Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Brian Cavagnolo
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Brian May b...@mapwise.com wrote: On 2/21/2013 7:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo wrote: Hey guys, In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed interest in participating in creating some sort of open repository for parcel data. I was imagining a

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread SteveCoast
Majority of what exactly? I think it's tough to put much credence in a couple of people on this mailing list vs. anyone who added data this month as statistically valid. Steve PS check out my kickstarter projecthttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/237731198/gps-art-poster On Feb 25, 2013, at

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Josh Doe
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:39 PM, SteveCoast st...@asklater.com wrote: Majority of what exactly? I think it's tough to put much credence in a couple of people on this mailing list vs. anyone who added data this month as statistically valid. If you haven't done so already, please try editing

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread SteveCoast
I'm not arguing that life is easy with parcels. I'm questioning the majority statement. If anything parcels will be hard. That's a good thing. If we want to take the easy route we should give up now. Steve PS check out my kickstarter

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Brian Cavagnolo
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:39 PM, SteveCoast st...@asklater.com wrote: Majority of what exactly? I think it's tough to put much credence in a couple of people on this mailing list vs. anyone who added data this month as statistically valid. Fair enough. I'll downgrade my statement from

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread SteveCoast
Thanks Brian. I hear the point of view, I just don't want it to be (too) overstated. Steve PS check out my kickstarter projecthttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/237731198/gps-art-poster On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Brian Cavagnolo bcavagn...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:39

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-25 Thread Russ Nelson
SteveCoast writes: If anything parcels will be hard. That's a good thing. If we want to take the easy route we should give up now. Well, as Josh points out, parcels are not necessarily related to anything on the ground. They could be, e.g. my property lines are co-incident with stone walls,

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-23 Thread Jason Remillard
+1 on this, one step at a time. Lets just get the data first. I don't think we should worry about importing or standardizing into anything yet. That step should happen once we have a pretty good size sample of the data so we can figure out what's available. Thanks Jason.

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-23 Thread Jeffrey Ollie
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Jason Remillard remillard.ja...@gmail.com wrote: +1 on this, one step at a time. Lets just get the data first. I don't think we should worry about importing or standardizing into anything yet. That step should happen once we have a pretty good size sample of

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-23 Thread Ian Dees
We can put them on the OSM US server. So far the best suggestion to keep track of which data we've collected is the Google Doc spreadsheet I have set up. I'm happy to transfer this information to somewhere else if a better option comes up. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Jeffrey Ollie

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Greg Troxel
Brian May b...@mapwise.com writes: I also think we need a little bit more sophisticated Data Catalog than a google spreadsheet. Email and a wiki page sounds good to me for coordination. Maybe we can bring it up in a Mappy Hour as well. And if there's enough of a need, we could do a

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Alex Barth
Interesting. How does parcel data work? What does it cover and what's the data interesting for OSM in it? Is this about sourcing address data? On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo bcavagn...@gmail.comwrote: Hey guys, In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: Brian May b...@mapwise.com writes: I also think we need a little bit more sophisticated Data Catalog than a google spreadsheet. Email and a wiki page sounds good to me for coordination. Maybe we can bring it up in a Mappy

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Ian Dees
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Interesting. How does parcel data work? What does it cover and what's the data interesting for OSM in it? Is this about sourcing address data? Parcel data is interesting to OSM because it usually has addressing information.

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo bcavagn...@gmail.comwrote: Hey guys, In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed interest in participating in creating some sort of open repository for parcel data. I was imagining a conference call or something to discuss next

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Ollie
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: I always find it boggling that open data projects are willing to use google docs and google hangouts. It would be really nice to at least have the data in a free software/free culture compatible place like an OSM foundation

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Richard Welty
On 2/22/13 12:35 PM, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: I always find it boggling that open data projects are willing to use google docs and google hangouts. It would be really nice to at least have the data in a free software/free culture

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Rick Marshall
Hello all, I mentioned a few months back that there are several places, particularly fere in the midwest, that don't own their own parcel data. Here in the St Louis area many of the counties have actually leased their parcel data from a private company for decades. The yearly lease includes an

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Ollie
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo bcavagn...@gmail.com wrote: Regarding the data gathering, the main objective is to gather recent raw data, licensing terms, and meta data from jurisdictions in whatever form they make it available, organize it in a dumb directory structure. I

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-22 Thread Toby Murray
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: I always find it boggling that open data projects are willing to use google docs and google hangouts. It would be really nice to at least have the data in a free software/free culture compatible place like an OSM foundation

[Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-21 Thread Brian Cavagnolo
Hey guys, In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed interest in participating in creating some sort of open repository for parcel data. I was imagining a conference call or something to discuss next steps, but I think we can advance with email. I'm imagining that it makes sense

Re: [Talk-us] parcel data next steps

2013-02-21 Thread Brian May
On 2/21/2013 7:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo wrote: Hey guys, In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed interest in participating in creating some sort of open repository for parcel data. I was imagining a conference call or something to discuss next steps, but I think we can advance