Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian imports: good or bad?

2012-04-17 Thread Paul Norman
From: Ian Bruseker [mailto:ian.bruse...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:31 PM To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian imports: good or bad? On 2012-04-15, at 6:37 PM, Steve Singer st...@ssinger.info wrote: I also feel that not of all data sources are

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian imports: good or bad?

2012-04-17 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I would take from this discussion that canvec data needs to be imported into the white spaces of Canada. I may be missing some historical experience / discussion of this process. Part of the fun aspect of OSM is finding things wrong on the map and correcting it. I

[Talk-ca] STM opens its data

2012-04-17 Thread Tim FitzGerald
Hi guys and gals, I haven't looked into this at all, but it's exciting to see the Société de transport de Montréal, the local transit authority, open it's scheduling data. I assume in here we will also find positioning data of all the bus stops. A possible source of import?

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian imports: good or bad?

2012-04-17 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Bonjour Paul, and all osmers Let me summarize the situation regarding NRCan-Canvec data. Good news... - about a thousand files (maps) are brand new around Ellesmere Island - Road network is updated every year for most of the provinces Old stories... - YK,NT,NU were checked for changes about 10

Re: [Talk-ca] STM opens its data

2012-04-17 Thread Pierre Béland
Tim As I understand it, the second paragraph of the text below restricts right. Could we interpret this as being in accordance with ODbl? Free access to STM Data In accordance with the provisions of these terms, the STM permits the use of its Data, without charge or exclusivity, from and in

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian imports: good or bad?

2012-04-17 Thread James A. Treacy
Daniel, As always, your work is really appreciated. Would it be possible, for at least some of the data, to have the age of the data included in the releases? While age by itself is not necessarily indicitave of the quality of the data, it is a factor that could help users when deciding to use it