Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-19 Thread Bégin , Daniel
For all, If you don't know how to get Canvec files, you can use the link provided in Osm wiki under Canvec Product - Datasets http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec Daniel -Original Message- From: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-19 Thread Bégin , Daniel
...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Michael Barabanov Sent: 17 juillet 2010 13:07 To: Sam Vekemans Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa One word of caution on Canvec: at least for streams and lakes, I found that NHN has better data

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-19 Thread Sam Vekemans
: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael Barabanov *Sent:* 17 juillet 2010 13:07 *To:* Sam Vekemans *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa One word of caution on Canvec: at least for streams and lakes, I found that NHN has better data

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-17 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, Yes 031G05 ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub/031/G/ is here ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub/031/G/031G05.zip Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype:

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-17 Thread Sam Vekemans
P.S. Feel free to jump on the #osm-ca IRC chat on oftc.net irc://irc.oftc.net/#osm-ca we now have 11 people online :) ... mostly from Canada I use Pidgin Messenger, i find it's the easist. This way, others who are working on the data will know who is working where :) ... and we're all in the same

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-17 Thread Michael Barabanov
One word of caution on Canvec: at least for streams and lakes, I found that NHN has better data around the area where I live. Before copying these from Canvec, I'd advise checking NHN for the area. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Yes

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-17 Thread john whelan
Do you have an idiot guide on how to do this? I've picked up Pidgin so I assume its just a matter of getting an account somewhere? The Canvec OSM data looks extremely good. Thanks John On 17 July 2010 12:38, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: P.S. Feel free to jump on the

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-17 Thread Adam Dunn
http://stfu.blogs.ablenet.org/100/how_to_connect_to_irc_with_pidgin_gaim The server you want is irc.oftc.net Once you are on the server, you can type /join #osm-ca to join the channel. There's not really an account managing system that you have to sign up with. OFTC does have nickserv support, but

Re: [Talk-ca] CANVEC data for Ottawa

2010-07-17 Thread john whelan
Thank you I seem to have it up and running now. Cheerio John On 17 July 2010 19:00, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote: http://stfu.blogs.ablenet.org/100/how_to_connect_to_irc_with_pidgin_gaim The server you want is irc.oftc.net Once you are on the server, you can type /join #osm-ca to