Just to clarify, I was only talking specifically about the landuse data. Much of Canvec is great!
Harald. On Jul 22, 2014 10:21 AM, "Andrew" <andrew.alli...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > I agree, that the large polygons, are a pain. I would second the > idea > of deleting and recreating the wooded areas from imagery. I don't think > I would go so far to say all of the canvec imported data is bad. i.e. > Lakes, rivers, roads, address data, train tracks, etc. > > I must from the camp where the goal is to "improve the quality of > the > map even if it is from an incremental point. (i.e. no data to some data) > or I guess (no data to PIA data? :-) > > > Andrew > aka CanvecImports. > aka I guess, one of the "offenders" :-) > > > On Tue, 2014-07-22 at 09:25 -0500, Harald Kliems wrote: > > Just delete and recreate. There have been several discussions on this > > list about the data quality of the landuse data and if it should've > > been imported in the first place (no data vs. bad data). Working with > > gigantic multipolygons is indeed a pain and I don't think there is any > > value to preserving the import data. > > > > > > Just my two cents, > > Harald. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Adam Martin <s.adam.mar...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > > > I have a quick question on data that has been imported from > > CANVEC. I have been doing some work on the North-West side of > > Thunder Bay in Ontario. Part of that has been attempting to > > revamp the land use designations there. At the moment, the use > > has been entered via CANVEC import, but a review comparing > > that data to the actual land underneath from the Satellite > > shows fairly large variances. As well, the "Wood" polygon > > itself is oddly shaped, with squared lines denoting where it > > two CANVEC products were imported side by side. > > > > > > Large multi-polygon areas like these are impossible to edit in > > ID and still difficult in JOSM. So my question is this - if I > > am editing the area, what is the perception on deleting the > > main "Wood" polygon altogether and re-creating it? My intent > > would be to increase the accuracy of the map in the area based > > on the satellite data provided by Bing and this would be > > easier if the land use were cleared and re-built. I would > > leave the features that CANVEC imported - only the land use > > would be re-constructed in that case. The other components > > would simply be moved and edited as needed. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ca mailing list > > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Please use encrypted communication whenever possible! > > Key-ID: 0x34cb93972f186565 > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ca mailing list > > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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