Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread James
Not sure if this will work if you export it to JOSM but here is an overpass query that should get all the buildings and address nodes: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/hE6 On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:59 PM, john whelan wrote: > What I'm after is the osm map for the area that way

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread john whelan
What I'm after is the osm map for the area that way I can load it into JOSM and search for buildings missing the tags. Are we adding building tags to amenity=place-of_worship? Thanks John On 2 August 2016 at 18:17, James wrote: > would a GeoJSON help you? I have both city

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread James
would a GeoJSON help you? I have both city limits in geoJSON format On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:59 PM, john whelan wrote: > In order to identify those buildings that need extra tags it would be > extremely useful to have a map of Ottawa / Gatineau that could be loaded > into

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread john whelan
In order to identify those buildings that need extra tags it would be extremely useful to have a map of Ottawa / Gatineau that could be loaded into JOSM. The Ontario map is too big and doesn't contain Gatineau. Does anyone have a suitable cut down .OSM file? I have a web site that could host

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread john whelan
Most buildings in Ottawa are wheelchair accessible do you want them tagged as such, we also have a tag for toilets:wheelchair which means States if a location has a wheelchair accessible toilet or not. I think this might be useful to map

Re: [Talk-ca] Identifying non residential buildings

2016-08-02 Thread john whelan
I think James has answered this one with the building tag. Thank you James. Cheerio John On 2 Aug 2016 2:56 pm, "john whelan" wrote: > Stats Canada is after information about them but the first question that > springs to mind is there a tag or set of tags we use to

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread john whelan
How many buildings are tagged with a building tag or is that step one tag building with the building tag and type? How do we handle a shopping mall with a building outline and a nodes for the stores? Thanks John On 2 Aug 2016 2:53 pm, "James" wrote: > There is a way to

[Talk-ca] Identifying non residential buildings

2016-08-02 Thread john whelan
Stats Canada is after information about them but the first question that springs to mind is there a tag or set of tags we use to identify them? Thanks John ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread James
There is a way to tag a building type Here is a list of the building types: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building#Values On Aug 2, 2016 2:48 PM, "Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN)" < bjenk.ellef...@canada.ca> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Here is what we would invite Canadians to tell us about

Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread Paul Ramsey
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN) < bjenk.ellef...@canada.ca> wrote: > Here is what we would invite Canadians to tell us about buildings for OSM: > > name > Address: > >- Number >- street >- city >- postal code > > A given footprint could easily encompass

[Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN)
Hello everyone, Here is what we would invite Canadians to tell us about buildings for OSM: name Address: * Number * street * city * postal code levels office, shop type of access (handicap, etc.) If there is a way to categorize them as residential, non-residential that

[Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings project with Statistics Canada

2016-08-02 Thread Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN)
Hello everyone, In brief, as we have presented it before, we will launch the project in October with an outreach campaign starting in September. Canadians will be invited to use OSM to provide information about buildings. We met with a few of you two months ago and we received some very good