Re: [Talk-ca] RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Paul Norman
On 11/17/2014 5:50 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: Is there any way to de-tile the data? I realise that most of Canada is one giant water relation, but is there a data processing pipeline that can recognize and join up split entities? I looked at this, but it's better to go back to the original sou

Re: [Talk-ca] RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Darren Wiebe
I'm near Lloydminster, Alberta and there is lots of data missing in the area that we use OSM for.I use Canvec to fill in missing data in my area. Canvec data should not be used to override more precise data but there are Geobase imports in my area that are a complete wreck. Some of the roads

Re: [Talk-ca] RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Stewart C. Russell
On 14-11-17 03:53 PM, Ga Delap wrote: > > - CanVec a introduit des erreurs de modélisation en imposant dans OSM le > concept de "tuile" plutôt qu'en respectant celui de l'objet. Amen to that. Is there any way to de-tile the data? I realise that most of Canada is one giant water relation, but is

Re: [Talk-ca] Bringing canvec to OSM back to life

2014-11-17 Thread Darren Wiebe
I read through the license and it clearly gives permission to redistribute. I have a mirror as well in case anything happens. Darren Wiebe On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Peuc wrote: > Hi guys, > > I already have a mirror of the Canvec data, I will make public if/when > government data disa

[Talk-ca] Fwd: RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Adam Martin
Oops, meant to reply to the list, not an individual. :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Adam Martin Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] RIP CanVec To: Alan Trick I have had some experience regarding the use of Canvec data. I have not tried to import this da

Re: [Talk-ca] RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Alan Trick
I don't think the two of you are actually disagreeing at all. Ga Delap just said that the past importers of CanVec data were too haphazard and that there was not enough community consulting. It seems like the quality of the data in Quebec might have been worse than in other places too. (Désolé, je

Re: [Talk-ca] RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Dan Charrois
> On 2014-Nov-17, at 1:53 PM, Ga Delap wrote: > > Il y a actuellement un peu de bruit sur talk.ca pour faire renaître les > importations CanVec. > Il ne faut pas. > Unfortunately, though I can read French, I can only speak or write English properly, but wanted to weigh in on this discussion.

[Talk-ca] RIP CanVec

2014-11-17 Thread Ga Delap
Il y a actuellement un peu de bruit sur talk.ca pour faire renaître les importations CanVec. Il ne faut pas. Les importations CanVec (et les importateurs CanVec) sont responsables de plusieurs problèmes: - ils ont fait fuir plusieurs contributeurs OSM (explications plus loin). - des données désuèt