Just for reference, the following URLs will work for "service URL" in JOSM
http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/mapserver/base2?service=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilitie s http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/imagex/ecw_wms.dll?FORMAT=image/jpeg&VERSION=1.1.1 &SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:talk-ca- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Tonkin, Bruce ILMB:EX > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 9:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] UBC, Vancouver orthography, and street alignment > > Paul, > > To verify your data you could also use the Province of BC's WMS > Services. Here are two that you may find useful for the UBC Area. > > Road Network: > http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/mapserver/base2?service=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&SER > VICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&LAYERS=DRA_DIGITAL_ROAD_ATLAS_LINE_SP&STYLES=&FOR > MAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-123. > 265021881044,49.2499715666015,-123.232373077585,49.2776350737241&WIDTH=1 > 002&HEIGHT=849 > > 100mm Orthophoto: > http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/imagex/ecw_wms.dll?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&; > VERSION=1.1.1&LAYERS=REGIONAL_MOSAICS_BC_GVRD_WEST_XC100MM_UTM10_2009&ST > YLES=&FORMAT=image/png&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SRS=EPSG:4326&B > BOX=-123.27242922767,49.2358356991024,-123.218014555238,49.2819415443068 > &WIDTH=1002&HEIGHT=849 > > > Thanks, > > Bruce Tonkin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of talk-ca- > [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 5:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Talk-ca Digest, Vol 32, Issue 16 > > Send Talk-ca mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of Talk-ca digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. UBC, Vancouver orthography, and street alignment (Paul Norman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:18:03 -0700 > From: "Paul Norman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Talk-ca] UBC, Vancouver orthography, and street alignment > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > UBC in Vancouver has been suffering from issues of building misalignment > because the Yahoo orthography is misaligned with the ground and suffers > from distortion[1]. The City of Vancouver offers some mapping data [2] > which can be used with OSM. I've taken 16 tiles that cover most of UBC > and corrected most of the streets to these as these reflect the GPS > traces, CanVec data, and my knowledge from being a student. They are > also high resolution, being listed as 40cm, but I can easily make out > smaller features. > > I've also done some micro-mapping around the SUB, Buchanan, the Chan > Center and Rose garden, and down by CEME. > > As the process to convert the .ecw files is a long and computationally > heavy one if anyone wants the resulting slippymap which can be used with > the JOSM slippymap plugin and is regularly at UBC I could burn them onto > a CD. > > I also have all of Vancouver processing to make a slippymap, but it has > only been about 25 hours so it is not finished yet. If anyone wants > that, it'll take multiple DVDs. Of course, anyone could recreate it from > the downloaded files but anticipate gdal2tiles taking about 30-40 hours > on a good computer. > > If anyone notices misaligned streets at UBC and isn't able to get the > Vancouver orthography working I'd appreciate knowing and I can align > them. > > [1] > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Canada:British_Columbia > :Van > couver&oldid=552230#University_of_British_Columbia> > [2] <http://data.vancouver.ca/datacatalogue/> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > > End of Talk-ca Digest, Vol 32, Issue 16 > *************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > 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
