Re: [Talk-ca] Building Import update

2019-02-01 Thread OSM Volunteer stevea
On Feb 1, 2019, at 1:13 PM, john whelan wrote: > So how would you tackle it? > > Adding buildings with JOSM and the buildings_tool is possible, I think Julia > tried to whip up some interest with the 2020 project. Unfortunately > mapathons using iD and new mappers for some reason don't work

Re: [Talk-ca] Building Import update

2019-02-01 Thread john whelan
So how would you tackle it? Adding buildings with JOSM and the buildings_tool is possible, I think Julia tried to whip up some interest with the 2020 project. Unfortunately mapathons using iD and new mappers for some reason don't work too well for buildings. They do work fine for adding tags

Re: [Talk-ca] Building Import update

2019-02-01 Thread Begin Daniel
+1 From: Nate Wessel [mailto:bike...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2019 08:54 To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Building Import update John, IMO, this is a red herring and I think you must recognize that to at least some degree. Just like no one suggested we do 3700

Re: [Talk-ca] Building Import update

2019-02-01 Thread Nate Wessel
John, IMO, this is a red herring and I think you must recognize that to at least some degree. Just like no one suggested we do 3700 import plans, no on has suggested that we not add buildings to OSM. The question is how, and if that "how" in part is an import, then what data, at what speed,

Re: [Talk-ca] Building Import update

2019-02-01 Thread john whelan
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=arthur%20mark%20drive%20port%20hope%20ontario#map=17/43.96262/-78.27069 https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.9631101,-78.2732195,17.25z https://www.bing.com/maps?FORM=Z9LH3 Port Hope Ontario is relatively obscure yet both Bing and google have buildings and