[Talk-ca] Kamloops Data
Hello I'm a new user to OSM and I've been enjoying it so far. I have done some edits to various places in BC that I know well. I posed a question, seen below at the OSM forum regarding data from the City of Kamloops that is freely available. I received permission from the GIS Coordinator at the City to use whatever data I want . http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13208 I thought I'd discuss it on this list as well. So far I've only imported a subset of building outlines, trees, and parks. I went through the data to clean it up before I imported using JOSM. Are there any users from the Kamloops area here? -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Fwd: Re: Kamloops Data
Grr, reply to. Can we get that fixed? Corey -- Forwarded message -- From: Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com Date: Jul 29, 2011 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Kamloops Data To: Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com Matt, Great work on goffing more data for OSM. What is the formal license attached to the Kamloops data? Corey On Jul 29, 2011 2:36 PM, Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I'm a new user to OSM and I've been enjoying it so far. I have done some edits to various places in BC that I know well. I posed a question, seen below at the OSM forum regarding data from the City of Kamloops that is freely available. I received permission from the GIS Coordinator at the City to use whatever data I want . http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13208 I thought I'd discuss it on this list as well. So far I've only imported a subset of building outlines, trees, and parks. I went through the data to clean it up before I imported using JOSM. Are there any users from the Kamloops area here? -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Kamloops Data
You've probably seen my name come up quite often in the Kamloops area, so I will introduce myself a bit. I did the NRN import (government roads) for Kamloops, but I live in Chilliwack. It took a great deal of time (about a week, I believe) to merge the NRN data with the data that was already existing in the area. I don't personally mind if you import a legally cleared source for the area, and will try to answer any questions you have about what I had imported. I believe Samuel Longiaru lives near Kamloops, so you should definitely hear his opinion before going too far. I've taken a look at some of the data you've imported, and my comment so far would be to clean up the tags. You have tags that aren't used in OSM, as well as tags that have all capital letters. If you could convert the tags to match the OSM standards, that would be great. Also delete tags that OSM doesn't want or need (like Shape_Area= and Shape_Leng=, etc) See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features for an incomplete-but-most-of-what-you-need listing of key value tags. Adam On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I'm a new user to OSM and I've been enjoying it so far. I have done some edits to various places in BC that I know well. I posed a question, seen below at the OSM forum regarding data from the City of Kamloops that is freely available. I received permission from the GIS Coordinator at the City to use whatever data I want . http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13208 I thought I'd discuss it on this list as well. So far I've only imported a subset of building outlines, trees, and parks. I went through the data to clean it up before I imported using JOSM. Are there any users from the Kamloops area here? -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Kamloops Data
Interesting license. It makes no mention about use, redistribution, attribution or anything. I don't know enough about Canadian copyright law to see if that allows all use or bars all non-personal use. You might want to quickly confirm on legal-talk before uploading. Corey On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com wrote: Corey Here's the disclaimer page for the Kamloops data: http://webserver.kamloops.ca/imf/sites/ … aimer.html Adam You're right about the tags. i will clean up those before I go any farther. I also won't get around to adding more data right away, besides I want to hear everyone's opinions first. Either of you have an opinion on a good GPS that plays well with OSM? Thanks for replying. -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC On 29 July 2011 15:25, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote: You've probably seen my name come up quite often in the Kamloops area, so I will introduce myself a bit. I did the NRN import (government roads) for Kamloops, but I live in Chilliwack. It took a great deal of time (about a week, I believe) to merge the NRN data with the data that was already existing in the area. I don't personally mind if you import a legally cleared source for the area, and will try to answer any questions you have about what I had imported. I believe Samuel Longiaru lives near Kamloops, so you should definitely hear his opinion before going too far. I've taken a look at some of the data you've imported, and my comment so far would be to clean up the tags. You have tags that aren't used in OSM, as well as tags that have all capital letters. If you could convert the tags to match the OSM standards, that would be great. Also delete tags that OSM doesn't want or need (like Shape_Area= and Shape_Leng=, etc) See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features for an incomplete-but-most-of-what-you-need listing of key value tags. Adam On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I'm a new user to OSM and I've been enjoying it so far. I have done some edits to various places in BC that I know well. I posed a question, seen below at the OSM forum regarding data from the City of Kamloops that is freely available. I received permission from the GIS Coordinator at the City to use whatever data I want . http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13208 I thought I'd discuss it on this list as well. So far I've only imported a subset of building outlines, trees, and parks. I went through the data to clean it up before I imported using JOSM. Are there any users from the Kamloops area here? -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Kamloops Data
Hi Matthew... Great to have another active mapper in Kamloops. I think that now makes two. Anyway, I've contacted you off list to see if we can get together and get something organized. I would be happy to help. The City does have a beautiful data set, subsets of which could be a worthwhile addition. Thanks for getting this started. Sam Longiaru Kamloops -Original Message- From: Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-ca] Kamloops Data Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:35:46 -0700 Hello I'm a new user to OSM and I've been enjoying it so far. I have done some edits to various places in BC that I know well. I posed a question, seen below at the OSM forum regarding data from the City of Kamloops that is freely available. I received permission from the GIS Coordinator at the City to use whatever data I want . http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13208 I thought I'd discuss it on this list as well. So far I've only imported a subset of building outlines, trees, and parks. I went through the data to clean it up before I imported using JOSM. Are there any users from the Kamloops area here? -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
