On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Jonathan Crowe
jonathan.cr...@gmail.com wrote:
But it's safe to say
that everything else in Ontario can be rendered as a King's Highway, if the
number is less than 144 or in the 400s. (Secondary routes have higher
numbers in the 500s and 600s.)
In Quebec,
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Adam Martin s.adam.mar...@gmail.com wrote:
I was reading over the previous discussions held here regarding the issue of
obtaining postal codes for use with civic addresses in Canada. I understand
that, unless specific permission is obtained, there is no way to
If you look at the history, you'll see that way back in the dark ages
(Nov 2008), I tried creating a way that defined the city limits of
Edmonton. Actually I was creating a way that defined the boundary of
Strathcona County, and part of that way was coincident with the City
of Edmonton boundary.
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:15 PM, James Mast rickmastfa...@hotmail.com wrote:
Anybody want to import this town? It's completely missing in OSM data
except for {66}.
Why ask someone else to import the town? OSM makes it possible for
everyone and anyone to edit the map. That's one of the main
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote:
It seems to me that the OSRM routing could benefit greatly by a 0.6 penalty
for
unpaved roads as had been suggested a few time before, but they don't seem to
want to go that way.
Why incur a penalty just because the
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote:
If your GPS had that, then maybe you wouldn't be fighting with it so much. :)
Or if the database contained road surface information, proper speed
limit data, and other valuable information, then the routing engine
would
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:01 PM, John Kerr johneddie.k...@gmail.com wrote:
Today I tried some mapping with my android tablet. I was trying to trace the
outline of a building by walking around it with OSMtracker. I have not
played with my files yet because I did notice one thing while doing this
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:15 AM, Harald Kliems kli...@gmail.com wrote:
As there already is a database available with the relevant
information, I'd voice my usual objections towards importing this data
into OSM. The data is not verifiable on the ground (well, I guess it
theoretically is if you
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Colin McGregor colin.mc...@gmail.com wrote:
This past weekend I did add the tag
tower:type communications to the CN Tower, but I want to add the
station transmitter information...
Probably the only real issue is finding an unencumbered source of
station
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Tony Toews t...@tonytoews.com wrote:
I didn't realize you could dig that much deeper into who did what.
You can get quite a bit of information... what editor are you using?
Or you could update it to reflect reality.
Updated. I probably should've joined the
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Tony Toews t...@tonytoews.com wrote:
I'm just a casual editor who cleans up things I know first hand in a few
small towns and a small city.So I went to Landmark, Manitoba and saw an
interesting, irregularly shaped out-of-date/incomplete polygon that was
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Pierre Béland pierz...@yahoo.fr wrote:
The place for such data might be better placed in a thematic map were this
layer of information is added over the OSM layer.
Would that thematic data be stored in another database owned by the
user, or a community
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:34 PM, nicholas ingalls
nicholas.inga...@gmail.com wrote:
In reference to the orientation problems, I generally orient according to
gps tracks and I also use the road centre lines from the fredericton open
data portal to ensure areas are correct. (I know the data
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Pierre Béland infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr wrote:
And it is suggested to deactivate the option Lock on road.
If you leave the snap to road function enabled in the GPS, you can
conceivably be violating copyright law. If the map database in the GPS
is protected under
This isn't just an issue for OSM...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20442487
James
VE6SRV
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote:
Tom wrote: I'm getting the feeling that, short of a definitive survey, a
good map is a matter of careful judgement.
I was
A really simple answer that gets lost is this:
Did you make the edits to the best of your ability, and your edits add value to
the OSM project?
If so, then it was the right thing to do.
We all bring different levels of ability, and may not do things perfectly
according to the experts, but if
people
may also know how contributors have addressed this problem in other
countries. This is why I suggest that this be discussed ont the talk-ca
list.
Pierre
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À : Pierre Béland infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr
Envoyé le : Vendredi
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Pierre Béland infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr wrote:
This is a hierarchical system were you first define level 6 boundaries. Then
you can split level 6 in many level 8 boundaries. In such a system, you
dont leave holes at the upper level when you only have one child.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
Of course someone could always purchase imagery, but that can get pricey.
And you could still be out of luck due to restrictions in the license
of the photography as well.
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote:
I always tag names as name='name used locally'. If a French/English version
is used (I mean really used), Then I use name='name used locally',
name:fr='French name', name:en='English name.
This would seem to make the most
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
I see that Canada is pretty good at the admin2 (Country) level, and the
admin4 level (Regions) except for a few islands in the Hudson and James
Bay areas. It looks like BC has had the admin6 (Departments) level
imported
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
From: David E. Nelson [mailto:denelso...@yahoo.ca]
Subject: [Talk-ca] CanVec imports allowed again?
Now that the redaction bot has apparently finished its sweep of Canada,
is it safe for CanVec imports to be resumed?
Could have been worse... it might have been held in Springfield!
James
VE6SRV
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you have a story or project to share at State Of The Map US,
Portland Oct 13-14? Now is the time to submit your abstract!
...
See you
In Potlatch2, I should be able to click on a way with another way
inside and create a multipolygon relation.
I keep running into situations where it won't work, and I can't see a
reason why it won't work.
Here's a lake:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/170179011
and a couple islands in
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
Do you remember how you first heard of OSM, or first got mapping?
March 2008... not sure how I heard about OSM, I think it was through
something geocache related, maybe a post by someone. I went to the
OpenStreetMap website
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote:
If you are willing to sign up for a free account at itoworld.com, you
can use their tool to analyze which users are making edits to osm in
certain parts of the world.
Looks like I already had an account there... so many
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
May I suggest that you just do it, and go ahead and set it up and
that you reach out through other channels for attendees?
If you set up the event on an event-service, like upcoming.com or
meetup.com, your event will be
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote:
As David said, there isn't, but I'd be happy to look at adding one.
That's like a promise of a Christmas present... now I'm all excited!
Assuming that (as ever with Potlatch) we go for a 90% solution rather than
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dan Charrois d...@syz.com wrote:
While spreading the word as much as possible certainly can't hurt, I'd
suggest that at the very least possible events are posted here as well.
And BTW - I'm in the Edmonton area, and depending on the date/time/etc.
may be
Anyone in the Edmonton area interested in getting together to share ideas?
I'm no expert at editing, and maybe you aren't either, but we might be
able to share some ideas and together figure a few things out.
This need not be any big event, simply a few people with a common
interest getting
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote:
I've made a little change to Potlatch 2 that will ease the process of
loading Canvec data.
Potlatch's approach is very much here is some data that you can use to help
your mapping, rather than here is some data you
not be using the correct search terms though.
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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:15 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote:
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
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:33 PM, David E. Nelson denelso...@yahoo.ca wrote:
No. There is no automated process in Potlatch2 that can do a so-called
logical union of areas at the moment. The best way to do this right now
is manually. You might want to ask the developers of Potlatch2 if they
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Steve Roy st...@ssni.ca wrote:
What's the best way to be able to show there is a trail where the pipeline
is? Can I just add a highway/trail on top of the existing pipeline? Or?
Does the trail follow exactly over the pipe in the ground? Probably
not, it most
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Stewart C. Russell scr...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to all who have provided imports. Keep it up. We have a MAP now!
In some areas... there are still vast expanses with little to no
information available in OSM.
Take this area in Saskatchewan for example:
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Colin McGregor colin.mc...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone know how well (or badly) the low end smart phones (such as
the Samsung Wave phones) are as GPS track loggers?
I grab tracks with my Blackberry and use them to draw roads on OSM.
The quality of GPS receivers
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Gerald A geraldabli...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not a big supporter of imports, but if you are going to use them, you
should use and verify all of them, not just some bits. I'm not sure if there
is a key/tag for unverified, but it might be worth looking at.
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Harald Kliems kli...@gmail.com wrote:
I can't speak for Gerald, but my point was more about verifiability
than about verifiedness. That is, about the question whether a way
can _in principle_ be verified vs. whether it actually _has_ been
verified. The latter
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Stewart C. Russell scr...@gmail.com wrote:
But it's not a highway, which implies access. There is no access.
The generic use of the word highway implies public access, but in OSM
parlance, the term highway is used as a key, and the value assigned
indicates the
2012/2/26 infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr:
Je m'oppose évidemment à ce que tu effaces ces informations. Ceci aurait
pour effet de faire disparaitre complètement le sentier de randonnée des
cartes.
A virtual way that is only in place beside the actual way in order
to have a
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:05 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote:
Have a look at how Freemap takes care of rendering multiple layers of
types of ways...
http://www.free-map.org.uk/freemap/about.html
Here's another site that caters to hiking and biking.
http://hikebikemap.de/?zoom=16lat
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
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 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
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, 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
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, 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 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 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 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
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 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
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 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
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, 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
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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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
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 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
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 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 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
Now he's buggered up Lesser Slave Lake...
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/50259428
How do you revert screw ups?
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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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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,
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 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
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