Pierre, I've been using the Geobase layer for adding street names, too, and it's a great tool. Do you (or anyone else) know an easy way to make JOSM display/highlight unnamed streets? That would make the process much smoother. Harald.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Pierre Béland <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank, > > Regarding the WMS layers, I created entries into > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_WMS_Layers. These entries are > accessible in JOSM through WMS/TMS Preferences. > > The objective is to facililate validation of content vs Canvec and Geobase. > For example, it is possible to validate rapidly a portion of road without > having to load Canvec.osm files. Since the Canvec toporama layer do not show > the road names, I simply use Geobase roads for names. Geobase entries are > derived from http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/wms/index.html page. > > Canvec > http://wms.sst-sw.rncan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_fr?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=wms&VERSION=1.1.1&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&SRS={proj(EPSG:4326)}&FORMAT=image/png&transparent=true&layers=SCW-Toporama&WIDTH={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox} > > Geobase Hydrography > > http://ows.geobase.ca/wms/geobase_en?service=wms&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&SRS=EPSG:4326&style=&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=nhn:hydrography,nhn:network&WIDTH={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox} > > Geobase Roads > http://ows.geobase.ca/wms/geobase_en?service=wms&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&SRS=EPSG:4326&style=&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=nrn:addressrange,nrn:streetnames,nrn:streetnames:streetnames_primary,nrn:streetnames:streetnames_secondary,nrn:streetnames:streetnames_other,nhn:hydrography,nrn:roadnetwork&WIDTH={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox} > > What other contributors are thinking about this? If people find it usefull, > It would be good that I describe this into > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_WMS_Layers. > > > Regarding route 117, I am sure this is not called Route transcanadienne. > There is only one crossing Québec. The highways 20 and 40 represent Route > transcanadienne. Governments give sometimes names to parts of roads like > the Jean Lesage section. This is also the case for route 117 north of > Saint-Jovite. There, it is call route du Curé-Labelle as showed on the > Geobase layer. In fact, Geobase names are provided by Government of Québec. > > Pierre > > ________________________________ > De : Frank Steggink <[email protected]> > À : [email protected] > Envoyé le : Jeudi 23 août 2012 14h19 > > Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues > > Hi Pierre, > > In 2009 we had a meeting in Sherbrooke. This was in the day the Canvec > landuse was starting to run. Discussions were already going on on talk-ca > and the wiki pages for several months. Emilie Laffray joined the meeting > with Skype, and explained how the Corine Land Cover was handled. While it > seemed to be a nice way, it somehow disappeared from the radar. Perhaps the > Canadian community is too small, or everyone is too busy with other things, > like work, etc. > > Regarding the duplicate ways, caused by lakes punched out of forests, I'm > considering to write a small tool. It would be a good opportunity to learn > about the frameworks for handling OSM data which have been developed in the > last couple of years. I won't distribute in public, but people could ask for > it once it is "ready". I will certainly make it single purpose only, i.e. > handling only data which has been tagged with one of the Canvec source tags. > > Regarding the WMS layer, I'll check out the URL. I guess you're referring to > the one listed here? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_WMS_Layers > Here is my first and only attempt to replace Geobase NRN roads, which > haven't been touched by others, by Canvec roads: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/11848571 > Although copying names involves manual labor, checking and replacing roads > individually is also manual labor. Note that the sheet area is only to the > south and east of St. Zacharie. The bounding box is much larger, since I > split up Geobase roads at the boundary of the sheet. > > Re. Route 117: it is called "Route 117" in Canvec. Probably it's best known > as "Route Transcanadienne" in this area. Near Quebec City the highway is > called Route Jean-Lesage, although it's also part of the Trans Canada > Highway. > > Frank > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- Please use encrypted communication whenever possible! Key-ID: 0x199DC50F _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
