Re: [Talk-ca] Merging OSM + Geobase

2009-03-26 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, re: merging data Yup, everyone handled that question so i dont need too. .. However, i would recommend posting a summery onto the wiki as a FAQ... as this question comes up alot. And we do have a definitive answer. Unfortunately, i tend to drag on and on and on and on so someone else

Re: [Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap in "The Times - atlas of the world" book

2009-03-26 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Sam Vekemans wrote: > This makes me excited because by the end of this year, all of Canada > will be complete! I think you're jumping the gun just a little. Even if all the GeoBase data is imported... Even if all the street names are imported... Even if all the a

[Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap in "The Times - atlas of the world" book

2009-03-26 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, i just wanted to let you all know that on page 57 of this big atlas book, openstreetmap is listed! (a big heavy book) So kids studing geography will see it! Its ISBN 978 0 00 7236701 - "The greatest book on earth" www.timesatlas.com twelfth edition 2007 -it shows "collaborative mapping of

[Talk-ca] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - (man_made=breakwater)

2009-03-26 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, It looks like this feature is ready for voting (sorry, im not yet an expert in the process) :-) and has been for some time, the wiki help page says 2 weeks... it's been 2 years :-) Am i supposed to post a comment on the original contributors page? (to get it moving faster) Cheers, Sam __

Re: [Talk-ca] Merging OSM + Geobase

2009-03-26 Thread Michel Gilbert
2009/3/26 William Lachance > Hey all, > > I've been following the discussions about the geobase import with > interest. There seems to be some concern about how to correlate the > existing OSM data with the Geobase dataset. In particular, how do we get > the superior positioning and connectivity

[Talk-ca] Many tag proposals

2009-03-26 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all i'm now rummaging through the GeoBaseNHN feature chart & and the 11 charts of canvec. I'm posting on the main talk discussion list & fighting with users around the world on the arguments for&against the tags listed. So im making wiki pages using the proposal templates. I want to put these f

Re: [Talk-ca] Merging OSM + Geobase

2009-03-26 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:00 PM, William Lachance wrote: > I've been following the discussions about the geobase import with > interest. There seems to be some concern about how to correlate the > existing OSM data with the Geobase dataset. In particular, how do we get > the superior positioning

[Talk-ca] Merging OSM + Geobase

2009-03-26 Thread William Lachance
Hey all, I've been following the discussions about the geobase import with interest. There seems to be some concern about how to correlate the existing OSM data with the Geobase dataset. In particular, how do we get the superior positioning and connectivity of geobase without blowing away all the

Re: [Talk-ca] Quality of Alberta + Next road import area

2009-03-26 Thread Jean-Sébastien Moreau
Hi, > > This is expected and was discussed back in December and again after the > initial Fort McMurray import. The imported ways don't connect to the > existing ones. This seemed to be favoured over deleting existing data. > I respect that choice but if we choose to go that way, than each impo

Re: [Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-26 Thread Steve Singer
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Jonathan Stewart wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Steve Singer wrote: > > This will be an impediment to importing, for sure. I have maps of > Winnipeg i could get names from, but rural roads would be quite > difficult. I have an idea on how we can extract the road