Re: [Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

2009-12-10 Thread mag . gagnon
As discussed I have tons of GIS data I would like to port over to OSM. After discussions, I believe I should bring the data over to geobase first. I will get further involved with OSM when the data is part of the geobase subset. MA On , Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

2009-12-03 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, It would actually be MORE helpful to us if you could contribute to the NRCan CanVec dataset, since it is a very well packaged dataset. (with the NTS tile grid layout) I.e. If you have better building data, that contains address #'s.) But of course, we can also handle GeoBase data just as

Re: [Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

2009-12-03 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, Also, if your GIS data is in the province of Ontario, please consider donating the data to Land Information Ontario (Ministry Of Natural Resources) as the licence is also compatable with OSM (the 40 or so datasets that are available to the public) i have direct permisson access to it. But

Re: [Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

2009-12-02 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, At 6pm PST i'll be broadcasting live on tinychat.com/acrosscanada and ustream.tv/channel/acrosscanadatra and on my facebook profile live on twitter, as well as available on skype for video call in. Mainly about the full Canada Import status, as there is ALOT going on, and important to know

Re: [Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

2009-12-02 Thread Frank Steggink
Hi M.A. Gagnon, The goal is to import nearly all of the features of Canvec. That is why the conversion script is converting all the themes at once, but not per theme. However, I can imagine that it is more convenient to focus on one or a few themes at first. This would be a nice addition for

Re: [Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

2009-12-02 Thread Sam Vekemans
Thanks Frank :) So everyone knows.. all though i dont understand the python details... i DO know how to make the new canvec2osm script run on my windows computer. and type in the tile area and let the script handle all the work. Frank took time a few weeks ago and helped me get the conversion