Additionally, the greater OSM community looks forward to your Import Plan that follows our Import Guidelines ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines ).
Regards, SteveA California > On Nov 1, 2018, at 11:22 AM, John Whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think on the OSM side we probably need to think this one through and get > organised. > > In Ottawa on the first import we went through all the steps to do the import > including getting agreement with the local mappers and we were very fortunate > in having an organised team of competent local mappers to do the import. > > It went reasonably smoothly but there were some questions asked and one or > two buildings were probably remapped which raised some eyebrows. Since its > been released under the federal government open data license licensing isn't > an issue. > > If we do nothing on the organising side then we will almost certainly get > individuals importing Open Data in an ad hoc mode as has been happening in > Nova Scotia recently. > > My feeling is it would be better if mappers in the major cities / regions > such as Toronto and Montreal took the lead for their cities / regions. > > Cheerio John > > > > Alasia, Alessandro (STATCAN) wrote on 2018-11-01 2:06 PM: >> Released today! / Diffusée aujourd’hui >> Share with your networks ! / Partagez avec vos réseaux ! >> >> >> ***(EN) >> Open Building Data: an exploratory initiative >> This exploratory initiative aims at enhancing the use and harmonization of >> open building data from government sources for the purpose of contributing >> to the creation of a complete, comprehensive and open database of buildings >> in Canada. The outcome of this exploratory work is a first version of the >> Open Database of Buildings (ODB), a centralized and harmonized repository of >> building data made available under the Open Government License - Canada. >> This initiative originates from insights taken from the Statistics Canada >> pilot project on data crowdsourcing, which used OpenStreetMap as a platform >> for integrating data on building footprints. In addition to the possible >> benefits of crowdsourcing, that project highlighted the potential of >> integrating open data from municipal, regional, and provincial governments >> to meet the needs of official statistics. >> In its current version (version 1.0), the ODB contains approximately 4.3 >> million building footprints. >> https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/open-building-data/index >> Open Database of Buildings (ODB), >> >> *** (FR) >> Données ouvertes sur les immeubles : une initiative exploratoire >> Cette initiative exploratoire vise à accroître l'utilisation et >> l'harmonisation des données ouvertes sur les immeubles provenant de sources >> gouvernementales en vue de contribuer à la mise en œuvre d'une base de >> données complète, exhaustive et ouverte sur les immeubles au Canada. Le >> travail exploratoire a mené à la création d'une première version de la Base >> de données ouverte sur les immeubles (BDOI), un référentiel centralisé et >> harmonisé des données sur les immeubles rendu public en vertu de la Licence >> du gouvernement ouvert du Canada. >> Cette initiative est fondée sur les leçons tirées du projet pilote de >> Statistique Canada sur l'approche participative en matière de données, qui >> avait employé OpenStreetMap comme plateforme d'intégration des données sur >> les empreintes d'immeubles. En plus des avantages potentiels de l'approche >> participative, ce projet a mis en lumière la possibilité d'intégrer les >> données ouvertes des administrations publiques municipales, régionales et >> provinciales afin de répondre aux besoins en matière de statistiques >> officielles. >> Dans sa version actuelle (version 1.0), la BDOI contient environ 4,3 >> millions d'empreintes d'immeubles. >> https://www.statcan.gc.ca/fra/donnees-ouvertes-immeubles/index >> >> Base de données ouverte sur les immeubles (BDOI) >> >> >> Alessandro Alasia >> Chief | Chef >> Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) | Lab pour l’exploration et >> l’intégration de données (LEID) >> Center for Special Business Projects | Centre des Projets Spéciaux sur les >> entreprises >> Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada >> alessandro.ala...@canada.ca / (613) 796-6049 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- > Sent from Postbox > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
