Sam Vekemans wrote: > Thanks :) > I just used your tile BBOX so then the link is in the chart. > ... > We always use > http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/product/search.do?id=28954 > But since it's hard to get the BBOX your method is awesome :) > > What do you think of the googleDoc chart? > > I tried it for that tile you listed in there. > > What area are you in? > > Cheers, > Sam > > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Frank Steggink <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Frank Steggink wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Because it is not obvious to everyone what the extent of the NTS > sheets > > is, I've created a little service which converts them to lat/lon > > coordinates. It is also possible to show them directly as a box in > > OpenStreetMap. I'm not sure if a similar service exists > (probably NRCan > > has one), but this might also be useful for the Geobase import. > > > > The main entry page is at http://www.steggink.org/geo/ > > At the bottom you can enter the NTS sheet number. It can be done > in the > > formats 'NNN', 'NNNL' or 'NNNLNN' where N is a number and L is a > letter. > > > > When you press the Submit button, you'll go to a page which > shows the > > center coordinates. (No extent yet.) For example, entering > '021L14' (the > > sheet containing Quebec City) leads you to > > http://www.steggink.org/geo/nts_area/021L14. From there you can > go to > > various services accepting coordinates, like OSM. > > > > When you press the OSM button in the main page, you'll directly > see the > > result as a box in OSM. The "calculated" URL > > http://www.steggink.org/geo/nts_area/021L14/osmbox gets you > redirected > > (HTTP 301) to the OSM site: > > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-71.5&minlat=46.75&maxlon=-71&maxlat=47&box=yes > > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-71.5&minlat=46.75&maxlon=-71&maxlat=47&box=yes> > > > > This means that you can also use the URL at my site as a template, > > replace the bbox, and you'll directly go to the OSM page. The > next idea > > I had would be to using these URLs at the Geobase import status > page, so > > everybody sees directly what area exactly was imported. > > > > If you notice any errors (especially in the polar regions, due > to the > > inconsitent box sizes), please report them to me. And yeah, this > is not > > entirely RESTful, because errors are also returned as HTTP 200 - > OK :) > > > > Regards, > > > > Frank > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ca mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > > > > Sorry for not escaping the URLs properly. The second one should be > this: > <http://www.steggink.org/geo/nts_area/021L14>. (should work with those > brackets). > > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > Hi Sam,
No, I haven't looked at the Googledoc charts yet. Too busy with other stuff, among which mapping :) I'm living in Quebec City, that's why I used it as a sample. Frank _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
