Re: [Talk-ca] Ground Truthing protocol? --- Re: Accuracy of CanVec vs Yahoo?

2010-07-07 Thread Russell P
Couldn't you just tag your tracks with accuracy=1m etc? Russell On 2010-07-07, at 8:36 AM, "si...@mungewell.org" wrote: > >> I will be interested to see what all people have to say about this. :) >> >> I for one wish I could get access to some survey-grade GPS equipment. But >> its just so dar

Re: [Talk-ca] Ground Truthing protocol? --- Re: Accuracy of CanVec vs Yahoo?

2010-07-07 Thread simon
> I will be interested to see what all people have to say about this. :) > > I for one wish I could get access to some survey-grade GPS equipment. But > its just so darn expensive. Even with expensive equipment the 'tracks' can still be somewhat dubious. The biggest problem OSM has is that there

Re: [Talk-ca] Ground Truthing protocol? --- Re: Accuracy of CanVec vs Yahoo?

2010-07-07 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Regie Alam wrote: > > Hello, > >    My name is Regie Alam, from Ottawa. This is my first post on the list > although I've been receiving the messages for quite some time now. > >    I am just wondering if there is an accepted protocol for ground truthing > the dat

Re: [Talk-ca] Ground Truthing protocol? --- Re: Accuracy of CanVec vs Yahoo?

2010-07-07 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, I'd actually recommend having a meet-up for the Ottawa area mappers. I have cc'd the Ottawa OSGeo Local chapter list. So then those who already have experience working with the data can share with others the methods. I'm in Victoria, BC so i cant pick a day/time to host it :) But for tho

[Talk-ca] Ground Truthing protocol? --- Re: Accuracy of CanVec vs Yahoo?

2010-07-07 Thread Regie Alam
Hello,      My name is Regie Alam, from Ottawa. This is my first post on the list although I've been receiving the messages for quite some time now.      I am just wondering if there is an accepted protocol for ground truthing the data (Canvec, etc.)? I would find it interesting doing some ground t