I can do it, but why not upload it, too? This Nanaimo data is only for the city itself, not for the whole 092g04/092f01 area, corrrect?
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 09:34:20AM -0700, Sam Vekemans ([email protected]) wrote: > Hi Michael Barabanov, (cc:talk-ca list.) > > Would you be able to process the Nanaimo tile 092g04 and 092f01?, you > don't need to run road matcher, But it would be great to just have it > available, and a link to it on the wiki. > I'll process the CanVec Verson of the data areas, just to see it. (but > not upload). > > I think I'll try to meet Jason in person in the next couple of weeks, > as this is GREAT news for OSM. :-) ... and there's also other mappers > up island, so it would be good to have a mapping party then. > > Im just taking a look at the shape files now. Cool :) Technically, > it looks easy to convert and import, and attach the right tags to it. > > At 1st glance on the city website, i don't see where it says "this > data is free to use, and mess-up / modify change as much as you like, > as long as you stick the 'came from ...' attribution tag somewhere, > we'll be happy.". ... So of course, we follow the standard rules with > any import :) > > I'm forwarding this to Richard Weait, as well as Corey Burger who will > also be interested in learning about this. In efforts to talk to other > cities about this. .... but fortunately for the OSM community, the > cities will find us as the map gets better, and 'cause it's a win-win > :) > > Cheers, > Sam Vekemans > Across Canada Trails > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:35:21 +0100 > Subject: [OpenStreetMap] Jamie Popkin sent you a new message > To: [email protected] > > *************************************************************************** > * * > * Please do not reply to this email. * > * Use the OpenStreetMap web site to reply. * > * * > *************************************************************************** > > Hi geobase:acrosscanadatrails, > > Jamie Popkin has sent you a message through OpenStreetMap with the > subject Re: Hi: > > == > I agree Sam... It's a great step forward. > > We owe it all to Jason Birch who is head of department at the City of > Nanaimo. A while back Time Magazine declared Nanaimo to be the "Google > Capital of the World"( > http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720932,00.html ). Which > is all due to Jason's proactive and open approach to managing their > spatial data. He has been trying to integrate their official > centerlines into OSM for quite some time. Once he heard I'd being > doing some work in the area he asked me if I was interested. > > All the city data is available for public download: > > http://www.nanaimo.ca/EN/main/departments/Engineering-Public-Works/4489/DigitalData.html > > Jamie > == > > You can also read the message at > http://www.openstreetmap.org/message/read/54926 > and you can reply at http://www.openstreetmap.org/message/reply/54926 > > *************************************************************************** > * * > * Please do not reply to this email. * > * Use the OpenStreetMap web site to reply. * > * * > *************************************************************************** > > > > -- > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
