Hi Marc, Its great to see another Ibycus topo user!
I'm using the Toporama WMS layer with JOSM. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada#Natural_Resources_Canada_-_Toporama_WMS_Layer I recommend this, (to everyone on this [email protected] discussion list) because the source data that Dale (ibycus topo) used is yes, the same as GeoBase & the same as CanVec & the same as this WMS layer we can use for tracing. However, because all of the 4 different sources have came from the same original source, some data might be older than others. (Ibycus being the oldest). And, as Steve Singer mentioned, some roads were missed (during the automatch) this ramp 'might' just be one of them' So in short, if the OSM data (that you download is less detailed than what the Ibycus has) ... it is important to remember that the origional source data date of GeoBase is much older. So the area might have changed. As Richard sugested, its best to actually have a mapping meet-up a 'mapping party' so then a group of like-minded people (who are all interested in making the map better) gets to meet in person. I know that there are a bunch of mappers in the Calgary area, who have just been sitting around, and not sure what to map, since everyone in Canada is waiting around to see what data will be available. .... fortunately, the Ibycus topo (to know what not to map) and the WMS layer to know that can trace from (and has everything that is in Ibycus topo), these are an AWESOME asset when the canvec tiles (.osm files) becomes available. Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Victoria, BC On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Marc Provencher <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > I'm new here, pardon the newbie vocabulary. > > While comparing the OSM maps and Ibycus topo map for Alberta, Canada, I > noticed that the OSM version is missing several highway ramps. > > An example below: > > OSM version with missing ramps: > http://provencher.smugmug.com/Other/Misc/OSMversion/815640098_8PFFt-XL.jpg > > Ibycus version showing the highway ramps: > > http://provencher.smugmug.com/Other/Misc/IbycusVersion/815640058_wekbE-XL.jpg > > I could fix this one instance myself if I knew how, but there are several > other locations where such errors exist. I've only looked at Calgary and Red > Deer areas in Alberta so far. > > I'll be setting up a Linux box to contribute in the project in the near > future, but in the meantime if someone could give me a few hints as to where > to look to find the problem, that would be great. I suspect it's in an > import phase somewhere, because I though that OSM and Ibycus were both based > on the same original data (Geobase?). > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Marc Provencher > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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