[Talk-ca] GeoBase Node Import idea ver 1.0

2008-12-16 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi there, After some serious review, (writing a hudge essays about the answer to the question. What do you want to get from GeoBase? (Answer: a better free wiki map showing more of Canada) and Why Import GeoBase to openstreetmap? (Answer: because it will make the map better) I came up with new qu

Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase and OpenStreetMap

2008-12-16 Thread Dave Hansen
On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 14:55 -0800, Dan Putler wrote: > There is one important difference between the Canada NRN and the US > TIGER data. Specifically, the locational accuracy for the NRN is much > better than is the case with TIGER. As a result, the need to undertake a > big effort editing ways to

Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase and OpenStreetMap

2008-12-16 Thread Matt Wilkie
Dave Hansen wrote: > The basic reason is that we need to be able to edit it. We can't > simply put data back into GeoBase, so we need a copy on which to > work. Is there a way we even could get changes back to the "owners" > of the data? This is a key question and worth exploring in depth. An of