Thanks frank, I'll give you access to it, so if you have time your welcome to fill-in-the-blanks with that bbox link. If not, thats ok too, im now using it as I go along.
Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Frank Steggink <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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