My approach is, build it and they will come. Have you seen the CanMatrix geoTIFF & CanTopo PDFs?
This digital paper map, includes more features that are not available in canvec, such as municiple boundaries (and in BC) it includes backroad logging roads. These PDFs can be freely traced. Anyway, the point is, i think is better to fully exhaust the resources we already have, as there is a TONNE of data available to us. Once winnipeg sees the top quality map that OSM is becomming, i thing they would approach the OSM Community. Anyway, the pdf re-discovery was just in the past few days. Were chatting about that on #osm-ca IRC. Cheers, Sam On 6/22/10, Tyler Gunn <ty...@egunn.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I'm considering writing a letter to the civic government here in Winnipeg > to ask for permission/access to their GIS data. The aerial imagery alone > available on their website is a HUGE treasure-trove of information; 20cm > 2009 aerial imagery!!! :) > > Has anyone ever approached the local government in this manner? If so is > there any "starting point" letter I could use that someone has? > > Thanks! > Tyler > > -- > -- > Tyler Gunn > ty...@egunn.com > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
