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" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 afternoon and the advice > given was every added request at the moment helps. > > Thanks John > > On 16 March 2016 at 20:26, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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 published through the Open Data portal. >>> >>> The more requests they have for the data set the easier it is to get >>> it. So the rent-a-crowd bit is please go here: >>> http://open.canada.ca/en/forms/suggest-dataset and drop a request in >>> that post code data be made available. >>> >>> We also talked about bus stops and it sounds as if they are aware of the >>> interest. So perhaps a request for bus stops across Canada be made >>> available in GTFS format at the same time. This will need to be >>> coordinated with the municipalities but since most are already supplying >>> this data to Google I don’t see any technical problem. >>> >>> Note I’m not suggesting it is imported wholesale into OSM at this time >>> but it would at least make it possible. >>> >>> Cheerio John >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-ca mailing list >>> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>> >>> >
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