Re: [Talk-ca] address:block - brain storming

2009-09-08 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Pierre-Luc Beaudoin pierre-...@pierlux.com wrote: On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 10:58 -0700, Sam Vekemans wrote: Talk-ca list, is it the same in your town? Yes Google has this block address on the map for Montréal too, but as you can see here: http

[Talk-ca] Fwd: [gvcc-members] Re: OpenStreetMap Vancouver Island Cyclemap Mappers meetup October 4th

2009-09-07 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Is this to be a 'copyright-free' map, or a copyrighted map with free distribution? Thanks, Jim Grayson From: Sam Vekemans, Sunday, September 06, 2009 5:01 PM [JG ] Snip Yes, we are (actually doing the drawing of the map) creating a copyright free map of the world, and this group is focusing

[Talk-ca] Fwd: [gvcc-members] Re: OpenStreetMap Vancouver Island Cyclemap Mappers meetup October 4th

2009-09-07 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
: [gvcc-members] Re: OpenStreetMap Vancouver Island Cyclemap Mappers meetup October 4th To: Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Dear Sam, Please forward this to the gvcc list for me? Best regards, Richard Dear Jim, Sam misspoke regarding copyright in his earlier message to the gvcc list

Re: [Talk-ca] water, woods and junkyards, Ontario Canvec test

2009-09-07 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi Richard, CanVec2osm v0.9 will be available soon (in the next 2 weeks). It will be able to handle 16 tiles in 1 run through, creating a folder for each. x01 to x16. Each .osm file will be available to view in .josm separatly. (by canvec entity CODE #). Most of those un-needed tags are not

[Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap Vancouver Island Cyclemap Mappers meetup October 4th

2009-09-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
/11303718/ If that time doesn't suit your schedule, feel free to comment and suggest a different day/time. (the details might still change) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans

Re: [Talk-ca] [gvcc-members] Re: OpenStreetMap Vancouver Island Cyclemap Mappers meetup October 4th

2009-09-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi Michael, Thanks for your note. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:28 PM, bydesignprez bydesignp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sam: Could you explain a bit about what this exercise is all about. I like maps as much as the next person, but I am not sure if the mapping is the island or what? Thanks Michael

Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] shp-to-osm 0.5 released

2009-09-04 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Cool, Thanks! I'll update my scripts with it. Cheers, Sam Thanks Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: For those of you using the shp-to-osm app, I just uploaded the 0.5 version. If you're

Re: [Talk-ca] Road and Trail Maps available for Ontario, Canada at no cost

2009-09-03 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
. If its 1 big (or a few big) shp files, i'd recommend going with manual coping with the shp-to-osm.jar (slow steady beats fast messy, but thats just me. :-) thanks again! Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails P.S my guess is that Patrick Connor of Ontario Trails Council might want to know

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Yathusan vandalism

2009-09-03 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Sure, i'll try :-) right now im brainstorming (thinking outloud on email) on solving the 'root problem'. its 'The technical learning curve', Because making a better GUI, folks who want to be vandels skip that 1st step. Its the 'community-user-inyour-face' which is our strength. :-) As soon as

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Yathusan vandalism

2009-09-03 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Let me guess, reverting the deleting of Nanaimo roads? (i guessed right) BTW, rest of Canada. Vancouver Island is the guinea pig for the rest of Canada. I figure that at least if all the 'wedgies' are ironed out over here, it will save on the rest of Canada being imported messily :0) Since

Re: [OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal

2009-09-02 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
as we keep focused on the goal of a spiral going upwards to making a better wiki world map for the masses, than spiral down and focus on the few who want to be destructive. Happy mapping, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails On 9/2/09, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/2 Peter

Re: [Talk-ca] Logged Canadian Road Trip

2009-09-02 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
:) Hopefully it will be sooner than later :) Oh ya, you might want to write in the diary a note about your big long tracks, as people like to hear. ... it's an adventure that not to many take :) Thanks, Sam Cheers Tim On 31/08/09 05:39, Sam Vekemans wrote: Hi Tim, a good benchmark is to see

[Talk-ca] OSM Vancouver Island Meetup group

2009-09-02 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi everyone, Just to let you know i created a meetup.com group. So far, just after a few hours, 3 joined the group, there are lots of people around here interested in the topics that i put it under. I still need to fix up the description. If anyone want to join and be an admin, that would help

Re: [OSM-talk] Local Chapters Mailling List

2009-09-01 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Thanks, I subscribed to the list. I'm now working on a message to post, as my discussion (starter) is about the FOSS /OSGeo aspect. I added a note on the wiki in the mean time. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/Local_Chapters#FOSS_.26_OSGeo_Connection Cheers, Sam Twitter:

Re: [Talk-ca] Local Chapters Mailling List

2009-09-01 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Thanks, I subscribed to the list. I'm now working on a message to post, as my discussion (starter) is about the FOSS /OSGeo aspect. I added a note on the wiki in the mean time. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/Local_Chapters#FOSS_.26_OSGeo_Connection Cheers, Sam Twitter:

[Talk-ca] Garmin Map contours

2009-08-30 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi Simon talk-ca, I'm doing more on the canvec2osm, and trying to decide what todo about countours. Have you figured out how to make transparent contour IMG files that can be installed along with the downloaded OSM map so its usable? Or is that something that mkgmap can do (make the OSM map be

[OSM-talk] Canada Chapter

2009-08-28 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
be on that mailing list, as soon as it's available :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[Talk-ca] Canada Chapter

2009-08-28 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
be on that mailing list, as soon as it's available :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Road and Trail Maps available for Ontario, Canada at no cost

2009-08-28 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
with manual coping with the shp-to-osm.jar (slow steady beats fast messy, but thats just me. :-) thanks again! Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails P.S my guess is that Patrick Connor of Ontario Trails Council might want to know (or a THANK YOU is in Order) On 8/28/09, SteveC st...@asklater.com

Re: [Talk-us] Need help with SHP2OSM Rules file

2009-08-26 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi, its line,TRAIL_USE,B,bicycle,yes line,TRAIL_USE,C,cars,yes line,TRAIL_USE,H,horse,yes it takes a little trial error at 1st. Btw, also add attribution,* and make sure the source allows for copying :) hope that helps, Sam On 8/26/09, Chris Hunter chunter...@gmail.com wrote: I'm doing some

Re: [Talk-ca] Canada Import Status Chart

2009-08-23 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
have the canvec status updated and the geobaseNHN status updated too :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

[Talk-ca] Canada Import Status Chart

2009-08-22 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I just about have all of the Data that has been imported in Canada listed on the chart. (just a bit of Ontario, and the stats of my southern Vancouver Island CanVec import, and the status of Yan's GeoBaseNHN import) Hopefully that will get done in the next couple days. I'd like to

[Talk-ca] Vancouver Island Mappers - meetup group

2009-08-21 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I want to form an OpenStreetMap meet-up.com group. (i dont mind paying for the site) Since we have island specific goals that I can all do myself (nor does everone want me to IMO) Has anyone had experience with the site? Good idea? Bad idea? -is it better to use Google calendar like i

[Talk-ca] Nanaimo Status Update

2009-08-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi Jamie (and talk-ca list), I got quite a few of the duplicate Nanaimo roads that were previously imported (with CAPS and which roads not connected) removed. I copied over the GeoBaseNRN roads that Austin converted and made the .osm file available. ... there are still a few left. One option, is

Re: [Talk-ca] NTS sheet to lat/lon converter

2009-08-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Thanks :) I just used your tile BBOX so then the link is in the chart. ... We always use http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/product/search.do?id=28954 But since it's hard to get the BBOX your method is awesome :) What do you think of the googleDoc chart? I tried it for that tile you listed in

Re: [Talk-ca] NTS sheet to lat/lon converter

2009-08-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Steggink stegg...@steggink.orgwrote: Sam Vekemans wrote: Thanks :) I just used your tile BBOX so then the link is in the chart. ... We always use http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/product/search.do?id=28954 But since it's hard to get the BBOX your method is awesome :) What do you think

Re: [OSM-talk] Encourage foundation candidates to self-govern

2009-08-19 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
They arn't, Its just we (as in the OpenStreetMap community) want to ensure that all decisions that get made, are done done so with the best interest of the community. And of course, it will. :-) (even with more CM staff on board As thats great to have) So having representatives who are

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Encourage foundation candidates to self-govern

2009-08-19 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
They arn't, Its just we (as in the OpenStreetMap community) want to ensure that all decisions that get made, are done done so with the best interest of the community. And of course, it will. :-) (even with more CM staff on board As thats great to have) So having representatives who are

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Encourage foundation candidates to self-govern

2009-08-19 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
They arn't, Its just we (as in the OpenStreetMap community) want to ensure that all decisions that get made, are done done so with the best interest of the community. And of course, it will. :-) (even with more CM staff on board As thats great to have) So having representatives who are

[Talk-ca] Vancouver OSM Mapping Party Workshop

2009-08-18 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
from TrailsBC (it's the day after the AGM) I'm using Google Calendar, so some of you might see this again. (this time i wont attach an event to discussion lists) :-) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails 250 855 9041 acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http

Re: [Talk-ca] Problem with big file in JOSM

2009-08-16 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi, using the bulk_import.pl would bipass josm. As since there is no interferance this is the better alternate. (the main server will be happier as josm isnt meant for big files) JOSM is fine for CanVec because im importing bits and things and need to watch for things that other people mapped.

Re: [Talk-ca] Problem with big file in JOSM

2009-08-16 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.cawrote: Yan Morin wrote: shp-to-osm don't split relations and I can't import with the bulk upload script because these two files are two big for OSM 0.6 API limits. Which limit is it too big for? Bulk_import.py should

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

2009-08-15 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi james, Why not just try an admin level higher than whats there for alberta/sask. I dont think it needs to be a polygon to show up, or does it? Then we can use that as a benchmark for how to make the USA state boarders show up. In the 'nutral zone' (slightly lower can be the 'county' borders) A

Re: [Talk-ca] Can-Amera border, states and provinces.

2009-08-15 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi Richard and all, On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: P.S. re Sam's suggestion, just changing the admin level sounds like the wrong approach to me. Explaining why the provincial boundaries don't render, on the wiki page, sounds like the right approach

[Talk-ca] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Server Down Time - 22nd to 23rd August 2009

2009-08-14 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
So everyone can mark on there calenders... Make sure to print off enough walking papers before hand :) So then when the server is back up work can still continue :-) Happy Mapping, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans -- Forwarded message --

Re: [OSM-talk] tag proposal surface=gravel; concrete: dirt; grass

2009-08-12 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 12/08/2009 01:41, Sam Vekemans wrote: This is where my national headache begins. (surface=smoothISH) If we simply have the default options to list 'gravel' 'dirt' 'concrete', because 'unpaved' is rather ill

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] How to tag giant acorn?

2009-08-12 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
In Canada there is a giant plaster moose on the side of the highway. But someone defaced it, and its missing its jaw. Now that piece of jaw was found and its in the museum (visitors centre) So they call the town 'Moose Jaw', in Saskatchewan. tourism=manditory_photo_stop? Have a nice day, :-) Sam

[OSM-talk] tag proposal surface=gravel; concrete: dirt; grass

2009-08-11 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
) If no immediate objections, i'll make a wiki page for it. BTW, i have read most of the messages, but this is based on the OSM principle of universal logic so that anyone who looks at the map can understand it. (And oh ya i like the smoothness sideshow presentation at SOTM, great work :-) Cheers, Sam Vekemans

[Talk-ca] tag proposal surface=gravel; concrete: dirt; grass

2009-08-11 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
) If no immediate objections, i'll make a wiki page for it. BTW, i have read most of the messages, but this is based on the OSM principle of universal logic so that anyone who looks at the map can understand it. (And oh ya i like the smoothness sideshow presentation at SOTM, great work :-) Cheers, Sam Vekemans

Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] Deletion of unnecessary TIGER node tags will commence this week-end

2009-08-09 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Great work Frederik thanks, I'll also be monitoring the progress, considering the VERY high likelihood, that tag changes will be needed for the Canada Import at some later date. Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM,

Re: [Talk-ca] Tentatively Accepted: State of the M ap - Canada @ Thu Sep 24 – Sun Sep 27, 2009 (Across Canada Trails)

2009-08-09 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
. But at least i dont disagree with myself :) ... Just contradict myself sometimes. That way we can make it 'SOTM -Canada ~powered by OSGeo Ottawa chapter'? ... Or something like that... Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails On 8/7/09, Michel Gilbert michc...@gmail.com wrote: Michel Gilbert

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM Canada

2009-08-09 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
. Look forward to hearing your ideas. P.S. more work has been done on the wiki page. As the OSM Community is growing, with an ever increaasing number of users. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters Thanks, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails (OSM Mapper enthusiast) Teresa

Re: [Talk-us] Deletion of unnecessary TIGER node tags will commence this week-end

2009-08-09 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Great work Frederik thanks, I'll also be monitoring the progress, considering the VERY high likelihood, that tag changes will be needed for the Canada Import at some later date. Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM,

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

2009-08-08 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Thanks John, SOTM - State Of The Map ... the origional idea to try to be a micro version of the State of The Map - Annual international meeting of mappers around the world. But like i mentioned on the last message i sent out, It might be better if it gets hosted by OSGeo, considering that

Re: [Talk-ca] Dropping in CanVec data - Nanaimo Area

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
* *Little Earth GIS Consulting Inc.* *(250) 616 9581* *popk...@littleearth.ca* *http://littleearth.ca* -Original Message- *From*: Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.comsam%20vekemans%20%3cacrosscanadatra...@gmail.com%3e *To*: Jamie Popkin popk...@littleearth.cajamie%20popkin%20

Re: [Talk-us] NHD: python or java?

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Dale Puch dale.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:29 AM, David Carmeand...@halibut.com wrote: Which tool is most used, at the moment, for importing NHD data? Chris's python stuff or Ian's java stuff? :) For those using Ian's stuff, who's

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

2009-08-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
at the local library (like there is here in Victoria)? Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-dev] Deleting TIGER node tags OSM 'best practice'

2009-08-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
anyway, having tags that are supposed to be used as cross-reference.. doesn't really make sense. Since this is an open street map, where anyone who has local knowledge of how the map should be, would know better than what the import data says. Anyway, Good call, Happy Mapping Cheers, Sam Vekemans

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-dev] Deleting TIGER node tags OSM 'best practice'

2009-08-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
anyway, having tags that are supposed to be used as cross-reference.. doesn't really make sense. Since this is an open street map, where anyone who has local knowledge of how the map should be, would know better than what the import data says. Anyway, Good call, Happy Mapping Cheers, Sam Vekemans

[Talk-ca] Splitting ways and yahoo imagery and address:block idea

2009-08-05 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
for it. but it would be nice to see what block number your on. Or perhaps there is already a way? (I'm just trying to figure out how to deal with the address data that we have available that is in the form of 'address:1st/last/left right.) ... a difficult puzzle indeed. :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans

[Talk-ca] SOTM Canada

2009-08-04 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
mapping party, I hope to see whoever can attend. And if anyone wants to attend via GoogleTalk, it might be possible to attend remotely (we can try it at least) :) Oh ya, I'm keeping track of trail activity across the country, great job everyone :-) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter

Re: [Talk-ca] island dropping

2009-08-02 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
. then experiment with, and see how is renders. Have you tried KOSMOS? it now uses better contour lines (new NASA data). http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Kosmos Hope that helps, Cheers, Sam On 31-Jul-09, at 7:11 PM, Sam Vekemans wrote: Hi, I just put in a few island and water features

[Talk-ca] Invitation: Vancouver Island OpenStr eetMap.org - Mapping Party @ Tue Aug 11 18: 00 – 21:00 (talk-ca@openstreetmap.org )

2009-08-01 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
:mailto:talk...@openstreetm ap.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;cn=osgeo...@lists.osgeo.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:osgeo...@lists.osgeo .org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Sam Vekemans;X-NUM-GUESTS=0

Re: [OSM-talk] Business listings

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Brilliant! I second that.. Erm.. +1 that idea! -with a custom CM slippy map that will show the listings. (that companies can use) BUT -The basemap (mapnik, osmarender, cyclemap) shouldnt play favorites, it lists it all at lowest zoom :-) (a middleman who can play nice with yellow pages) Cheers,

Re: [OSM-talk] Business listings

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
But CloudMade and OSM are 2 different things. Yellow pages can use cloudmades slippymap instead of others. They could partner-up, but give us 2 more years to get OSM-basemap upto snuff :-) On 7/27/09, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Mon, 27/7/09, Paul Houle

Re: [OSM-talk] Business listings

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Right, my business is listed with the BC business registry, which is government funded. You can look up in the Canadian corporate registry all businesses the addresses. I dont think that that information is copyrighted, as long as its properly sourced? Right? Being manually listed with an

Re: [OSM-talk] Business listings

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Anyway, I created a wiki page for it. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Business_Directory And we can throw in more facts and ideas there on how to improve on OpenStreetBrowser etc. Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Using the tag 'description=*' would help show users the most noteworthy details along with the phone # to call for more info. Cheers, Sam On 7/26/09, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sun, 26/7/09, Peter Dörrie peter.doer...@googlemail.com wrote: time_limitation=yes

[Talk-ca] Rendering GeoBaseNHN river names and flow

2009-07-24 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I'm happy to report that the rendering of the GeoBaseNHN river data looks good. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.63341lon=-123.64823zoom=16layers=B000FTF Please take a moment to agree to these tags. - *name*: McGee Creek - *waterway*: canal - *attribution*: Natural

Re: [OSM-talk] Tests in the Antarctica?

2009-07-21 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Well, i'll be doing some canvec import tests up in the Canadian Arctic. So i'll varify that one wildlife=penguins. I'll also let you know if i find the other Stargate :) lol BTW, has anyone noticed that the newly sovern nation of Greenland, is wrongly tagged as Nunivut (a Canadian territory of

Re: [OSM-talk] keep right! and landuse=wood

2009-07-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:35 AM, andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/7/20 David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com: natural=wood is the widely used tag for a wood (over 65,000 of them and currently rendered

[Talk-ca] GeoBase Import conflict to share victoria.osm

2009-07-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I'm finding an interesting revelation here. Since the RoadMatcher wasn't done, for this mapped area. What we did was make the greater_victoria.osm file available. So here we have myself, who is running around in circles, and wanting to copy over all the area, as fast as possible, but im

[Talk-ca] GeoBaseNHN updated beta 0.12

2009-07-17 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I've updated the script, so that it works the same way that the canvec2osm script works. I have the download and the sample area available for viewing. Some of the files are big, so they might take some time to load. (now that canvec2osm is just about ready to launch)

Re: [OSM-talk] Undo request button for changesets

2009-07-16 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, +1 for having a revert button only for your own (personal) changsets. With no button requesting a change revert. .. just message that person, in a friendly way. Most of the time it's a newbie who is just learning. :-) (If we had a revert button next to a changeset, and I agree with the

[Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap using Nanaimo Roads

2009-07-15 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
. Thanks In advance, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails (an OpenStreetMap contributor) Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Michael Barabanov, (cc:talk-ca list.) Would you be able

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-ca] name tags for rivers and lakes

2009-07-14 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
From: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Sam Vekemans Sent: July 14, 2009 09:11 To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap; Simon Wood; talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-ca] name tags for rivers and lakes Hi all, As im going

[Talk-ca] Nanaimo Area Data

2009-07-14 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
, and 'cause it's a win-win :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails -- Forwarded message -- From: webmas...@openstreetmap.org Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:35:21 +0100 Subject: [OpenStreetMap] Jamie Popkin sent you a new message To: samvekem...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase import seems to have problems with the old data (yahoo, wikipedia..)

2009-07-14 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
When replying cc: talk-ca list, Sorry i can help much further than my previous explanation. I agree that yes, it would be easier to wipe out existing work that people did (before hearing the OK for the geobase License) (november 2008), but that was 2 years prior of hand manual mapping that people

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal 'man_made:tower' and 'communications_transpoder'

2009-07-13 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi, With a mighty mouse-click, we can import 30,000 tower=smooth tags :@) -but of course we wont. (OK, bad joke) What i can do is edit the big Google Docs chart to list the hyperlinks to the wiki; or rather, go through the wiki/charts and make pages for each tags that are (will be) in use. For

Re: [OSM-talk] Painting with maps

2009-07-11 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
That is SO COOL! Great Job! ... now THAT's thinking outside the box(es) :-) I hope that gets posted to Image of the Week! Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Bernhard zwischenbrugger

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM TrustPoints

2009-07-10 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
spam, and vandels. Therefore having trustpoints isn't needed. Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM TrustPoints

2009-07-10 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
When someone signs-up for the project (or maybe when they make their first edit) they could be given a list of available mentors preferably in their local area but failing that you Cool, perhaps there could be a way that on the list of the 10 local mappers in the area, to sort those who have

Re: [OSM-talk] reconverting google mapmakers

2009-07-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
the basic things get mapped that more people join in. Happy Mapping! Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails On 7/6/09, Aun Yngve Johnsen skipp...@gimnechiske.org wrote: On 06/07/2009, at 21:04, Chris Browet wrote: By scrolling the map you'll realize that in the bottom-right side of the screen

Re: [Talk-ca] canvec address range

2009-07-06 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
...@gmail.com [mailto:samvekem...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Sam Vekemans Sent: 20 juin 2009 17:46 To: Bergeron, Guy Cc: Adam Glauser; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org; Steve Singer Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Ontario 040P Would you know when it will be available in the CanVec data? Has anyone thought

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-ca] TheTom: Roads in Alberta, script gone wild?

2009-07-05 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
It looks like an attempt at making a relation for the highway. Which it probably should be. Should it? As i recall there was a recommendation for people not to be joining up the ways, just for the sake of joining them. But it never got materialized to the geobase2osm wiki page instructions. It's

[Talk-ca] Building=yes canvec unknown buildings

2009-07-05 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, i just want to check with the team here on this. On the buildings wiki chart for the unknown buildings that are points, i had them listed as just 'building=yes' and it shows up as an icon of a house in JOSM, but doesnt get rendered on the 3 osm maps. Is the decision final to OMITthis

[Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap Canada @ SOTM

2009-07-02 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
as each tag needs to serve a purpose for OSM. Anyway, would be great to get a peek at what you'll be covering. Hopefully for next year i'll be there, wherever it is on the planet, Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans

[Talk-ca] Langford Mapping party

2009-06-29 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi, I'll be doing more mapping in Langford this week and next, if anyone wants to join in for a few hours let me know. Anytime during the week is good. The purpose is to be checking the canvec2osm script tags in real-life. Cheers, Sam -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook:

[OSM-talk] CanVec:CODE vs. CanVec:UUID -relevancy

2009-06-26 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
, but the same Catelogue code. So does anyone have objections to the logic and usefullness behind me keeping canvec:CODE? Or any arguments for/against what i wrote above?.. And at the same time im recommending for all imports that this gets added (it its available). Thanks, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails

[Talk-ca] CanVec:CODE vs. CanVec:UUID -relevancy

2009-06-26 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
, but the same Catelogue code. So does anyone have objections to the logic and usefullness behind me keeping canvec:CODE? Or any arguments for/against what i wrote above?.. And at the same time im recommending for all imports that this gets added (it its available). Thanks, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails

Re: [Talk-ca] which tags in canvec? was: canvec2osm update (an easy question this time)

2009-06-25 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
, then you should understand why it would be foolish to include such information attached to each entry in the OSM database. James VE6SRV On 6/25/09, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Richard :) do we have a 2ndr for that motion? Happy to hear u were able to run

Re: [Talk-ca] Ontario NRN import update

2009-06-24 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Great work Steve, As i get through the CanVec data i'll let you know if anything was missed ... But i'll know how to run the geobase2osm script by then :) in halifax the are a are a few mappers (i think someone ran a sample area, but i think that was you.) Again, great job in Ontario! Cheers,

[Talk-ca] canvec2osm update (an easy question this time)

2009-06-24 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
like these tags, i edited the script so that it will create an .osm file for each feature which contains all the tags. ... so it's fine if you want me to remove most of them :-) Anyway, thats all for now, Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http

[Talk-ca] CanVec rivers vs. NHN Rivers

2009-06-22 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
as 'blob' shaped figures, whre the whole country is devided up.) So in conclusion, i'm going to remove the 'sigleline watersourse', so it's in the 'extra' folder, This will make the canvec2osm script a bit easier to work with anyway. Any objections to this? Thanks, Sam Vekemans Across Canada

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting CanVec OSM Map Features: Attributes common to all entities

2009-06-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I'm trying to get a definative answer for all the tags. So far so good. :-) it looks like its unanaimous that the 'canvec:description' tags get removed. So thats cool, its not that hard to remove those tags. :) Any comments about the other tags, why they should be removed or kept? Im

Re: [Talk-ca] [OpenStreetMap] geobase:acrosscanadatrails sent you a new message

2009-06-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails == You can also read the message at http://www.openstreetmap.org/message/read/50676 and you can reply at http://www.openstreetmap.org/message/reply/50676

Re: [Talk-ca] Ontario 040P

2009-06-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Would you know when it will be available in the CanVec data? Has anyone thought of how we can make use of the geobase address range data? Does anyone want an .osm file to be made that just has the 4 address range fields (and the proper source tags) made as i go through with canvec2osm? Cheers,

Re: [Talk-ca] Ontario 040P

2009-06-20 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
do not want to put you on a false track but I think the address ranges are not part of Canvev. I hope Guy will be able to confirm or please you. Cheers, Michel 2009/6/20 Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Would you know when it will be available in the CanVec data? Has anyone

[OSM-talk] Voting CanVec OSM Map Features: Attributes common to all entities

2009-06-19 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
. Play nice :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Lake Cowichan Now loaded (more of sample 092c area)

2009-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
für nur 17,95 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Lake Cowichan Now loaded (more of sample 092c area)

2009-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
für nur 17,95 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

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

2009-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
Good point. Each road SHOULD be a relation which is made up of street (address block numbered sections). Geobase already does this 1st part well. What if we start doing this:? Create a relation route, called 'theNameOfTheRoad' and have it attributed to each segment. And step 2 would be to remove

[OSM-talk] Lake Cowichan Now loaded (more of sample 092c area)

2009-06-16 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
not that hard to learn, i just havent got to it yet. So I look forward to all your nit pickings. Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-ca] Lake Cowichan Now loaded (more of sample 092c area)

2009-06-16 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
not that hard to learn, i just havent got to it yet. So I look forward to all your nit pickings. Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca

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

2009-06-11 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
interested i regular mapping. But we all need to get together to brain storm ideas, and get good feedback. Cheers, Sam -- Forwarded message -- From: Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM Subject: 092 canvec import-and poi mapping party - Vancouver

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

2009-06-11 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
, and bring there GPS Along, so then after we can show everyone how they can help build the map for other trails. Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Sam Vekemansacrosscanadatra

[Talk-ca] CanVec data now in Cranbrook, BC

2009-06-07 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
=49.595lon=-115.768zoom=11layers=B000FTF Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails P.S. Perhaps i shouldn't have imported the data for this area (as it's contrary to what i said before, with just focusing on the 092c area until it's correct). However, im confident that what i upoaded is fine

[Talk-ca] Use of Protected Areas Database (in Geogratis) for OpenStreetMap

2009-06-04 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
polygons at a time. Otherwise, it's on my list of things todo. Thanks, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

[OSM-talk] Natural=rocks is place=island

2009-06-01 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
) and a way to tell of shallow water. I'll keep the tag 'natural=rocks' because it is a descriptor. And so we will know that it isnt a 'sand island' or a sandbar. I guess i didnt see the 'landuse=forest' through the 'natural=trees' :-) cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails

[Talk-ca] Cranbrook, BC mapping party

2009-06-01 Diskussionsfäden Sam Vekemans
) import canvec data if time. If anyone is in the area, or wants to take a drive. It would be a nice break away. I'd be happy to make time to meet ya. Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http

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