Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Vs. TIGER

Hi Sam, The TIGER data in OSM was done a number of years ago (from the 2006 TIGER/Line release). Since then the US Census Bureau has devoted a lot of resources to improve the accuracy of TIGER data, which I don't think is (I could be wrong) reflected in OSM. The old TIGER data had many of

Re: [Talk-ca] Import of Central Okanagan Regional District GIS data?

Hi David, It looks like this data is being released into the Public Domain. The relevant part of their terms of use statement (which is for the download site, not the data itself) is: Geographic data is now available through this download site. This data is being made available to you free

Re: [Talk-ca] CanTopo!

Hi Sam, In shapefile format, the natural choice is Statistics Canada Census Subdivision boundaries (the most recent is for 2010). Census subdivisions are typically municipalities or equivalents. Here is the link: http://geodepot.statcan.gc.ca/2006/040120011618150421032019/031904_05-eng.jsp

Re: [Talk-ca] new planet.osm

of hours to uncompress and process the file. Since he is only interested in Ottawa I suspect there should be a way to just download Ottawa rather than the entire planet which is what I think he is doing at the moment. Any suggestions? Thanks John -- Dan Putler Sauder School of Business

Re: [Talk-ca] StatsCan Address Ranges in OpenJUMP -- how to interpret them?

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Re: [Talk-ca] StatsCan Address Ranges in OpenJUMP -- how to interpret them?

wrote: On 2010-04-14, at 10:27 PM, Dan Putler dan.put...@sauder.ubc.ca wrote: Hi Tyler, OpenJUMP probably isn't the tool to do this with. Three tools come to mind: Its do-able, but probably not as easy as you had hoped. Hi Dan. Thanks for the suggestions; I am a computer programmer

Re: [Talk-ca] More Google Copying

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Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] TIGER considered harmful

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Re: [Talk-ca] [Imports] [Talk-us] TIGER considered harmful

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Re: [Talk-ca] [Imports] [Talk-us] TIGER considered harmful

On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 18:43 -0500, Kate Chapman wrote: Hi Dan, Both manual and donated data. I've been addressing my neighborhood in Virginia but Washington D.C. donated point level addresses. Kate Chapman On Nov 15, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Dan Putler dan.put...@sauder.ubc.ca wrote: Hi

Re: [Talk-ca] Toronto aerial imagery

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Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Road Network File license conflict?

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Re: [Talk-ca] Mapping parks

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Re: [Talk-ca] Own experience with Geobase

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Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase and OpenStreetMap

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Re: [Talk-ca] GeoBase and OpenStreetMap

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