Re: [Talk-ca] Party carto potentiel à Sherbrooke

Bonjour Charles, Nos courriels s'entrecroisent. Désolé, Messieurs en CC, pour le bruit. Je vais y aller comme ça alors, en rajoutant tout de même à l'intention de la responsable des DO de Sherbrooke que ça serait bien d'uniformiser les politiques entre les villes qui proposent un portail de

Re: [Talk-ca] Party carto potentiel à Sherbrooke

Bonjour Charles, Excellent. Je vais envoyer ce lien de même que le lien vers l'ajout qui a été fait à la page licence du site de DO de Montréal (Autorisation pour l’importation des données dans la base de données d’OpenStreetMap) à la DO de Sherbrooke. Merci, Yves Par exemple, voici la ré

Re: [Talk-ca] Party carto potentiel à Sherbrooke

n peut la modifier de façon collaborative. Je vise la même chose pour le réseau de la STS, soit être le plus exact possible tout en étant conscient des variabilités spatio-temporelles des données. Merci et bonne journée, Yves Moisan Bonjour Monsieur Moisan, Bien entendu, l’ouverture

Re: [Talk-ca] Party carto potentiel à Sherbrooke

on propre site aussi, c'est mieux. (Quand même reproduire l'avis, la date de réception de l'avis, la personne qui a rendu l'avis sur le wiki d'openstreetmap.) J'aurais aimé être à sherbrooke, mais je ne pourrai probablement pas, malheureusement. Si tu as besoin d'un co

Re: [Talk-ca] Party carto potentiel à Sherbrooke

Merci Bruno. Je m'étais basé sur la page "licence FAQ" d'OSM pour demander une permission écrite au gestionnaire des données, mais ton courriel pose clairement le problème, à savoir que la licence CC paternité 4.0 est incompatible avec OdBL. Je vais faire suivre au gestionnaire des données ai

[Talk-ca] Party carto potentiel à Sherbrooke

Bonjour, Je tente d'organiser une activité OSM à Sherbrooke parallèlement à Hack Sherbrooke. Le thème serait l'intégration de certains jeux de données ouvertes de la ville de Sherbrooke dans OSM, dont les données de la Société de transport de Sherbrooke. Voir les détails à http://www.coactiv

Re: [Talk-ca] Business incubator

that shopping center. Oddly enough, in the case of Tom's link, zooming in one more level showed the Heron Gate Mall name. Not the case for Jamieson Estate Plaza though. My 2 cents; cheers, Yves On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Yves Moisan wrote: Hi Richard ! Thanx for your answ

Re: [Talk-ca] Business incubator

's an issue. Thanx for your help and cheers, Yves Hi Yves! On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Yves Moisan wrote: Folks, Our old police station was turned into a business incubator : [ ... ] 2) I added the addr:* info to the point symbol, not the building outline (canvec import). I

[Talk-ca] Business incubator

Folks, Our old police station was turned into a business incubator : http://osm.org/go/cKDjq9KKi?node=1947683551. It was inaugurated yesterday and it's new name was officialized : http://www.lapresse.ca/la-tribune/economie-et-innovation/201503/26/01-4855585-le-400-rue-marquette-devient-lespac

Re: [Talk-ca] Target Canada

Added the one we have in Sherbrooke, Qc both in the wiki and map. It's supposed to close on April 1, but I'll wait and see if it really happens, given the date. Yves ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/l

Re: [Talk-ca] App for mapping running/cycling itineraries/routing

Z-data (or elevation data) isn't generally stored in OSM. It can kind of work for points (especially peaks) but doesn't so much for ways. Map renderings (e.g. OpenCycleMap.org) or routing (e.g. CycleStreets.net) tend to supplement OSM data with SRTM data for elevation. There's a lot of inf

[Talk-ca] App for mapping running/cycling itineraries/routing

Hi Folks, I'm looking for an app that would let me map running/cycling routes using OSM data. I've looked at the OSM page on routing and found Cloumade's site (1) which is quite interesting and usable but has limited functionality IMO. What I'd be interested in as a first step is the abilit

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM Sherbrooke discussion] Big Baseball Project 2011 - OpenGeoData

Salut Yves, c'est relativement simple à cartographier et ça pourrait-être un thème lors d'un prochain mapping party. En effet. On pourrait en planifier un cet automne avec pour thème "les installations sportives pour Sherbrooke 2013" Lors du dernier mapping party qui s'est tenu à Sherbro

Re: [Talk-ca] What should a Canadian style map look like?

The question of long-distance northern roads is a question of information density. At low zooms, the Canadian map can seem pretty empty if we follow rules appropriate to higher density countries (Guten Tag, Deutschland). Is there a way of changing the rendering threshold for, say, towns so th

[Talk-ca] Fwd: [OSGeo-qc] Party carto le samedi 18 juin 2011 a l'Universite de Sherbrooke

Hi All, I'm redirecting this email from Jérôme Théau about a mapping party in Sherbrooke on June 18. Cheers all, Yves Message original Sujet: [OSGeo-qc] Party carto le samedi 18 juin 2011 a l'Universite de Sherbrooke Date : Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:07:40 -0400 De :Jerome

Re: [Talk-ca] A present to us

Le 2011-02-03 15:14, Richard Weait a écrit : Zoomed in example. http://open.mapquest.ca/link/6-cO9mOA4Z I tried zooming in an area I'm interested in and at first I couldn't go closer than http://open.mapquest.ca/link/7-Xz7Yj9OU. Then I saw the uk tiling server kick in, then some other server

Re: [Talk-ca] Digitizing over an aerial photo

Le 2011-02-01 16:46, Richard Weait a écrit : On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Yves Moisan wrote: Hi All, I have a trivia for you license-interested/competent folks. Say I have a recent aerial photo coverage of a really nice town that I'd like to use to digitize features, is there an iss

[Talk-ca] Digitizing over an aerial photo

Hi All, I have a trivia for you license-interested/competent folks. Say I have a recent aerial photo coverage of a really nice town that I'd like to use to digitize features, is there an issue if the photo is private (city-owned) ? The way I see it is that if I'm digitizing a point/line/pol

Re: [Talk-ca] Quebec highway shields

Le 2011-01-26 20:27, Richard Weait a écrit : I've added Quebec highway shields to the shield renderer. A few are visible here. http://weait.com:8080/map/shield.html?zoom=11&lat=45.40439&lon=-71.89198&layers=BTF Neat! You picked the right test zone ;-) Cheers, Yves

Re: [Talk-ca] [montreal] Mapping weekend in Montreal

Just for the record, we organized an "across Canada" mapping party on Software Freedom day back in 2008 I believe. This year it's on Sat 18 Sept. Would it be a good idea to run another mega party at that date ? I'd be willing to organize one for Sherbrooke. Good memory, Yves. I think

Re: [Talk-ca] [montreal] Mapping weekend in Montreal

Le 2010-07-06 14:26, Nicolas Marchildon a écrit : Hello, I have been invited by Sam Vekemans to post this call for involvement here. Here's the deal. I'm an OpenStreetMap contributor, which means I'm always looking at a map, but never talking to the other people in the area. I don't even kn

[Talk-ca] Compte rendu données libres / meeting report free data, OSGeo-qc et Vision Géomatique 2010

*** ENGLISH BELOW Bonjour à tous, Vous me permettrez de faire un compte rendu télégraphique et subjectif des conférences OSGeo-qc et Vision Géomatique 2010 qui viennent de se dérouler à Saguenay. - merci aux comités organisateurs des deux événements et à Daniel surtout qui a fait un prem

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian_best_practices: bilingual

Le 2010-05-12 22:13, Richard Weait a écrit : > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:44 PM, john whelan wrote: > >> I've put in what I think might be useful to newcomers about what data to >> enter and why. >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Canada#Canadian_best_practices >> >> Perhaps s

Re: [Talk-ca] On renderers

Thanx Adam and Richard, I guess some implementation details are given at the page you mention Richard. I feel there are folks in the audience that will ask me "how did they do that we want to do it too!" and I'll be dumbfounded ;-). If anyone has pointers to nitty-gritty implementation detail

[Talk-ca] On renderers

Hi All, I need to give a presentation on OSM a couple of months down the road. One of the key aspects in my talk will revolve on the idea that OSM provides people with data they can operate on instead of just having access to pre-rendered images. On the OSM rendering page, there is a mention

Re: [Talk-ca] More Google ...

Le 2010-03-24 09:30, Marc Provencher a écrit : Super!! This is a nice app. Très utile. Marc On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Bégin, Daniel > wrote: Bonjour, I've just find a nice web application that enable Google/Osm comparison using tran

Re: [Talk-ca] canvec mep feature 1150012 10- Coastal w ater - (Eau côtière) = Ocean - ( Océan )

> I agree with this approach. In the test area I imported I followed the > procedure you described. There were a few larger river mouths, but > they were clearly indicated. Right now I'm getting myself moved back > to the Netherlands, I want to say it out loud on this list : one of the ma

Re: [Talk-ca] openstreetmap.ca : français/québ écois...

Le jeudi 11 février 2010 à 13:24 -0500, Nicolas Gignac a écrit : > Bonjour, > > Comme le site OpenStreetMap.ca n'est pas traduit en français, je crois > que l'on devrait traduire le tout le plus tôt possible si on veut > susciter le même intérêt openstreetmap pour les francophones du > Canada ? Ç

Re: [Talk-ca] Administrative boundaries of Québec

Le jeudi 04 février 2010 à 20:40 -0500, Frank Steggink a écrit : > Hi Nicolas, > > Nicolas Gignac wrote: > > > > The contact I had in the government of Quebec have raised issues on > > delivering up-to-date datasets in OSM, such as the Administrative > > boundaries of Québec (BDGA). > > Could so

Re: [Talk-ca] Administrative boundaries of Québec

> The contact I had in the government of Quebec have raised issues on > delivering up-to-date datasets in OSM, such as the Administrative > boundaries of Québec (BDGA). > Could someone help this person to understand quickly the advantage for > his organisation to share its data with the OSM commun

Re: [Talk-ca] Import of large features in Canvec

> > Today I have (finally) worked on large features in Canvec data (forests, > > water, etc.), and I have come up with a method how to deal with them. > > Bravo! Looks great. Great indeed !! Yves ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Import mess in southern Québec

> The Geoboutique site also has lots of other interesting data, like > orthophotos. Too bad they're expensive. $65 per file, and there are > thousands of them. However, we wouldn't "need" that data per se, but if > it would only be available to OSM for tracing purposes (like Yahoo), > that wou

[Talk-ca] FixMyStreet Canada

Happy New Year All ! Anyone heard of http://fixmystreet.ca ? Looks like their required map format (http://fixmystreet.ca/about/map_formats) may fit with an .osm ? Cheers, Yves ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstr

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import chat @Sherbrook

> Cool, > then my guess was correct :-) Sam, I can assure you that there is no "we don't want you to be working with the import process anymore" aspect to the unfortunate fact you were not given the chance to express your points at the meeting on Saturday. First, we could barely hear you. Second

[Talk-ca] Shp2OSM : various questions

Hi All, I have some hiking trails data that I'd like to upload to OSM and I have a few questions for the list. I have the data in a MTM (UTM) system, so here's what I intended to do was do the housekeeping fist in QGIS : - transform to WGS 84 - delete useless attributes and add "highway" and "sa

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

> "Barcelona because of the combination with FOSS4G: OSM will not be the > centre of attention" Sleeping over it, I feel I need to make some nuances to my email of yesterday. I know, Emilie, I told you I wouldn't post again on this subject so that it doesn't snowball, but for the sake of balance

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2010/Organisation/Meetings#November_11th.2C_2009 "Barcelona because of the combination with FOSS4G: OSM will not be the centre of attention" With all due respect, I disagree on that first point. While FOSS4G 2010 will likely draw in over 100

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

> I understand. I was just stating the fact that was discussed last night. Are there meeting minutes for that ? I'd like to see what are the pros and cons from the point of view of either conference organization committees. Cheers, Yves > It has nothing to do with my opinion of whether it sho

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

> > > I am afraid it won't happen unless there is a landslide of support for > Barcelona during the FOSS4G. It might still happen in Barcelona, but not > during the FOSS4G apparently. > > Emilie Laffray Hi Emilie, I do not understand your first sentence. FOSS4G is already scheduled for Barc

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

Le mardi 20 octobre 2009 à 22:18 -0700, Sam Vekemans a écrit : > Thanks Yves, > > yup, i DEFINATLY support the idea of Barcelona for the 2010 SOTM, (i > saw on the talk-au list that maybe 2011 would be great for Austrailia, > and maybe 2012 for Canada. (we should be all imported by then) :) > >

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

ng in excess of 500 or 600 people and maybe that number can be increased by the interest generated by a joint SotM meeting. And the other way around of course. I think the question will be addressed here at one of the administrative meetings (I think the OSGeo one tonight). My 2

Re: [Talk-ca] Proposed features/soccer field - OpenStreetMap

> > I think you have everything tagged properly. A possible change would > be playground --> pitch, but the rendering challenge remains. That > makes this a "rendering problem for a specific use case" I think. > Without broad support, whatever the rendering solution, it is less > likely to be a

Re: [Talk-ca] Proposed features/soccer field - OpenStreetMap

> > Somebody is doing some nice mapping around Sherbrooke! :-) > > I like the current rendering of the multi-use fields. I understood > the combinations immediately. > > The current fields are tagged as > leisure=playground > sport=soccer > > I've seen others use > leisure=pitch > sport=socce

[Talk-ca] Proposed features/soccer field - OpenStreetMap

Hi All, I've set up a wiki page last night to discuss a way to avoid "mapping for the renderer" for a specific item : soccer fields : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/soccer_field. In the page, I refer to a specific mapping issue I've come across. Comments welcome. Yves _

Re: [Talk-ca] [Osmf-talk] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE

I know I'm a nobody in this community, but this might be a good read : http://producingoss.com/ There are some chapters/sections on the politics of FOSS. My 2 cents, Yves ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetm

Re: [Talk-ca] Tentatively Accepted: State of the Map - Ca nada @ Thu Sep 24 – Sun Sep 27, 2009 (Across Cana da Trails)

> > That way we can make it 'SOTM -Canada ~powered by OSGeo Ottawa chapter'? > > I'd definitely be interested in attending such an event and learning > from other people, time permitting of course. Same here, but I would add "job permitting" too. Just got back from holidays today. Cheers, Yv

Re: [Talk-ca] OSM talk in Ottawa (pgcon)

follow link to "Boquébière" to find out where to go). Cheers, Yves Moisan > I'll be giving a talk on OSM and Postgresql in Ottawa on May 21'st at pgcon. > (http://www.pgcon.org/2009/schedule/events/141.en.htm) > > Following my talk there will be a more general t

[Talk-ca] [Fwd: Re: Collaborative road tagging for rehabilitation]

--- Begin Message --- While I think the general idea is good, the subjective system has lots of variables from person to person, and I don't think it would work so well. I agree. I believe a poll with a scale could alleviate the problem of subjectivity, but I agree the exercise is subject

[Talk-ca] Collaborative road tagging for rehabilitation

Hi All, On my way to a nearby ski center this morning, I hit one of the worst roads I've come across for a while : pavement badly affected, bumps ... I was wondering if there existed a program (possibly using the CloudMade API) or an attribute I could use in the current OSM to tag road segment

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian data announcement: GeoBase Import

Richard, Don't forget to drop a line to Michel Gilbert. I know he has updated geobase data using a Python script of his own. Contact him offline about it. Yves Le mardi 18 novembre 2008 à 14:07 -0500, Richard Weait a écrit : > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 10:31 -0700, Jason Reid wrote: > > I did some

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian Mapping Fiesta summary

> Hi all, > > The Software Freedom Day Mapping Fiesta was last weekend and here is a > summary of the results. Hey Richard, Thanx for the coast to coast report ! I know small is beautiful and getting a few people with GPS's isn't that hard (well ;-) ), but I'm shooting for a wider grassroots pa

Re: [Talk-ca] Elmira, Ontario mapping party, 20 September 2008

in the same position as you are with respect to the Sherbrooke mapping party. A couple of folks showed up recently that are not new to OSM so things will work out well in the end. One fellow will drive 250 km (from Québec city) to help us out so don't hesitate to invite OSM'

Re: [Talk-ca] [montreal] Montreal Mapping Weekend

Hi Richard, > > http://techno.marchildon.net/2008/07/18/mapping-party-a-montreal/ > > Wonderful news. I'm thrilled to see so much Canadian OSM activity. Great news indeed. I didn't know that. I just left a comment on Nicolas' page mentioning the Sherbrooke party. > Since Montreal, Sherbroo