I just sent a message to Winnipeg Transit asking for a shapefile with every (well, almost all) addresses in Winnipeg. Given their open data policies, I think I have a good chance. The data will be better than StatsCan addresses and will allow us to make the existing map more accurate.
I see OSM as providing a high quality product, imports allow us to focus on the features that make OSM unique. See http://osm.org/go/WtzVpPV, where I traced logging roads from Bing imagery, but got the base network from Canvec. In a week I'll be heading to a small village in Southern Manitoba. If it weren't for Canvec I would have to walk every street with a GPS while taking extensive notes, and then put everything together in JOSM. But Canvec data means that I can concentrate on working and not feel guilty about not mapping, but still add many features not collected by Google. Sam Dyck _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
