[Talk-us] Proposed import of IBC data (was RE: [Talk-ca] NAD83-SCRS vs WGS84 Reference systems)

2011-03-27 Thread Paul Norman
Adding talk-us@ and imports@ to the cc list since this touches the border. The IBC data matches decently with the NAIP and Bing imagery on the border, and very well with my 10cm Surrey imagery. The existing border data in OSM is about 20m away in parts (near monument 32 for example) The proposed

Re: [Talk-us] Proposed import of IBC data (was RE: [Talk-ca] NAD83-SCRS vs WGS84 Reference systems)

2011-03-27 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel Begin jfd...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank Paul, a really good idea to include others as they are concerned :-) About tagging, I would agree with minor adjustments ... man_made=survey_point - agreed ref= - agreed to reference a monument id However, I

Re: [Talk-us] Proposed import of IBC data (was RE: [Talk-ca] NAD83-SCRS vs WGS84 Reference systems)

2011-03-27 Thread Paul Norman
For the area here, they appear to all have monuments or the imagery is of insufficient quality to determine. What's the difference between a survey point and a turning point? Is it that one has a small change in direction while the other has a large change in direction? For the 49th parallel,

[Talk-us] GSoC 2011 Mentor Signup

2011-03-27 Thread Ian Dees
Hi all, Google opened up the application process for GSoC mentors today. If you're interested in helping students and OSM this Summer please head over to our page on the GSoC website and submit an application: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osm Let me know if you have