[Talk-ca] bzip/gzip compression of canvec.osm files instead of .zip

2010-06-03 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, JohnSmith (on the #osm-ca IRC chat) says that using gzip[1] or bzip[2] instead of the .zip file which is currently being used, would allow for JOSM to open up the file directly (without needing to unzip it), since it is only 1 file, and there is no need to recurse the directories. I haven't

[Talk-ca] OSM CanVec.

2010-06-03 Thread G. Michael Carter
I think I may have missed the goal here? Are we evaluating the OSM files and trying to make the source better or just requesting OSM files and putting them in? I'm ready to go if we're just putting them in. ;-) ___ Talk-ca mailing list

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM CanVec.

2010-06-03 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Hi Mike, You did not miss anything, you are giving comments on a sample - as expected! - About missing names, Canvec features are not named. However you can find some toponyms. - About missing tags on multipolygon. The tags have been placed at relation level, not on inner or outer ways. -

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM CanVec.

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew MacKinnon
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bégin, Daniel daniel.be...@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca wrote: Hi Mike, You did not miss anything, you are giving comments on a sample - as expected! - About missing names, Canvec features are not named. However you can find some toponyms. - About missing tags on