Re: [Talk-ca] unnamed roads

2016-09-02 Thread Stewart C. Russell 
On 2016-09-01 06:43 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> A correct example link is http://maproulette.org/map/342/362184 rather
> than the one in my previous message. Due to a bug in either MapRoulette
> or Leaflet you would need to zoom out 1 level to see the map context. 

Yeah, I'm getting no background unless I zoom out quite a bit. Also,
don't forget that we're the True North Strong & Free from Decent Aerial
Imagery, so most of these are hidden in a couple of fuzzy pixels.

Also, what's with the red "You are somewhere on earth" popup? That
either needs to be useful or not there. Pick one.

Also, please select the way when you're opening iD for editing.

Geobase WMS has the NRN (National Road Network) with road names:


There are a whole bunch of other fun OGL-CA licensed things from the
Canadian goverment. We have a Leaflet tile server, apparently:


 Stewart

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Re: [Talk-ca] unnamed roads

2016-09-01 Thread Martijn van Exel 
A correct example link is http://maproulette.org/map/342/362184 rather
than the one in my previous message. Due to a bug in either MapRoulette
or Leaflet you would need to zoom out 1 level to see the map context. 

-- 
  Martijn van Exel
  m...@rtijn.org

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016, at 16:31, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> My colleagues created a set of MapRoulette challenges for Canada
> recently, based on various topology checks. A lot of them need work
> still, but I was curious about one in particular, the 'Unnamed Roads'.
> Example: http://maproulette.org/map/341/363201 
> 
> Is it possible to fix these without on-the-ground knowledge? Is there a
> names layer available similar to TIGER in the US? If not, can we help
> create such a layer? (I tried the Geobase Roads WMS layer but that
> doesn't really seem to have roads in it, nor does the Canvec layer)
> 
> Thanks for helping me figure out how to make this useful!
> If you have ideas based on your mapping experience what common errors
> are that would impede routing  / navigation let me know.
> -- 
>   Martijn van Exel
>   m...@rtijn.org

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