railway=named_location because that, to me, is an accurate representation of reality. --G -Original Message- From: Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:16:00 To: Harald Kliemskli...@gmail.com Cc: tagg...@openstreetmap.org;

Re: [Talk-ca] (no subject)

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Sam Dyck samueld...@gmail.com wrote: I beg to differ, the OSM wiki states The place=locality tag can be used to name unpopulated place which is not associated with any feature to which such a tag could be associated. By default many small or unpopulated

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian imports: good or bad?

On 2012-04-15, at 11:09 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Let's talk about it again. How do we feel about the bulk copying of information from a permitted source into OpenStreetMap in Canada? To be clear, I'm not suggesting that we discuss whether external data sources are good or

Re: [Talk-ca] Deleting non-visible Administrative Boundaries (or The Great Wall of China)

I took from that message that the person was talking about not putting property lines in OSM, not about removing geopolitical boundaries. Mapping property lines is problematic for your average mapper and doing so accurately is an even bigger challenge. If I had to pick where to expend my

Re: [Talk-ca] Sidewalks

Curious. I wonder if they were trying to get pedestrian routing working. Vaguely reminds me of something I read somewhere for streets maps for people who are blind. Why not ask the person who added them? --G Sent from my iPhone On 2013-01-29, at 20:10, Connors, Bernie (SNB)

Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase tags

Personally, I haven't imported anything with a geobase tag, but I will remove them if I edit a feature with one. Do they serve any purpose during the import process? --G Sent from my iPhone On 2013-02-25, at 19:51, Bruno Remy bremy.qc...@gmail.com wrote: Instead of a filter in an editor,

Re: [Talk-ca] openstreetmap.ca

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Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season

One thing to remember about postal codes is that they are a delivery mechanism first and foremost. Unless Canada Post has changed things, they don’t have a location, per se, because they’re based on postal walks (the route the postman walks). Most postal codes refer to something like 11

Re: [Talk-ca] Fixing an old typo...

I’ve added old_name and old_name:fr tags to it containing the name it was known by for 68 years. :) —G > On Oct 14, 2015, at 11:50 AM, Colin McGregor wrote: > > Ran across the following story about the City of Ottawa fixing a 68 > year old typo. in a street name: >

Re: [Talk-ca] broken forests in eastern Canada

Alan is right. I've brought in a few tiles worth of forests from Canvec in the area you're talking about, but they were non-trivial to deal with compared to most other features. I kept running into limits in the tools I was using at the time and I haven't returned to them since. --Gordon

Re: [Talk-ca] What's up with those forests in Canada section

I like this! The only thing I might change is the bit mentioning the satellite imagery. I think it also has roots in air photos from the NTS work. Cheers! --G On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Sam Dyck wrote: > Here's my suggestion for a sort of FAQ (in wiki markup),

Re: [Talk-ca] French street names in Ottawa

I think John's point is that the official name for "Sparks Street" is "rue Sparks", not "Rue Sparks". If I were to go and confirm street names by conducting an in-the-field survey, I would find that the sign says "rue Sparks Street", not "Rue Sparks Street". Whether this follows the rules of

Re: [Talk-ca] French street names in Ottawa

If "rue Sparks" is mentioned in a sentence, it will be preceded by an article, such as "La rue Sparks est située dans la ville d'Ottawa". A quick perusal of many of the official notices in this morning's leDroit shows that addresses do not have the street type capitalized. I've seen maps in

Re: [Talk-ca] French Street names in Ottawa

And according to the document, the mandate of la Commission de toponymie the guide in question only has a mandate for the province of Quebec (" La Commission de toponymie, quant à elle, a pour mandat d’effectuer l’inventaire des noms de lieux sur l’ensemble du territoire québécois, de les

Re: [Talk-ca] broken forests in eastern Canada

Forest footprints change over time but not that much in most places. The problem is that forest polygons can quickly end up with thousands of points and have the added complexity of holes. There is value to having them in OSM, we just have to find a better way to do them, or live with "seams"

Re: [Talk-ca] vandalism in Toronto

Are these from someone adding Wifi SSIDs they’ve found while out and about? —G > On Jul 23, 2017, at 7:04 PM, James wrote: > > If he continues, contact dwg. I dont think "avoid this area" belongs in OSM. > > On Jul 23, 2017 5:31 PM, "Stewart C. Russell"

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

Maybe someone should put a comment on the features so that we avoid rehashing it in the future. :) On Oct 25, 2017, 20:19 -0400, James , wrote: > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2016-June/007017.html > > So we did. > > > On Oct 25, 2017 8:08 PM, "Corey