Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-09-01 Thread Bégin , Daniel
On Behalf Of Bégin, Daniel Sent: 1 septembre 2010 09:01 To: Brendan Morley; john whelan Cc: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec Hi Brendan, I haven't checked but they are supposed to be the same Daniel -Original Message- From: Brendan Morl

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-09-01 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Hi Brendan, I haven't checked but they are supposed to be the same Daniel -Original Message- From: Brendan Morley [mailto:morb@beagle.com.au] Sent: 1 septembre 2010 08:33 To: john whelan Cc: Bégin, Daniel; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVe

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-09-01 Thread Brendan Morley
On 24/08/2010 1:56 AM, john whelan wrote: The CANVEC tiles contain the full street name. Ottawa has a number of streets that were imported from Geobase that did not include a street name, contained abbreviation or only part of the name. This maybe because of the way the import was done but the

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-23 Thread john whelan
t; On 23 August 2010 09:14, Bégin, Daniel >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Brendan, >>> >>> "John" described the difference between Canvec and GeoBase pretty well! >>> >>> Daniel >>> ________________ >>> From: talk-ca-

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-23 Thread Steve Singer
GeoBase pretty well! Daniel From: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of JOHN SMART Sent: 20 août 2010 20:46 To: Brendan Morley; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec G'D

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-23 Thread john whelan
..@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of JOHN SMART > Sent: 20 août 2010 20:46 > To: Brendan Morley; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec > > G'Day Australian Mapper > > Perhaps someone from Natural Resources Canada (the Federal mapping a

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-23 Thread Bégin , Daniel
y; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec G'Day Australian Mapper Perhaps someone from Natural Resources Canada (the Federal mapping agency) could give a better answer, but my understanding is: - CanVec originated from the NTDB (National Topographic Dat

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-20 Thread Sam Vekemans
and so... I'm happly working on all 3 projects :) and of course, following the licence turms for each project. hence, why i am only mapping the abandond railway line routes & most recommended routes across Canada. 'cause all i want is to use the best basemaps available... to make my wiki

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-20 Thread Brendan Morley
On 21/08/2010 10:46 AM, JOHN SMART wrote: G'Day Australian Mapper Perhaps someone from Natural Resources Canada (the Federal mapping agency) could give a better answer, but my understanding is: - CanVec originated from the NTDB (National Topographic Database) which is essentially the same da

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-20 Thread JOHN SMART
__ From: Brendan Morley To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Sent: Fri, August 20, 2010 9:11:10 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec Also, I assume if I were to import GeoBase data into CommonMap, I should follow closely the rules implemented in http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-20 Thread G. Michael Carter
>From an observer perspective. In the areas I've entered CanVec v6 seems the >next version of GeoBase.A lot of roads are the similar but CanVect has a >lot more detailed points than the currently imported GeoBase. Ie geobase >import has a winding roads as a set of inverted triangles were

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-20 Thread Brendan Morley
Also, I assume if I were to import GeoBase data into CommonMap, I should follow closely the rules implemented in http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import/geobase2osm/geobase2osm.py ? Brendan On 21/08/2010 9:52 AM, Brendan Morley wrote: Hello Canadian mappers, Sam Vekemans sug

[Talk-ca] Fwd: GeoBase vs CanVec

2010-08-20 Thread Brendan Morley
Hello Canadian mappers, Sam Vekemans suggested I ask the following here: What is the relationship between CanVec data and GeoBase data? To this layperson they seem to be two initiatives hosted by the same government that seem to have similar objectives. Almost like the left hand not talking