Hi all, I'm just thinking about that mega Oil Spill that happened, and the Canadian concerns
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/slick+disaster+triggers+alarm+bells+Canada/3005357/story.html One of the things im working on is mapping the National Protected areas and aborigional lands, were some are off-shore. The Atlas of Canada. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Canada is currently the only source for this boundary info (that i know of), so it's good to map it. .. as it show what (canada thinks is this off-shore limit border) http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/58720651 Rweait noted that most countries just show the 12nm limit. ... however... the world doesnt always get along :-) Because there is this "Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected area" (rectangle) exists it's way outside this limit. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/54601371 So it would be interesting to see if others can find sources for the US international waters... and actually map out there these ecological reserves are that have been damaged. (in the gulf of mexico) .. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8651333.stm as well as all the ecological reserves out in the pacific & what the US thinks is the border limits But perhaps even more importantly is the mega drilling off Alaska / Canada coast. So showing these boarders will help people at least put it into context. As it's never clear where these dilling areas are planned. (since maps are never available) http://www.pacificenvironment.org/article.php?id=3276 Anyway, I'll wait until this gets rendered (at the different zoom levels), then wait a little more after that so to get feedback. Then continue drawing this border in a few weeks. Cheers, Sam Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails
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