Hi all, I just saw that user Benni posted this page on this website, I found it because I use Google Reader, which now has a translate button :) ... So hopefully this passes the language barrier. .. almost (doesn't totally) but makes it closer. I'll try to get in touch with the user, to thank them.
FYI, Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails http://www.pocketnavigation.de/news/view_1365__openstreetmap-importiert-kanada/1.1.0.html Canada imported OpenStreetMap From: Benni on 21.11.2008 14:29 ------------------------------ *OpenStreetMap import the complete Spatial Canada ...* Through the cooperation of the OpenStreetMap<http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.openstreetmap.org/&usg=ALkJrhgo3MGWsoNWGAdYkflAOoKJG-dESg>Foundation and the Initiative GeoBase.ca<http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.geobase.ca/&usg=ALkJrhgV1pgOWK3I9t-p8SdVuoclKiu8KQ> growing *OSM*free *world map* in one fell swoop to *complete* geodata* Canada.* The donation of the second largest country on earth is the biggest single donation to the data OpenStreetMap project. GeoBase is an initiative *of* all government *authorities* in Canada. It will be supervised by Canadian Council on Geomatics<http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/about/organization.html%3Bjsessionid%3DC9B740AAC17F5CC3FD99826EA4628B77&usg=ALkJrhjvbMmw6Ghn21IWtkUj31k73dMEdw#ccog> (CCOG). Their task is to collect and provide a common, timely and well-maintained base of quality*spatial data* for Canada. The GeoBase record contains, inter alia, *the* entire *national road network, waterways, coastlines,* boundaries of administrative units *and* altitude *information. * The import is, as with previous data imports from the United States and the Netherlands, from the OpenStreetMap community *itself.* Will begin *with* pilot *areas* to share experiences with the construction of the data and the conflict with existing data to collect. Through donations such data in Canada can project members reinforced on the spot *corrections and* additions to concentrate. *In* Germany, is negotiating with authorities over the release of such data are still difficult as*Jochen pot,* OpenStreetMap developer from Karlsruhe knows, *this country still prevail often insecurity and disapproval* ... *For 2009 we hope that progress.* *pocketnavigation.de opinion:* *Donations of this size will save the members of the OSM project much time and labor.* *But even after the import of spatial data, it will still have work to do to give Canada the coverage map on the standard of other regions in the free world map to bring.* *Pity that the authorities in Germany are not yet ready to declare similar data available.*
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