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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Tyler and all!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would consider <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sherbrooke</st1:City></st1:place> as a well mapped area!-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.3788&lon=-71.8948&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Actually there are plenty of good examples
around the country, each of them having their own “color”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">talk-ca-bounces@openstreetmap.org</st1:PersonName>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Sam Vekemans</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> April 13, 2010 22:26<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> john whelan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Kevin Michael Smith;
talk-ca@openstreetmap.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Talk-ca] Newbie to
the Canadian mapping scene looking forexamples of well mapped areas</span></font><span
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Tyler, <br>
Welcome.<br>
<br>
Yup, thats alot of houses. Great work!<br>
<br>
A couple things.<br>
<br>
1 - You can use Toporama from Natural Resources Canada, and set it up as a WMS
layer in JOSM<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en?LAYERS=limits,vegetation,builtup_areas,designated_areas,hydrography,hypsography,water_saturated_soils,landforms,constructions,water_features,road_network,railway,populated_places,structures,power_network,feature_names&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&FORMAT=image/png&">http://wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en?LAYERS=limits,vegetation,builtup_areas,designated_areas,hydrography,hypsography,water_saturated_soils,landforms,constructions,water_features,road_network,railway,populated_places,structures,power_network,feature_names&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&FORMAT=image/png&</a><br>
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You can trace all you want & as much detail as you like. Toporama is
derived from the exact same source as CanVec & GeoBase, and it's the same
level of detail. (you might have seen that on the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> wiki
page)<br>
<br>
There is a TONNE of information, so i'd recommend just mapping what you
like. Others will join in once they see your area so well detailed &
let the competition begin! (Quality in a small area, beats quantity
over a big area IMO)<br>
<br>
2 - The Town of Duncan, BC On Vancouver Island is perhaps the best mapped
place in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
<br>
Although we did get some help from (Local Mappers / Landsat / Yahoo
imagery / CanVec/Toporama/GeoBaseNRN/ GeoBaseNHN/Cowichan Valley Regional
District / Atlas of Canada / NRCan geogratis ). Great work Kevin
Smith! (who is the top contributor) This is a wonderful example of a
combination of efforts from multiple sources.<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.77478&lon=-123.69681&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.77478&lon=-123.69681&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF</a><br>
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3 - <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:28 PM, john whelan <<a
href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A purely personal point of view. I like the footpaths, Google
doesn't have these. I'm not so sure about the houses as a block.
I'd be more inclined to drop in street numbers in post code blocks using <a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:interpolation" target="_blank"
title="Key:addr:interpolation">addr:interpolation</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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for example <a
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.47761&lon=-75.484175&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF"
target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.47761&lon=-75.484175&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF</a><br>
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The reason for this is to cram in as much useful information as possible whilst
minimising the number of points in the GIS database. Each house has a min
of four points as a block, using interpolation two points can represent a block
of ten houses. Be aware though that I worked as an assembler language
programmer forty years ago when computer resources were much more expensive
than they are today but I still like to consider them so I'm bias.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Yup, and how you already have houses drawn in. It will make the map look
even better.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Sam<br>
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Postcode searches don't exactly work as they should in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> at the
moment but being able to look up an address helps routing software etc.<br>
<br>
Any buses run in the area? Bus stops can be useful to people trying to
find their way by public transport.<br>
<br>
Any businesses or stores around? Supermarkets perhaps that are open 24
hours? Tag them with their web site, phone number, type of business
etc. Especially decent coffee shops, you never know I might want to visit
sometime.<br>
<br>
OSM is electronic so add tags in JOSM perhaps to POIs. Once the data is
in the database different rendering solutions can pull or present different
images based on what the user would like to see.<br>
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Cheerio John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 13 April 2010 20:25, Tyler Gunn <<a href="mailto:tyler@egunn.com"
target="_blank">tyler@egunn.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I discovered OSM a few weeks ago and have been hooked since. I've
been refining the existing map data for my subdivision, adding new roads,
cleaning up existing ones, and adding POIs.<br>
<br>
I've also traced all the houses in my subdivision and am planning to head out
with a stack of WalkingPapers and gather POIs and address mappings:<br>
<a
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.78226&lon=-97.16557&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF"
target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.78226&lon=-97.16557&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF</a><br>
<br>
Can anyone out there recommend good examples of well mapped areas in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>?
I'm just looking to get a feel for what people are mapping, and how
they're handling interesting road junctions, etc. I realize the Wiki has
guidelines for lots of this but its always nice to get some tips and tricks
from other sources as well.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tyler</st1:place></st1:City><br>
<br>
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