Hi Richard (& cc: talk-ca)<br><br>Looking through the geogratis website, i came across the great database containig all the protected areas in Canada. <br>As listed in the Atlas of Canada.<br><br><a href="http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/download/framework.html">http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/en/download/framework.html</a><br>
<br>here's the download page, and has a link to the .doc documentation file.<br><br><a href="http://www.geogratis.gc.ca/download/frameworkdata/protected_areas/">http://www.geogratis.gc.ca/download/frameworkdata/protected_areas/</a><br>
<br>Because it's all part of GeoGratis.ca i'm confident that we have permission to use this SHP file.<br><br>Hopefully you'll be able to send off an email to <style type="text/css">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="mailto:info@atlas.gc.ca">info@atlas.gc.ca</a></u></font></font></font> And get an "official" responce, so then it can be posted on the wiki Canada page. (I could do that myself, but i think you would be able to communicate it better than i can :-)<br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">I took a look at the file, and it's not that big (9.49megs), considering it only includes protected areas over </p>..<br><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>
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included selecting those protected areas where the total area was
1000 hectares or larger, and correlating the polygons to the Canadian
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<br>I havent yet made the .OSM file for it, and (of course) willl have it available for review. (I just started the rules.txt file ... but i have otherstuff on the go, as you know)<br>The upload process would be the same as the all the others (the standar buk import process). <br>
<br>If someone else want to go ahead (and spear head this thing) and go through the process of import. PLEASE let me know (email me directly) :) ... I'd recommend importing it slowely, doing only a few polygons at a time. Otherwise, it's on my list of things todo.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Sam Vekemans<br>Across Canada Trails<br>