Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Connors, Bernie (SNB)
Connors, P.Eng Service New Brunswick (506) 444-2077 45°56'25.21N, 66°38'53.65W www.snb.ca/geonb/ -Original Message- From: Richard Weait [mailto:rich...@weait.com] Sent: Wednesday, 2012-01-11 16:44 To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Harald Kliems
Hi Bernie, here's what I've used as a template. Worked with one mapper, didn't work (i.e. no response) with five others. Best, Harald. -%-- Dear xxx, I'm a mapper from Montreal and while checking my area for potential problems with the upcoming license change, I've noticed that

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Connors, Bernie (SNB)
, Bernie (SNB); 'Richard Weait'; Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: RE: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping Hi Bernie, here's what I've used as a template. Worked with one mapper, didn't work (i.e. no response) with five others. Best, Harald. -%-- Dear xxx, I'm a mapper

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread john whelan
www.snb.ca/geonb/ -Original Message- From: Harald Kliems [mailto:harald.kli...@mail.mcgill.ca] Sent: Thursday, 2012-01-12 11:36 To: Connors, Bernie (SNB); 'Richard Weait'; Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: RE: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping Hi Bernie, here's what

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Yannick Brosseau
Hi All, There is a huge section in my area that have no user associated to it. Is there a way to retrieve the original user and contact them? It seems to be an import from an official data source, but there is no information on what it is. Yannick On 2012-01-11 15:44, Richard Weait wrote:

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Richard Weait
I've used several different templates. The current one takes a little research. I like to add the specific location they mapped, and when and a specific object. I hope that this reminds a mapper of their previous contribution and demonstrates something that interested them enough to put it into

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Yannick Brosseau yannick.bross...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, There is a huge section in my area that have no user associated to it. Anonymous edits and anonymous accounts were permitted in OSM in the early days. Some of those objects still exist in the

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Pierre Béland
Richard Weait wrote on 2012-01-12 11:30:40 I've used several different templates. The current one takes a little research. I like to add the specific location they mapped, and when and a specific object. I hope that this reminds a mapper of their previous contribution and demonstrates

Re: [Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:37 AM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: 1) I look at the license status of the area in the course of my normal mapping. While mapping, I make sure to clean problematic objects rather than just

[Talk-ca] License upgrade readiness - contact and remapping

2012-01-11 Thread Richard Weait
Dear Canadian OpenStreetMap contributors, The upcoming move to the Open Database License means that a small number of users have chosen for their contributions not to continue within OSM. Since we want OSM to remain the best map in the world, we can remap the affected areas now, so that little