Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec Import

2018-11-28 Thread Viajero Perdido
From: James not sure why Canvec always gets shat uppon, their water features are great and pretty accurate Bovine excrement.  Do I need to make an exhaustive list of the water-feature nonsense I keep finding?  Lakes dry up, and rivers change course (especially around Calgary in 2013). 

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-23 Thread Frank Steggink
@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 6:52:12 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues I see the problem as being the importing of everything as being the problem, not the geometric model :)   From:Daniel Begin [mailto:jfd...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:49 PM

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-23 Thread Pierre Béland
 : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Jeudi 23 août 2012 14h19 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Hi Pierre, In 2009 we had a meeting in Sherbrooke. This was in the day the Canvec landuse was starting to run. Discussions were already going on on talk-ca and the wiki pages for several

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-23 Thread Pierre Béland
-...@yahoo.fr Cc : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Jeudi 23 août 2012 18h43 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Pierre, I've been using the Geobase layer for adding street names, too, and it's a great tool. Do you (or anyone else) know an easy way to make JOSM

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-22 Thread Frank Steggink
/recherche.aspx?s=lac-ouimetx=0y=0 for lac Ouimet results Pierre *De :* Frank Steggink stegg...@steggink.org *À :* talk-ca@openstreetmap.org *Envoyé le :* Mardi 21 août 2012 13h32 *Objet :* [Talk-ca] Canvec

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-22 Thread Frank Steggink
*From:*Pierre Béland [mailto:infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr] *Sent:* August-21-12 16:04 *To:* talk-ca@openstreetmap.org *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues I didn't do Canvec imports too much. Looking at various lakes in wooded areas, I now realize that Canvec imports are often

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-22 Thread Pierre Béland
problems. I will write a specific memo about that.   Pierre De : Frank Steggink stegg...@steggink.org À : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Mercredi 22 août 2012 11h52 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Hi Pierre, Regarding the duplicated ways, I'll

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-22 Thread Paul Norman
I see the problem as being the importing of everything as being the problem, not the geometric model :) From: Daniel Begin [mailto:jfd...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:49 PM To: 'Pierre Béland'; talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Bonjour

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-22 Thread Béland Pierre
: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Yeah, don't just do blanket imports.  Just import whatever data OSM *does not* have. - David E. Nelson From: Paul Norman penor...@mac.com To: 'Daniel Begin' jfd...@hotmail.com; 'Pierre Béland' infosbelas-...@yahoo.fr; talk

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-21 Thread Pierre Béland
/recherche.aspx?s=lac-ouimetx=0y=0 for lac Ouimet results    Pierre De : Frank Steggink stegg...@steggink.org À : talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Mardi 21 août 2012 13h32 Objet : [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Hi, Today I was contacted by someone inquiring

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

2012-08-21 Thread Pierre Béland
2012 13h32 Objet : [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues Hi, Today I was contacted by someone inquiring (with a somewhat hostile tone) after the Canvec import I've done over the weekend northwest of Montréal. He was not really happy with the way how the import has handled. The way the Canvec data

[Talk-ca] canvec import in ontario

2012-07-29 Thread Jesse Davis
Hello, I'd like to import some canvec data for the area just north of Plevna, Ontario, Canada (NTS 031F02), which has not been imported and for the most part is completely blank. I have downloaded the most recent canvec 10 data and it looks like the import is easy enough to do using the provided

[Talk-ca] CanVec Import Videos

2011-05-20 Thread Adam Dunn
In an attempt to attract more people to CanVec importing, I've started making a series of videos that demonstrates the process. Please see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec#Screencasts_of_CanVec_Imports and let me know what you think. Adam ___

[Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Olivier Hill
Hello all, I would like to remind everyone not to blindly import CanVec tiles on OSM. I have recently seen tiles uploaded blindly, duplicating nodes and duplicating features that were already imported (like wooded areas, lakes, rivers, etc.) I know it is tempting to see more data on OSM, but

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread john whelan
Probably the best thing to do is wait for commonmap. Cheerio John On 31 December 2010 11:50, Olivier Hill olivier.h...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I would like to remind everyone not to blindly import CanVec tiles on OSM. I have recently seen tiles uploaded blindly, duplicating nodes and

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Daniel Begin
@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import Hello all, I would like to remind everyone not to blindly import CanVec tiles on OSM. I have recently seen tiles uploaded blindly, duplicating nodes and duplicating features that were already imported (like wooded areas, lakes, rivers, etc.) I know

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Olivier Hill
-Original Message- From: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Hill Sent: December-31-10 11:50 To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import Hello all, I would like to remind everyone not to blindly

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec Import

2010-12-31 Thread Andrew MacKinnon
Sorry about this. I accidentally imported duplicate features in 031G09.1.3 (Lachute) that should be removed now unless I missed a few. Lachute seemed to have been mostly mapped by a user called JeanRob98 in 2009 (badly - there were many roads missing the street type such as Rue etc., there were

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import troubles

2010-09-25 Thread Samuel
on land as expected !-) Cheers, Daniel -Original Message- From: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Samuel Sent: 19 septembre 2010 17:40 To: Tyler Gunn Cc: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import troubles Only one

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import troubles

2010-09-25 Thread Adam Dunn
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Tyler Gunn ty...@egunn.com wrote: I'm not 100% sure what happened with the Canvec data you uploaded, but it looks like the tags are missing from lot of the ways. The wooded areas are not showing up because they're not marked natural=wood, and the watered

[Talk-ca] CanVec import troubles

2010-09-19 Thread Samuel
Hi I've been playing around with importing CanVec, and imported some data, but as you can see here (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=56.059lon=-96.291zoom=11layers=M), it is a terrible mess. Where did I go wrong and how do I fix it? Sam ___

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import troubles

2010-09-19 Thread Samuel
Only one of the subtiles in forested, there are ferries on land and trails on water Tyler Gunn wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:32:42 -0500, Samuel samueld...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I've been playing around with importing CanVec, and imported some data, but as you can see here

[Talk-ca] CanVec import - willing to help

2010-05-06 Thread Tyler Gunn
Hello, Sorry if this post is redundant; I wasn't sure how up to date the Wiki is so I figured I'd just ask. :) Anyways, I'm just curious if there is any work I could do to help out with the CanVec import. I'd be more than happy to sift through the data for my area, Winnipeg (062H14). To do

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import - willing to help

2010-05-06 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi Tyler, cc:talk-ca Well, there is lots of Natural Protected areas that can be imported in the Manitoba area. As well as the Aborigional lands data. For the canvec data, the script is available, in python. So others are doing their own conversion. So you can ask on the talk-ca@ list. The canvec

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import - willing to help

2010-05-06 Thread Bégin , Daniel
No, I mean release 6.0 coming out in few weeks :-) Daniel From: Adam Dunn [mailto:dunna...@gmail.com] Sent: 6 mai 2010 16:12 To: Bégin, Daniel Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import - willing to help By next you mean 7.0 coming out in October? Adam On Thu

Re: [Talk-ca] CanVec import - willing to help

2010-05-06 Thread James A. Treacy
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 02:58:42PM -0400, Bégin, Daniel wrote: I'm planning to process the next Canvec release from south to north, east to west. I should be able to start the process a couple of weeks after the release. The process will then runs for many weeks. This is great news. The work

[Talk-ca] CanVec import

2010-02-09 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Bonjour à tous! Over the last months, the Center for Topographic Information in Sherbrooke (CTIS) has run some tests to see how OSM data might be used to identify where our Canvec product needs udate. If not very detailled, the process is simple and the result useful where osm mappers are

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import in Montréal with ? nam es

2009-12-10 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Pierre-Luc Beaudoin pierre-...@pierlux.com wrote: Hi, I've been a little disconnected about the whole import process. Tonight I've seen CanVec streets appear in my neighboorhood with odd tags such as:

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import in Montréal with ? nam es

2009-12-10 Thread Sam Vekemans
FYI I hid my folder from the public view of http://www.mediafire.com/osmcanadadata and changed it to http://www.mediafire.com/acrosscanadatrails So all the files that were available, still are, but it's set to 'private' so then any links that are around for it, should become not available. I'll

[Talk-ca] CanVec Import /Datum

2009-12-08 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Hi all, Last weekend was held a Canvec Import mapping party in Sherbrooke. One of the participant asked if there were significant differences between NAD83 (Canvec and GeoBase datum) and WGS84 (Osm datum) e.g.: are converted Canvec file would fit the Osm data? As nobody known if there was a

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

2009-12-07 Thread Yves Moisan
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,

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

2009-12-06 Thread Frank Steggink
Sam Vekemans wrote: Hi Frank, I get the feeling that the group doesnt want me to be working with the import process anymore (since i wasnt invited to the chat after Emelie was done speaking) is that a fair assumption? Anyway, thats (seriously) fine for me, as its a BIG wait off my

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

2009-12-05 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi Frank, I get the feeling that the group doesnt want me to be working with the import process anymore (since i wasnt invited to the chat after Emelie was done speaking) is that a fair assumption? Anyway, thats (seriously) fine for me, as its a BIG wait off my shoulders. So anyway, im very

[Talk-ca] CanVec import chat @Sherbrook

2009-12-03 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi Frank, Im wondering if you have a time on saturday that your planning to meet? I'd like to prepare (organize my thoughts) a few hours before it. As i know everyone has limited time to meet :) So i want to make the best of it. Cheers, Sam -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blog:

[Talk-ca] Canvec Import Party Sherbrooke

2009-11-19 Thread Frank Steggink
Hi all, Hereby I would like to announce the Canvec Import Party, which will be held in Sherbrooke, Québec, on December 5th. It has been referred to as the couch mapping party, but at the intended location there are no couches available ;) The location is a computer lab at the University of

Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec Import Party Sherbrooke

2009-11-19 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, Yup, i'll be there via Skype 'samvekemans'. I'll be able to provide background details and help out where needed. Thanks for setting it up. Cheers, Sam On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Frank Steggink stegg...@steggink.orgwrote: Hi all, Hereby I would like to announce the Canvec Import