Interesting, that seems to be worth a look! Do you happen to know who these open data people are? Do similar open data groups / people exist in other provinces?
Martijn > On Jun 25, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Kevin Farrugia <kevinfarru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Morning everyone, > > I was looking at information on one of the Province's imagery programs > (SWOOP: > https://dr6j45jk9xcmk.cloudfront.net/documents/3609/lio-swoop2015-eng-final-2014-05-13.pdf > > <https://dr6j45jk9xcmk.cloudfront.net/documents/3609/lio-swoop2015-eng-final-2014-05-13.pdf>) > and I had previously assumed that the imagery was paid for by the province > but the rights still owned by the imagery company, which is the case where I > work. However, it looks like they might purchase the imagery outright > because it says the imagery is owned by the Queen's Printer, which is the > holder of the Crown's copyrights in Ontario. > > If that's the case you can try contacting their open data team to see if they > can persuade the Ministry of Natural Resources to release the data openly > under the Open Government Directive as a WMS/TIFFs or you can lodge a FIPPA > request to have it released (I don't know how this affects you or us being > able to use it in OSM, however). > > You can check out what their imagery looks like here to see if it's worth > your time contacting them: > http://www.giscoeapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/matm/Index.html?site=Make_A_Topographic_Map&viewer=MATM&locale=en-US > > <http://www.giscoeapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/matm/Index.html?site=Make_A_Topographic_Map&viewer=MATM&locale=en-US> > (in Map Layers turn off Topographic Data to see the imagery). > > -Kevin (Kevo) > > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Begin Daniel <jfd...@hotmail.com > <mailto:jfd...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > Missing access=no and access=private tags I understand... > Daniel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stewart C. Russell [mailto:scr...@gmail.com <mailto:scr...@gmail.com>] > Sent: June-24-16 22:45 > To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] aerial imagery for missing roads > > On 2016-06-23 10:26 PM, Pierre Béland wrote: > > > > Going north outside of urban zones, there are many tracks for lumber > > areas. Hard to assess the accessibility of such roads for cars. > > Most logging roads, certainly in BC, are private. While they look large, and > make tempting additions to the map, accidentally routing traffic along them > could be fatal. Logging trucks don't (can't!) stop, and unless you have > authorization and the right radio to call in the checkpoints, the controller > won't be able to tell you if there's a truck coming that you need to get out > of the way of. > > CanVec also mistakenly digitized a bunch of private wind farm access roads in > Ontario, such as https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39334427 > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39334427> . > While using these might not be life-threatening, it is trespassing to use > them. > > cheers, > Stewart > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > <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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