Hey Sam. Sorry about the deletion... I'm just getting up to speed on how you guys do things. I made a copy of everything before I mucked around with it. My plan was to wait for the new roads to come through and then cross reference all tags and entities for completeness. Please let me know if you want a roll-back. ;-)
Jason referred to the data as "open"... and gave me direct consent to upload everything to OSM. However, it wouldn't hurt to double check yourself. If you don't already have it... Jason's email is [email protected] Jamie Jamie Popkin Little Earth GIS Consulting Inc. (250) 616 9581 [email protected] http://littleearth.ca -----Original Message----- From: Sam Vekemans <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <[email protected]>, Michael Barabanov <[email protected]>, Richard Weait <[email protected]> Subject: Nanaimo Edits Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:34:37 -0700 Hi, I just saw you added the data. Did you delete what was originally there? .. 'cause you wern't supposed to just quite yet :( Because it's an import, rather than just regular mapping, it takes longer. The reason i ask is that proper attribution is needed ie. add the source tags. You can see what source tags i'm using, and you can see what source tags are used with GeoBase2osm script. You don't need to revert changes, but PLEASE message the talk-ca list with what your doing. :) please check, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources Those tags need to be added, and its usually done and discussed BEFORE importing. There are are about 75 people on the list, so it takes time to hear back from everyone. (some people are on vacation right now) I know it's exciting to add new data. .. But it needs to be properly attributed. If you like, i'll help with that, what program did you use to make the conversion? And also the wiki page for Nanaimo needs to be updated. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:British_Columbia:Nanaimo Anyway, it's great to see more more mapping done. here's the tags, that (most-likely) should be used. attribution=City of Nanaimo source=http://www.nanaimo.ca/EN/main/departments/Engineering-Public-Works/4489/DigitalData.html Im now going to message the Enginering Department: Jason Birch myself to get confirmation that "yes, you have permission to upload the data". Because from the website, it is not very clear if the data is "free" or if it is meant for 'personal use'. I'll update the Nanaimo Wiki page also. Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans
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