Cool, looking at [http://bcer.trams.bc.ca/pics/chilllq.JPG] the railyard was converted into the library/Salish Park/Holiday Inn (now Coast Hotels). Looks like a good use of the railway=abandoned tag? [ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railway]
Adam On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Sam Vekemans <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > Nice ideas :) > I wish Victoria, BC would have not dug up the old street-car line and paved > it into a road. It would be great to see a rail line that isn't just a > tourist train going 2 times a day. ... 1 time per direction. > > Sorry i cant be of much help right now, directly to you, but hopefully > others who are more local would help. :) > > (For the talk-ca@ discussion list) Hows 'railway=proposed'? As i dont > think there are conflicting plans, dont see a problem with it being listed, > and not physically connected. Another option is to draw it in as a GPS > track (using bikemap.net or Garmin MapSource routable map) and just export > that file for viewing overtop of Google earth with the openstreetmap KML > layer turned on? (also, OpenOrienteringMap lets you draw on the map a route > & print it as a PDF. > > Cheers, > Sam > > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Bob Bowles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Total novice, just found your site, HELP ! >> >> Bob Bowles, Langley City, BC >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Kevin Branigan [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:44 PM >> *To:* Bob Bowles >> *Subject:* Re: Welcome to MyTTC! >> >> Hey Bob, >> >> Are you just trying to compile the database? I would personally suggest >> OpenStreetMaps, >> that way other people could benefit from your hard work - they also have >> excellent tools to help you with entering the data. >> >> If you're a web developer you can use the tools on CloudMade to produce >> nice looking maps that incorporate your dataset. >> >> I sure would like to see that data for the Toronto area, but I'm not sure >> what I'd do with it to be honest. >> >> Thanks for using our site, >> Kevin >> >> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Bob Bowles <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Kieran & Kevin >>> >>> I'm starting on a personal project to indentify all railbed, past and >>> present, in the entire Fraser Valley. >>> >>> My first source is a map put out by CBRE called " Greater Vancouver >>> Industrial & Commercial Areas " >>> >>> I found all the old streetcar runs at this website - >>> http://bcer.trams.bc.ca/maps.html >>> >>> This site has some good ideas for the South of Fraser region. >>> http://www.box.net/shared/xhs5dlwcg0 >>> >>> There is also a book with all the old logging railbeds, part of a Valley >>> Logging history book I found at a museum. >>> >>> How would you, digitally overlay these and perhaps add other lines as I >>> find them? >>> >>> Further I see 2 pinch points in the Valley, Pattallo railbridge and where >>> hwy 91 & hwy 99 meet. >>> >>> Then I need to figure out who owns which sections of railbed. >>> >>> Ideally, I'd like to model an entire transit system. >>> >>> Too much time on my hands now that I'm not driving the streetcars >>> >>> http://www2.bombardier.com/vancouver/index.html >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:34 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Welcome to MyTTC! >>> >>> Thanks for signing up at MyTTC.ca <http://myttc.ca> ! >>> >>> You can *totally* respond to this e-mail, we're actual people. >>> >>> We hope you have as much fun using the site as we had building it. If you >>> have any comments or suggestions, please drop us a line! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Kieran & Kevin, refactory >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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