They'd like to extend it across Canada so now might be the time to think about the project.
In Ottawa the building outlines were imported but the tags were mapped conventionally. I understand that a lot more POIs have been added manually to enrich the map and we have a number of people who have mapped for the first time. By getting the Open Data license side clarified we were able to import the bus stops with their reference numbers (GTFS format) which has long been an ambition of mine. They've lost Bjenk from the project, he has moved from Stats Canada. However the import process is a fair chunk of work to get it done correctly and it isn't as simple as it first appears. In Ottawa and Gatineau we were very lucky in having a group of local mappers who devoted a lot of time and effort in getting it right. There is also the maintenance side of things. We now have practically all the buildings tagged with the correct address. However the city does change the names of highways occasionally which means its not just one tag on the highway that needs changing but all the building street addresses. I'd suggest that it might be worthwhile setting up a working group to look at some of the issues and concerns that might arise before Stats starts to push this without understanding some of the legitimate issues and concerns and no I have other things to do so I'm not interested in chairing etc the working group. Cheerio John
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