Re: [Talk-ca] bus stops, post codes and rent-a-crowd

2016-03-19 Thread James
Postal codes have already been suggested a long time ago http://open.canada.ca/en/suggested-datasets/postal-code-database On Mar 16, 2016 8:22 PM, "john whelan" wrote: > ​Mojgan recently identified that data from the government of Canada’s open > data portal could be

[Talk-ca] bus stops, post codes and rent-a-crowd

2016-03-19 Thread john whelan
​Mojgan recently identified that data from the government of Canada’s open data portal could be imported into OSM. I was nattering to Treasury board today and they were aware of the interest in Post Code data. Some of the Open Data crowd are making a push to try and get the Post Code data

Re: [Talk-ca] bus stops, post codes and rent-a-crowd

2016-03-19 Thread Stewart C. Russell
On 2016-03-16 08:34 PM, James wrote: > I already added a request a year ago when UK released theirs, even > emailed the PM candidates at the start of the elections. Can't help > anymore unfortunately You can add multiple comments/requests on the same thread. And given that the government has

Re: [Talk-ca] bus stops, post codes and rent-a-crowd

2016-03-19 Thread James
I already added a request a year ago when UK released theirs, even emailed the PM candidates at the start of the elections. Can't help anymore unfortunately On Mar 16, 2016 8:31 PM, "john whelan" wrote: > I understand but there is an open data mailing list floating around

Re: [Talk-ca] bus stops, post codes and rent-a-crowd

2016-03-18 Thread john whelan
I understand but there is an open data mailing list floating around and since the UK has opened up its Post Codes there is more pressure for the Canadian ones. There is a concerted effort for post codes at the moment so every little straw helps. I was talking to the TB open data people this