On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:41 PM, SteveC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We need to find and enlist GPS enabled users currently... I found out
about OSM from the Geocaching community, if I recall correctly. Hmm, I
Disagree again - I carry around a pack of 10 GPS units to lend to
people at mapping
Okay, 'splain this to me...
Let's just say that we have the whole of Canada imported from Geobase.
How does an update get processed? ie. Geobase makes a big update to
it's database, and we want to update OSM from that? Will there need to
be some ID tag on each way so that we don't just create a
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Michel Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However when i have done some tests to import Geobase
data into osm I did not use intermidiate storage. Here's what i have done:
Read osm data (bounding box)
Read Geobase data in shape file (same bounding box)
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Kevin Farrugia kevinfarru...@gmail.com wrote:
I think we just have to be a bit conscious of project creep and that the map
doesn't become too busy.
I have to agree, however from the opposite side of the fence.
Hydrology and elevation contours are major natural
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
D -are we in unanamous agreement that the way to do the import is to;
Create a program which will detect existing OSM data and add the UUID#
reference onto the point/way/polygon/relation so that it will not
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
If the NHN would be
imported as nodes with reference back to the source, and the users could
connect-the-dots, that might possably work better.
I sure hope this doesn't happen. With the world's longest
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
... IMO were better off working from the ground up, and getting local areas
to ask builders/road planners to post the updates, as soon
as construction is finished rather than wait for information to be
Okay, I have a really silly question to ask...
Sam talks about we are working on this project, and they are doing
this or that, and an us occasionally, but is there an actual group
of people that are working towards making this import a reality?
I have seen posts from a few people that obviously
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Richard Degelder rtdegel...@gmail.com wrote:
As one of those southerners that is going to be puzzled when I see a
roadway that goes from land over water without a bridge or ferry, and
not using a ford either, I have one question. Do the ice roads
generally go
Just looking at some attributes...
The alleyway/lane is currently mapped as highway:service. I would
suggest that highway:service is more appropriate. Here's the
description for a sevice road:
Generally for access to a building, motorway service station, beach,
campsite, industrial estate,
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Dale Atkin dat...@ibycus.com wrote:
I'm sorry if some of the above has come off as a little abrupt, but I'm
getting a little frustrated over here. I feel like I have a solution which
should work, and should provide a better overall mapset for everyone, and
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Jason Reid
o...@bowvalleytechnologies.com wrote:
In terms of actually adding the data into OSM, the only real solution is to
use the API and the bulk_upload tool (or a tool with equivalent
functionality).
But that bulk_upload tool has no provisions for checking
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess you missed my last message (understanding the role Ibycus can
could play), but thats OK.
No, I probably saw it, just couldn't figure out what you were trying
to convey, or don't believe that the role is
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Richard Degelder rtdegel...@gmail.com wrote:
So if a user adjusts the way slightly or changes some of the attributes
for that way we are going to leave it alone as long as it has an NID.
An update will only worry about the ways within OSM that do not have an
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM, kevinfarru...@gmail.com wrote:
Why is canvec still being brought up?
Because Sam's still running in circles...
Sam has a project that he would like to complete, and he'd like to use
CanVec data in it.
James
VE6SRV
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote:
If the standalone detection worked properly we should be able to upload the
.standalone and not create any duplicate ways (My inputs where based on the
Jan 07 canada.osm dump). People could the use the full in JOSM
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote:
Would the ability to merge only selected items from one layer to the next
make this substantially easier?
Yes, indeed it would. Instead of deleting everything I don't want,
then merging, reloading all, deleting
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
The sport of curling has been ignored by OSM for too long. I've made a
set of icons for curling rinks. k:sport; v:curling can now have the
dignity it deserves.
When was the last time you were in a small Prairie town?
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
Re: snowshed
i am entering it as 'tunnel', however i do think its worth getting a
special icon for it. Or maybe 'shed' would be better? As that is used
in railyards, but it could almost be classified as a
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:00 PM, William Lachance wrl...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been following the discussions about the geobase import with
interest. There seems to be some concern about how to correlate the
existing OSM data with the Geobase dataset. In particular, how do we get
the superior
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
This makes me excited because by the end of this year, all of Canada
will be complete!
I think you're jumping the gun just a little. Even if all the GeoBase
data is imported... Even if all the street names are
AUGG
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:51 AM, William Lachance wrl...@gmail.com wrote:
Yup, I should have noted this-- it probably makes sense in many cases
for this script to merge some of the GeoBase segments together into
single OSM ways, as there doesn't seem to be any reason for them to
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:10 AM, William Lachance wrl...@gmail.com wrote:
I see the argument of not wanting to blow away people's hard work, but
from my (admittedly NS-centric view), that approach will lead to severe
limitations in terms of the quality and consistency of the results. If
you
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Matthew Schneider
mlschnei...@bucketofbolts.net wrote:
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!
Actually, it is the 49th parallel, West of Lake of the Woods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Treaty
Yup, 49 it is, but there are minor deviations along that line due to
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Brent Fraser bfra...@geoanalytic.com wrote:
And for those who like to parse latitude and longitude:
http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/products.html#coordinates
Aha, the definitive source that I was asking about... Actual lat/long
values of the
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:47 AM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Brent Fraser bfra...@geoanalytic.com wrote:
And for those who like to parse latitude and longitude:
http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/products.html#coordinates
Aha
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
Borders for Vermont and New York appear bolder than for Minnesota and
Illinois. Have they been tagged differently, or duplicated? Anyone
have a border-checker script?
I see something similar near Emerson, MB.
Both are
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:47 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote:
GeoBase also like to show intersecting dual carriageways as all
intersecting at a single point. (Can't find one right now...)
Figured I should back my claims with proof...
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.54653lon
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Matthew Vavrek mattvav...@hotmail.com wrote:
Edmonton is just weird, not broken. As far as I know, Edmonton was
running out of street numbers as the city grew south and east (people
don't like negative street numbers, oddly enough), so they started using
a
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, Sam Vekemans wrote:
Hi,
im wondering if you have included the ferry routes as part of your script?
They should be.
I think there is a ferry somewhere in Alberta to verify, but I can't recall
So, how does GeoBase go about determining where the roads are?
I happened to find something interesting in the GeoBase data.
There's a little jog in Township Road 520. This is not a real world
artifact. This road is just about arrow straight through there.
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
Please follow the guidelines. What you wrote above suggests that you
did not get explicit permission to use the tracks. Do they have a
license or terms of use posted? Please revert your changes until you
confirm that
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Ben Konrath b...@bagu.org wrote:
Ok, I did some more poking around and it seems that the land border
with the US is really borked. For BC and Alberta, there are 3 - 4
different border lines with the US. I'm willing to do the work
required to clean this up by
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Ben Konrath b...@bagu.org wrote:
Great! Do you have a record of this communication so that we can
archive it in a public place?
fromCulham, Doug doug.cul...@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
to James Ewen je...@shaw.ca
cc Johnson, Bob bob.john...@nrcan
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote:
For BC and Alberta, there are 3 - 4 different border lines with the US.
This one is very very easy. It is the 49th parallel from lake of the
woods to the straight of georgia.
No so little Grasshopper!
It's close to
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Austin
Henryahenry-ostcat...@canoe.staticcling.org wrote:
It looks like the data was generally collected in one drive through by a
non-local. I'm not saying the data's crap, some of is really quite
good. But there are parts of it where it looks like a
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Mepham,
Michaelmichael.mep...@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca wrote:
I would reword the chances of “slim to none” to read “very high to high”.
Wow, the winds of bureaucracy do shift every once and a while! Okay,
if that's the case then I have to rethink what we can do to
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM, William Lachancewrl...@gmail.com wrote:
I have to say that as someone who uses OSM data in my own projects, I
really don't like the idea of creating our own OSM-CA mapping and
tagging conventions. Do we really want to be formatting our OSM data
differently
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:58 PM, William Lachancewrl...@gmail.com wrote:
Right, you have to split up a way if the tags change as you describe.
However, there's also the (at the very least implied) convention that a
way should not be split if the tags don't change.
Yup, that's what I was doing
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Ben Konrathb...@bagu.org wrote:
Ok, I did some more poking around and it seems that the land border
with the US is really borked. For BC and Alberta, there are 3 - 4
different border lines with the US. I'm willing to do the work
required to clean this up by
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Richard Weaitrich...@weait.com wrote:
I think the provincial / state borders will continue to be yucky on
the main map until mapnik supports rendering different style sheets
per region / country.
My thoughts exactly, but does the OSM project support
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Lennardl...@xs4all.nl wrote:
As you guys in the North Americas might will probably already have
noticed, the main mapnik style now shows state boundaries, and also
labels them either by ref or name, depending on zoom.
I noticed that yesterday... I'm much
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Richard Weaitrich...@weait.com wrote:
So we USA-ians have a few nodes to move for place=state;
Ooh, yuck... the state name labels end up in the wrong spots... missed
that. Washington looks like it has two labels.
I had a look at Canadian labels and they look
We did a bulk import of GeoBase data provided by the Canadian
government a while ago. I've been pondering and procrastinating on how
to go about modifying the data without destroying it.
The GeoBase import has a lot of information included with the ways.
One piece of information is the UUID, a
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe (James) it doesn't answer your question, but should help the imports@
list understand more what's going on, as well as whoever is following along
on the talk-ca list :)
You didn't even come close to the
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote:
What appears to have happened is where the data has been merged roads
that are in the geobase database no longer connect to roads that have
been put in via potlatch. I think the end point is dropped.
There is a
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 1:39 PM, John Whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote:
OK accepting what you say is there a way to identify where an old OSM road
was so that some one can go back and clean up the new geobase added data?
Actually it's more like the opposite. The old OSM road gets priority,
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:19 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote:
My objective at the moment is to get something sane that can be used
by various groups in the city with GPS devices to tag trees, heritage
buildings etc.
Leverage those people with geographic interests... If they go out
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Gerald A geraldabli...@gmail.com wrote:
I think Sam was hinting at wholesale deletion and replacement, rather then
editing permission.
That's the problem, hinting at an idea is not an accurate statement.
Sam (and others) have made a number of generic
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Richard Degelder rtdegel...@gmail.com wrote:
A quick look at the number of mappers that have contributed to the map of
Ottawa shows that there are a lot of individuals and that excludes the
rather minor contribution from the GeoBase import.
The source of this
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:32 PM, John Whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote:
So it looks as if we'll just have to wait until the
mess gets straighten out.
Do you have any idea what happens if we ALL take that attitude? There
is no them in OSM, it's an us type community.
I found two on OSM, one
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Bégin, Daniel
daniel.be...@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca wrote:
Actually, using the site for GeoBase datasets is not possible yet.
We have made that site available because:
- the Canvec product is under our responsibility (NRCan).
- we are pleased to help the community
Okay, 'splain this to me nice and slow...
Is there a place where the GeoBase to OSM files are stored? Not the
files that were used to upload the Geobase roads, with matches
excluded, but a full road database. This is to be used as Sam
suggests, loading it as a layer in JOSM, and then using it to
Okay, I need some advise...
I drove a nice little twisty back road today, and captured it with my
Blackberry. I have the trace uploaded to OSM, and have looked at it in
relation to the GeoBase way.
GeoBase Way
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/31847379
GPS Track
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Bégin, Daniel
daniel.be...@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca wrote:
1- replacing ways
I don't know the accuracy of a Blackberry but using a garmin
gpsmap 60csx (waas on), I sometime get a 10 meters offset
between tracks for the same way!
I can not speak to the accuracy of
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Bégin, Daniel
daniel.be...@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca wrote:
Last november, you raised some issues about GeoBase and Canvec attribution
rules.
The attribution that can be found at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution conformed to the GeoBase and
Canvec
Okay, I know we talked about this before, but I can't find an answer
in my old email.
I'm mapping a road that only exists during the winter months. How do I
tag it? Access is limited by season, but access tags seem to be aimed
at who can access, rather than when.
There are a couple references to
Perhaps we can find this vreimer another hobby.
I have seen his handy work in my area as well... as a matter of fact
he's just poked around the area within the last few hours... He's
screwed up some road names and other tagging in the area.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/32832523
Here
Now he's buggered up Lesser Slave Lake...
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/50259428
How do you revert screw ups?
James
VE6SRV
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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote:
I think it should be pointed out that vreimer hasn't made any edits since
the blocking, and this buggering up was done beforehand (Feb 13, 2010 to be
exact). I just think it's worth noting that this Lesser Slave Lake issue is
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
It looks to be a service road that only city maintenance staff would use.
ie. for highway road work, this road serves as a temporary link, and
for snow service etc.
I haven't been around that area for a while.
Okay, I went for a tour on the weekend, and ran into a place where
GoogleMaps had a road that didn't exist. I decided to check OSM, and
as expected, the OSM map was more accurate!
Anyway, that led to me looking at other roads in the area, and I found
this issue. Grandin Road is a 4 lane
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:17 PM, si...@mungewell.org wrote:
Geobase should have all of the Canadian street names, and we can use
those... just need to figure a way to display both to allow easy
copying/transferal.
GeoBase contains some errors... One road near the area Richard pointed
out that
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
Really? With a Google map on their page? Well I hope some OSMers
will be there.
Hey, some people don't understand the definition of OPEN... just like
some people don't understand the word FREE...
Here's a free
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Tim Francois sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I'm currently working on the Dempster highway with a tracklog I created
in the summer, hoping to extend it further north into NWT. The road
connecting to the Dempster in the south is the Klondike Highway.
However, this
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
One has to think about how the final map is going to be displayed.
Now that is a little close to tagging for the renderer.
Yes, but I've been chastised about that statement before... we are not
tagging incorrectly to
Can someone that knows what they are doing have a look at Lesser Slave Lake?
It looks like it should be a circular way defining a lake, but
something is not right. It is not a circular way. I can't cut it into
pieces either. I think there are multiple ways stacked, but don't know
how to find out.
I was looking at the Canadian tagging page, and saw that they have a
list of ways that should be trunk. One of them is the highway from
Edmonton to Fort McMurray, so I clicked along the way, and turned it
into a trunk rather than just primary. There were also a bunch of
problems, due to some
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
As I understand it, is_in= and addr:city=, addr:state=, tags on nodes
/ ways / and relations are deprecated in favour of a boundaries.
Perhaps a link to a page describing how to define boundaries would be
good for the
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote:
Google Streetview has been in Canada since October 09, images
from April/May 09.
Make that in SOME areas of Canada. The Google StreetView vehicle drove
by my place at about 3 in the afternoon on the last day of school
In my opinion, placing the information into the OSM database is not
the issue. The issue is more of being able to gather the data legally.
In areas where the yahoo imagery is of sufficient resolution to allow
tracing, I don't see how any entity could put a case together making
it illegal for OSM
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Bob Dustan bob.dus...@gmail.com wrote:
In the WMS servers setup dialogue box, I copy/pasted the desired URL from
the wiki page (see below) into the Server Url field, typed a name in the
Name field, and clicked the Add button. Then I clicked the Ok button to
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Bob Dustan bob.dus...@gmail.com wrote:
On 06/28/2010 12:35 AM, James Ewen wrote:
Is that all? Is there anything else you have to do?
Do you have to select layers in the Layers window? The layers window
gets populated with a tree that has all the available
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Bégin, Daniel
daniel.be...@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca wrote:
The Canvec.osm Product engine is ready to launch.
Perhaps a little header information on the wiki page that describes
what this product can be used for, and how to make use of it would be
in order.
I'll admit
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Sam Vekemans
acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
what nts tiles # are you in/interested in?
Sam, you mentioned the NTS tile number WMS server the other day...
perhaps a URL for it might be of use.
I've been poking at the NTS tiles around Edmonton, and they
I vehemently oppose including bad data in the OSM database. I only
insert the best possible data available into database.
If your GPS tracks are the best data available, then insert that into
the database. Should better data become available, then that should be
used to increase the accuracy of
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote:
The one that I'm somewhat mixed on is the classification of all the minor
roads in rural MB; Canvec has all the all the gray roads in the example
link above listed as tertiary. Given that I know these roads to be
nothing more
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
Your suggestion of shop=department_store, plus a POI for
amenity=pharmacy, sounds ideal. Remember to add dispensing=yes, to
the pharmacy POI if they dispense prescriptions.
Just to sate my curiosity, what would a pharmacy
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Samuel Dyck samueld...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been looking at replacing much of vriemer's work in manitoba with
Canvec data. Even replacing one tile is a daunting task, so I thought I'd
ask the opions of others before I start work staring with Canvec tile
On 1/24/11, Dan Charrois d...@syz.com wrote:
I did a little test import in my area (083H13), which seemed to work well.
Howdy neighbor! (I'm in 083H11)
To be sure I wasn't adding duplicate features, I only added the categories
for features which didn't already exist in the area
Repost of the whole email can be found at the end of this email.
Dan,
This discussion is probably of benefit to more users across the
country, as the GeoBase/Canvec import process is still underway, and
others are dealing with similar issues.
There are literally thousands of little problems
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
But what about the rest of us reading this list? How is the list
working for all of us? Is there anything that we could or should
improve about the list?
Other than the usual complaint that the list is set up to
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
I'm a advocate of not importing. I like to think that I have
tempered my default no-imports stance with a realistic compromise of
the well-considered, carefully executed, limited scope import, that
might be a net benefit
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 interchange.
It would definitely be nice to have this functionality built
Section of highway 2 southbound immediately south of the Anthony
Henday was one way northbound not allowing anyone to leave the city of
Edmonton! Reversed the flow!
James
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On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:57 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote:
Being cynical I'd tend to favour CANVEC they tend to have spent more money
on their GPS units.
Based on experience I'd go the exact opposite way as Canvec data can
be extremely old and inaccurate.
Today I removed a
Can anyone shed some light on why I am causing problems when importing
CanVec data?
I am using Merkaartor to import the CanVec OSM tiles located here:
ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub
I used find to select the desired entity (natural:water), and the copy
and paste the features. I then upload
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Nakor Osm nakor@gmail.com wrote:
I was looking at Canvec data vs Geobase data around Pointe-à-la-Croix, QC
and Campbellton, NB. Geobase is already there but is missing street names.
Canvec has street names but all ways are marked surface=unpaved and
Okay, how do I accomplish this task?
I drew the outline of Wolf Lake by hand quite a while ago. I also
imported the water features from CanVec as well. Now there are three
ways defining the lake. One is the way that I drew by hand. The second
is one imported from Canvec which is a simple outline
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote:
There's two methods to join two areas: you can delete the coincident
segments and combine the two unclosed polygons (as you have tried), or
you can use JOSM's join ways feature.
What you are doing (the first method) should
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote:
Your data looks good, except for one thing: you tagged the way with
the name, whereas the proper thing is to tag the relation with the
name. The way should have no tags in this case (there may be other
cases where the way
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Yves Moisan yves.moi...@boreal-is.com wrote:
One thing that bugs me is that we need to zoom in quite a bit
to see highway and road numbers.
Then with CanVec import data, you get a highway number on every
segment. CanVec data splits ways at each intersection, no
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Harald Kliems
harald.kli...@mail.mcgill.ca wrote:
Finding and fixing these errors has been a huge timesuck and not much fun.
Wow, using the tool you just showed me made the job of finding and
correcting the errors in my local community a very quick and easy
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 2:35 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
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? With a population of 34 million,
and an area just under 10 million square kilometres,
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote:
If someone were to import a 100% pure canvec data an empty openstreetmap
instance and render this as a background WMS layer would this then make
editing/importing canvec data in Potlach easier? I think tracing a more
I'm still a little confused on how a user that does not accept the new
license can simply touch a node or way, and make it so that we have to
completely remove the data and recreate it.
vreimer seems to have touched a great deal of ways across Canada,
which sparked the banning of his account
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Harald Kliems
harald.kli...@mail.mcgill.ca wrote:
It's a neat project. Does anybody know what the rules in regulations about
this are in Canada? Same as in the US?
Canadian regulations are close to US regs, but not quite the same.
We regularly fly unmanned
Here's the link to the regulations about flying kites and markings...
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/standards/general-recavi-exemption605_20-appa-2260.htm
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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
but is
it really a primary if it’s closed until further notice?
This a kind of strange comment... why would the classification of a
road change due to whether it is open or closed?
The Trans-Canada highway washed out last
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