Re: [Talk-ca] Business Improvement Area tagging

Here in BC they are set by municipal bylaw and renewed every 5 years. Very much stable enough to map in OSM. Corey On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:27 PM Bernie Connors wrote: > I can confirm the BIA boundaries are modified very infrequently in New > Brunswick. I am not aware of any changes during

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

It was discussed in 2016: [Talk-ca] Bike trail name check - Vancouver area Pretty much the same discussion. "Mountain bikers are a crude lot" Corey On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:00 PM, James wrote: > so I'm not crazy, I remember it being discussed as well...just couldnt > find

Re: [Talk-ca] Severed Dick

These are almost certainly moutain bike trail names, which run from the merely childish to the fully disgusting. Corey On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >noticed a few funny trail names in this region near Vancouver: > >

Re: [Talk-ca] Bike trail name check - Vancouver area

Nope, that's fine. Mountain bikers are a crude lot: http://www.trailforks.com/trails/c-buster/ On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 7:43 AM, Blake Girardot wrote: > Perhaps someone with some local knowledge could look into the name of > this bike trail and some of the surrounding

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

I would do both, as you might be looking for the exact location or the municipal border. Corey On Feb 19, 2014 3:10 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com wrote: I'm a little new to OSM, recently I found that neither of the city boundaries for the Langley area showed up in searches for

Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

-- *De :* Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com *À :* Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com *Cc :* talk-ca@openstreetmap.org *Envoyé le :* Mercredi 19 février 2014 14h54 *Objet :* Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name? I would do both, as you might be looking for the exact

Re: [Talk-ca] Aerial imagery for Nanaimo, BC

David, The City of Nanaimo just changed their license to the new Government of Canada one. Is that not OSM-compatible? Corey On Oct 20, 2013 4:13 PM, David E. Nelson denelso...@yahoo.ca wrote: Does anyone know of an OSM-compatible free WMS source we can use for aerial imagery for all of

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM Community on Vancouver Island?

Tim, I map in Greater Victoria (well, the CRD), but given I work in planning now, I don't find much time to map (and I worry about my accidental knowledge from all the non open data I work with leaking into OSM) Corey On Apr 9, 2013 9:16 PM, Matthew Buchanan matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data

Pierre, I see the steps too. I suspect that might be a drawing error, but I need to look more closely. (for the record, I am an employee of the CRD in Regional Planning) Corey On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Pierre Béland infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr wrote: David, I forgot to discuss about the

Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data

Districts user. This was probably as is in the original data and not detected. Pierre De : Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com À : Andrew Lester a-les...@shaw.ca Cc : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Mercredi 6 juin 2012 16h15 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Re

Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data

. Border.  I believe that I have now fixed that, and the borders now share a way, as they properly should.  Can you confirm? - David E. Nelson From: Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com To: Pierre Béland infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr Cc: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org talk

Re: [Talk-ca] British Columbia Regional District boundary data

Looks good. I didn't know the BC Gov had adopted that license. Almost as good as Surrey and their use of the PDDL. Corey On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:07 PM, David E. Nelson denelso...@yahoo.ca wrote: Greetings. This is DENelson83 on OpenStreetMap.  I have prepared a new database import for

Re: [Talk-ca] Wind farm access roads that really shouldn't be in OSM

If they physically exist, we should tag them. Just add a gate=yes tag to them. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Stewart C. Russell scr...@gmail.com wrote: I've notice a few ways in OSM like this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39334713 that really shouldn't be in the database.

Re: [Talk-ca] Wind farm access roads that really shouldn't be in OSM

OSM makes no judgements about what we are mapping (beyond a few unavoidable basics). Not mapping something because the police are going to get you is on the face ridiculous. So map, add a note about it being private and add that gate. On Mar 19, 2012 5:07 PM, Stewart C. Russell scr...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-ca] Balloon Mapping

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Colin McGregor colin.mc...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Harald Kliems harald.kli...@mail.mcgill.ca wrote: It's a neat project. Does anybody know what the rules in

[Talk-ca] Talk at Victoria GeoGeeks on Nov 3rd

hey all, I am giving a talk at the GeoGeeks Victoria meeting on November 3rd, alongside Maeve Lydon talking about University of Victoria community mapping efforts. Details at http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-GeoGeeks/events/34996422/ Cheers, Corey ___

Re: [Talk-ca] Talk at Victoria GeoGeeks on Nov 3rd

plan for my talk (20 minutes) -OSM history (focusing on Victoria and Canada) -how OSM is different -Open Data in the Canadian Context (Geobase vs Canadian cities open data) -Editing tools (Potlatch, JOSM Are there any parts I am missing? Corey On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Corey Burger

Re: [Talk-ca] Talk at Victoria GeoGeeks on Nov 3rd

Good point. I can use the recent McTavish interchange here in Victoria as example of why citizen mapping is much faster and more responsive to on-the-ground changes. Corey On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Corey Burger

[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

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

Re: [Talk-ca] Off Topic - Four way stops - possibly of interest to cyclists

Because they are cheap to install. A mini-roundabout can cost upwards of 10k while two additional stop signs are only about 2k. That is installed cost. They also don't prevent large vehicles from passing like a mini-roundabout would. A bus or a large truck cannot operate down a street with such

[Talk-ca] Accidental deletions in Victoria

I have noticed three accidental deletions in the Victoria area recently: Ring Road entrance, Thompson Rd in Oak Bay and most recently, Dallas Road. I have sent a message to the user but somebody needs to get in and revert the change. You can see the damage here:

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: To imports and talk-ca mailing list, As you may know, I'm in Canada until May studying at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver. I'm doing one class in GIS and this week the teacher just introduced us to

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: On 29 March 2010 10:37, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: However, who holds copyright on the data? They need to sign off on importing it into OSM if it isn't licensed under fairly liberal terms. If you

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:00 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: Bicycle racks would certainly be a welcome addition. I look at the number around UVic and shudder. However, who holds copyright on the data

Re: [Talk-ca] First edit - how did I do?

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Ian Bruseker ian.bruse...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings. Welcome to OSM. So, after having known about OSM for a while, I have now jumped in and made my first (non-trivial) edit.  I found a road that was just floating out in nowhere, when I know for a fact that

Re: [Talk-ca] openstreetmap.ca : français/québ écois...

2010/2/11 Nicolas Gignac gignac...@gmail.com: Bonjour, Comme le site OpenStreetMap.ca n'est pas traduit en français, je crois que l'on devrait traduire le tout le plus tôt possible si on veut susciter le même intérêt openstreetmap pour les francophones du Canada ? Car celui OpenStreetMap.fr

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: [Talk-us] Boston transit info available

I don't know about Translink, but I know BC Transit, which controls the rest of the province is actively interested in getting their data into the Google Transit Data Spec. No timeframe though, because that person is busy with a lot of shiny new projects. Corey On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:27 AM,

Re: [Talk-ca] Fwd: [Talk-us] Boston transit info available

on this email, so its on my todo list :) On 8/26/09, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know about Translink, but I know BC Transit, which controls the rest of the province is actively interested in getting their data into the Google Transit Data Spec. No timeframe though, because

Re: [Talk-ca] [Osmf-talk] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE

massive snip about corporate influence The GNOME foundation fixed this a few years ago by saying that only a certain percentage of the board. I quote from http://foundation.gnome.org/about/charter/ No single organization or company will be allowed to control more than 40% of the board seats,

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM Canada - Ottawa September 27 (tentative)

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Sam Vekemansacrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I decided that it's time for a SOTM for Canada, considering the great progress of everyone over the past year. Whats neat about this one, is that we can set it up so that people can attend remotely.

Re: [Talk-ca] Victoria OSM mapping party july 29th 7pm central library

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Sam Vekemansacrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I just heard back from that other mapper. He's in Richmond, so it wont work. I'll plan for a meet-up next week wednesday 7pm at the Central library entrance area. Bring your GPS. Sorry, I have a Luminara

Re: [Talk-ca] Cleaning up after the GeoBase import

Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:08 AM, William Lachancewrl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 10:28 -0400, Gerald A wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote:         snip         1) start fresh (streets/road-wise), enjoy correct topology

Re: [Talk-ca] Cleaning up after the GeoBase import

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Michael Barabanovmichael.baraba...@gmail.com wrote: Corey, In my original message (as opposed to a snippet you quoted), I suggest that matching geobase UUID is equivalent to throwing out the data, if not position-wise, then topology-wise.  We can take the easy

Re: [Talk-ca] 092 canvec import-and poi mapping party - Vancouver - Nanaimo - Victoria

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Sam Vekemansacrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, im planning on hosting a series of mapping parties, for everyone in the 092 - Vancouver island lower mainland region. -during the last week of june. Im thinking that there is no better way to celebrate

Re: [Talk-ca] cleaning up after the GeoBase import

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Richard Weaitrich...@weait.com wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 14:51 -0400, si...@mungewell.org wrote: What's the current thinking on this? It seems that various geobase imports have created a load of short ways with unconnected nodes (multiple nodes at same

Re: [Talk-ca] Cleaning up after the GeoBase import

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Richard Degelderrtdegel...@gmail.com wrote: Simon, Combining the ways will defeat the possibilities of further use of the GeoBase data for the area.  Unfortunately the GeoBase NID is unique for the single segment only and combining multiple segments will make

Re: [Talk-ca] importing geobase data for the Canadian boarder

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Ben Konrath b...@bagu.org wrote: Ok, I did some more poking around and it seems that the land border with the US is really borked. For BC and Alberta, there are 3 - 4 different border lines with the US. I'm willing to do the work required to clean this up by

[Talk-ca] Victoria OSM meetup Friday night

Hey all, The Victoria OSMers are meeting up at 8:30 this friday in the Starbucks in Chapters down on Douglas St. Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.42541lon=-123.3643zoom=17layers=B000FTFTmlat=48.42577mlon=-123.36523 All are welcome. We are going to be discussing the logistics of getting

Re: [Talk-ca] Question about using Relationships

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Richard Degelder rtdegel...@gmail.com wrote: I have seen the wiki for relationships http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations but have some questions about it. I am hoping that someone can clarify them for me. If I want to have something like a bus route

Re: [Talk-ca] Welcome, everybody! Here's what I think...

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:13 PM, da...@glenlake.ca wrote: Hey there, I'm pretty new to OSM, but I've read through the wiki articles related to GeoBase (as well as this month's talk-ca archive). I figured since people are asking for opinions, I may as well share mine. I'll start off by

Re: [Talk-ca] Why import all of Geobase/Canvec?

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Colin McGregor colin.mc...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/11/08, Matt Wilkie matt.wil...@gov.yk.ca wrote: I've been following the conversations with interest, and find myself wondering what is the value for OSM in ingesting wholesale the public geospatial offerings of

Re: [Talk-ca] Import Geobase Geopolitical Boundaries

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Steve Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Michel Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I have worked on the Geobase Canadian Geopolitical Boundaries. I took the prov_ab_p_geo83_e.shp file that contains the administrative The results

Re: [Talk-ca] Geobase import by provinces

=50.687lon=-120.355zoom=13) where I kept the existing OSM data. You will see that Geobase help to cover the area. Michel On Nov 20, 2008 11:04pm, Corey Burger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given most of the country has at least a few roads, we face a real issue. The last thing we should be doing

Re: [Talk-ca] Open Routing Service for Canada

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Chris McGee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I have noticed that the Open Routing Service does not yet support routing for Canada. Does anyone know what, if anything, needs to be done for the Canadian mapping data before this can be supported? I'm just

[Talk-ca] Tagging private roads

Here in Victoria (and I have seen there elsewhere), we have streets which are public in the sense that there is no gate, but are actually maintained by a private entity. About half of these are named, with the statement private road underneath them on the streetsign. The other large group are

Re: [Talk-ca] Randonneur data?

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Mike Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I just joined this list. I live in Cleveland, OH, USA but I travel frequently to Ontario and about once a year to Alberta. I have recorded and uploaded a few traces in Ontario and in the last few years. It struck

Re: [Talk-ca] TTC in Toronto

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newbie. I went to a great presentation by Richard Weait at NewTLUG last night. I'd like to view TTC routes in OSM and there are a bunch of things I don't know.

Re: [Talk-ca] Garmin Maps made from OSM listed on MapCenter2

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:30 PM, SteveC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18 Jul 2008, at 22:31, Corey Burger wrote: On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Sam Vekemans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I noticed that Montreal seems to be the only city in Canada which has a garmin map of the city posted

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Contacts Canada

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gents, Can you circulate this to the any of your Canadian chums. Ralph is keen to be involved in the OSM Canadian scene once he moves to Ontario from the UK in a few weeks. He's a Texan (but don't let that

[Talk-ca] Mapnik/osmarender don't render highway=path

Just as a heads up to all of you, Mapnik and osmarender refuse to render highway=path yet, so if you were planning to use it to replace cycleway/footway, don't do it quite yet. The result of my little experiment can be seen by the disappearance, aside from names, of most of the Galloping Goose and

Re: [Talk-ca] Biking networks in Canada tagging

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Re: [Talk-ca] Biking networks in Canada

. Alan On Jul 6, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Corey Burger wrote: I have noticed there is a bit of NCN tagged in Quebec: http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/?zoom=6lat=5628088.92068lon=-8150498.30794layers=B00 However, I am terribly confused, as it is tagged as NCN 8. AFAIK, there is National Cycling

Re: [Talk-ca] Biking networks in Canada

really matter to me if we create a new state/province tag. Oh, and we should also perhaps check what the Australians are doing. No opinion about the TCT, but I suppose you're right. Alan On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Corey Burger wrote: This feels like a hack to me. I might be better

[Talk-ca] Victoria Mapping Party?

Hey all, Sam I were talking about a Victoria mapping party this Sunday and wondered if there are any other Victoria lurkers that might want to join us. Corey ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org