[Talk-ca] Data imported from Geobase_Import_2009 and tags

2010-03-29 Thread john whelan
Could some one have a look at any of the roads that have been imported in this way especially in Orleans. They appear to have a tag of Ontario Canada but no city tag. Should Ontario Canada be two tags? Looking at the roads it Ottawa the city center seems to be Potlatch created again there is no

[Talk-ca] Mapping Party?

2010-03-29 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Hi guys, I mentionned in previous emails that NRCan is looking at OSM data for changes detection. Actually, we are working with Ontario authorities to benchmark that process. The targetted area are... * City of Peterborough * County of Peterborough * City of Dryden

Re: [Talk-ca] Data imported from Geobase_Import_2009 and tags

2010-03-29 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:59 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Could some one have a look at any of the roads that have been imported in this way especially in Orleans.  They appear to have a tag of Ontario Canada but no city tag.  Should Ontario Canada be two tags? Looking at the

Re: [Talk-ca] Data imported from Geobase_Import_2009 and tags

2010-03-29 Thread James Ewen
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: As I understand it, is_in= and addr:city=, addr:state=, tags on nodes / ways / and relations are deprecated in favour of a boundaries. Perhaps a link to a page describing how to define boundaries would be good for the

Re: [Talk-ca] Data imported from Geobase_Import_2009 and tags

2010-03-29 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:39 AM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps a link to a page describing how to define boundaries would be good for the group. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:boundary I think that's what we are talking about. Yes! Thanks, that's a better link. I

Re: [Talk-ca] Data imported from Geobase_Import_2009 and tags

2010-03-29 Thread john whelan
Does nominatim not work for you? Slater street, Ottawa, ca returns Slater Street, Centretown, Hull, Ottawa, K1P 5H3, Ontario, Canadahttp://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-75.7106094360352minlat=45.413646697998maxlon=-75.6923828125maxlat=45.4229011535645 Hull is the old name for Gatineau in

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Corey Burger
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: To imports and talk-ca mailing list, As you may know, I'm in Canada until May studying at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver. I'm doing one class in GIS and this week the teacher just introduced us to

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Gregory
On 29 March 2010 10:37, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: However, who holds copyright on the data? They need to sign off on importing it into OSM if it isn't licensed under fairly liberal terms. If you don't know then it is likely all rights reserved. Plant Ops may not have the

[Talk-ca] State of the Map 2010 - Spain and USA

2010-03-29 Thread Richard Weait
Lots of good conferences to think about this year. Of note for OSM-ers. State of the Map 2010 - Girona, Spain July 9-11 http://stateofthemap.org/ State of the Map USA, 2010 - Atlanta, GA, USA August 14-15 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States/US_SOTM Both have Calls for

[Talk-ca] GeoBase WMS layer for JOSM

2010-03-29 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, has anyone figured out how to Get a wms layer to be used in JOSM for all of the features available? Thanks, Sam -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi Corey, It sounds like a competion. :-) I think we can make Vancouver Island better than the lower mainland. I'm still planning a mapping party day @Sidney. April 7th. I'll invite people the manual way. :) Cheers, Sam On 3/29/10, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 26,

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Corey Burger
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: On 29 March 2010 10:37, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: However, who holds copyright on the data? They need to sign off on importing it into OSM if it isn't licensed under fairly liberal terms. If you

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Gregory
For information, this is the reply I got from my lecturer at the end of last week: Hi Gregory I check with a few people and try to find the correct contact. There are a few members that are into the GIS while another sector is still 'hugging' their databases. I'll report early next week. Cheers

Re: [Talk-ca] [Imports] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: If I get my foot in the door (e-mail communications flowing, or even better a meeting/presentation opportunity) then I feel confident I can convert them (although I understand it is a challenge). While waiting to make

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Corey Burger
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:00 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Corey Burger corey.bur...@gmail.com wrote: Bicycle racks would certainly be a welcome addition. I look at the number around UVic and shudder. However, who holds copyright on the data? They

Re: [Talk-ca] Vancouver campus data

2010-03-29 Thread Russell
Unfortunately the yahoo imagery in Vancouver isn't good enough to see bike racks anyways :( The yahoo imagery at UBC is distorted also (wavy) on part of the campus. Regardless, if we want to make a demo area at UBC with very high detail mapping, then I would like to help as I am a student out