[Talk-ca] geobase import summary

2008-12-11 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I'm looking forward to the geobase data import. From reading the various emails have I grasped the options correctly? Initial ideas: 1 - Delete all of OSM Canada and replace with geobase data. 2 - Just upload the geobase data and have users clean it up. 3

[Talk-ca] geobase error

2009-05-11 Thread Andrew Allison
I receive this reply when reporting a geobase error and apparently supportgeob...@nrcan.gc.ca is not the place to report errors. Hi Andrew, GeoBase invite all users of the NRN data Collection to communicate directly to the provincial partners all observations detected

[Talk-ca] GeoCaching.com - openstreetmap

2011-01-15 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I just stumbled upon a beta of www.geocaching.com where the users can select which map to use. Openstreetmap being one of the choices. Andrew ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Can't login to OpenStreetMap

2011-04-14 Thread Andrew Allison
On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 12:20 -0300, Connors, Bernie (SNB) wrote: Is anybody else having a problem this morning? When I try to bring up the login page I get the following error from Chrome: Works for meFirefox Linux x86_64 Andrew

[Talk-ca] Tagging Rail POIs - Help please

2012-01-11 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I'm scratching my head as to an appropriate tag? Seems odd that there isn't a reference to something like man_made:sign_post railway:marker railway:location railway:signal etc. Punt the ball to the tagging list? tagg...@openstreetmap.org Andrew

Re: [Talk-ca] Cleanup

2012-01-26 Thread Andrew Allison
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 13:23 -0500, Richard Weait wrote: Most of the Canadian data that needs cleaning is very low impact. Two of the high-volume decline accounts are primarily imports that have not been subsequently edited. That means the effected data can easily be re-imported for a

[Talk-ca] Clean up - natural coastline

2012-01-28 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I'm in the process of recreating non-ct data. Any gotchas that I should look out for in replacing coastline data. Pros and Cons of shorter ways. Does direction matter? How often is coastline data updated? Hope I keep every bodies feet

[Talk-ca] Clean up - natural coastline

2012-01-28 Thread Andrew Allison
Sorry I replied privately by mistake, here a group email On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 21:36 -0500, James A. Treacy wrote: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:33:09AM -0500, Andrew Allison wrote: Hello: I'm in the process of recreating non-ct data. What areas need to be replaced? I presume you mean

[Talk-ca] cleanup

2012-04-09 Thread Andrew Allison
So the redaction has began. Any idea how long it will take? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

[Talk-ca] Cleaning up Manitoba and Saskatchewan

2012-04-11 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: Any thoughts on how to clean up Manitoba Saskatchewan from those red shot gun blasts. Namely around Brandon, and Yorkton Andrew signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Talk-ca mailing list

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

2012-04-15 Thread Andrew Allison
On Sun, 2012-04-15 at 11:09 -0400, Richard Weait wrote: Dear All, Let's talk about it again. How do we feel about the bulk copying of information from a permitted source into OpenStreetMap in Canada? To be clear, I'm not suggesting that we discuss whether external data sources are good

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] New flooding between Alexandria and Montreal

2012-05-31 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I'm seeing some new flooding west of Montreal. I can't find the break. Thanks Andrew http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.348lon=-73.909zoom=9layers=M signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[Talk-ca] canvec fixme - Place type may not be valid

2012-10-10 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: I'm currently importing canvec data in south western Ontario. My question is, canvec data has fixmes for place = locality Place type may not be valid track sport type unknown. Should I just go ahead and delete these fixme, as I don't think

Re: [Talk-ca] [Imports] Importing CanVec better?

2012-10-15 Thread Andrew Allison
On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 14:03 -0700, Clifford Snow wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Maury Markowitz maury.markow...@gmail.com wrote: Newb here, so I hope this is the right place to ask. I also posted on one of the wiki talk pages, but I didn't know if anyone

Re: [Talk-ca] Medicine Hat, Alberta

2013-01-26 Thread Andrew Allison
Looks like MeMaps is or used to live in Medicine Hat http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/MeMaps/diary Or even better looks like he joined two days ago and is mapping today :-) http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Smillence/edits I senf Smillence a copy of this email with a welcome note. Is there

Re: [Talk-ca] Medicine Hat, Alberta

2013-01-29 Thread Andrew Allison
On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 16:37 -0500, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: Le 13-01-26 12:09 PM, Andrew Allison a ←crit : [...]I senf Smillence a copy of this email with a welcome note. Could you share your welcome note? I'd like to come up with a template of some sort. Thank you. F. Well I'm

Re: [Talk-ca] Community boundaries

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Allison
Stephen: On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 12:31 -0400, Stephen Berthelot wrote: New to OSM and learning how to edit. My home address shows the right location on the map but lists it as being in a nearby community. How do i set the size of communities? What part of Canada are you in? Andrew

[Talk-ca] GeoBase tags

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Allison
Hello: Are the Geobase attribution tags relevant, should I leave them in or strip them out? Andrew aka PurpleMustang, CancevImport signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Talk-ca mailing list

Re: [Talk-ca] Larder Lake, Ontario completely missing

2013-10-02 Thread Andrew Allison
On Tue, 2013-10-01 at 18:15 -0400, James Mast wrote: Anybody want to import this town? It's completely missing in OSM data except for {66}. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/note/32942 -James ___ Talk-ca mailing list