Begin, these datasets are from the cities themselves, not canvec. Stats can is relicensing them under a common umbrella
On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 4:20 p.m. Begin Daniel <[email protected] wrote: > I would agree to one import plan with an appropriate validation mechanism. > I am concerned that the buildings they provide in rural areas come from > Canvec. Over the years I have deleted/modified thousands of them (Canvec > buildings) and I would not like to see all of them coming back. > > > > Daniel > > > > *From:* James [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, November 2, 2018 16:07 > *To:* john whelan > *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] Stats Canada new building outlines Open Data do > we wish to import it? > > > > From my initial glance at the data...seems pretty good and accurate(again > I didn't check all the cities nor do I expect them all to be having same > level of accuracy) > > > > The two I've been eye balling are Kingston and Rimouski which seem to be > very accurate at first assessment. If we do want to import them, a formal > draft up will have to be done though > > > > On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 3:53 p.m. john whelan <[email protected] wrote: > > This is just a formal post to get a feel. > > > > In Ottawa the building outlines were of high quality and I feel have > enriched the map. > > > > If we do should we consider it one project across the country or leave it > to the local chapters to make the decision? > > > > I'm thinking that Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver certainly have local groups > of mappers. There maybe others. > > > > The other thing to consider is there are remote locations that may not > have a group of local mappers so taking a country wide stance would not > leave these locations in limbo. > > > > Taking the decision across the country would mean only one import plan and > approval and after the Ottawa experience with OpenStreetMap import red tape > it might be easier than a dozen or so different import plans. > > > > I'm not thinking of the mechanics of the import yet. That is a different > issue. > > > > If you could reply saying you think its a good idea or shouldn't be > touched with a barge pole also if you could indicate country wide or leave > it to the local groups to make the decision I would be grateful. > > > > Thanks John > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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