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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Forward from a very
long distribution list:</font><br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi J,</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">So you are not aware
of any Indigenous communities engaged with OSM anywhere in
Canada? It would be great if OSM could be introduced to </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">Indigenous community members so they can
help define a direction. Since you have contacts, can you
help doing introductions? I am assuming you are part of the
OSM community already? How would you propose creating a
working group?</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Also can we move this
discussion to the OSM Canada mailing list? There is an
active discussion on the building initiative there. Maybe
others know about </font></font><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Indigenous activities
already?</font> </font></font></p>
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On 2018-01-26 02:53 PM, J. Hackett wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAAV-ONDx4q4zJ3jSMD5TfsBRVhsZyA=A_A_Fkbkrdp75BdfUDw@mail.gmail.com">
<p dir="ltr">Hi everyone,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I brought up a few issues surrounding Indigenous
engagement at the meeting in July.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There still remains no engagement with Indigenous
communities whatsoever. It is pertinent that if you want to
involve the Indigenous demographic that an Indigenous Working
Group be established to develop, plan, and engage with
communities in the spirit of truth and reconciliqtion,
especially in light of the recent TRC.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The 2018 Indigenous Mapping Workshop will be hosted
in Montreal. It might provide a good venue to truly get the
conversation/movement going forward.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Our tech partners, Google, Esri Canada, and Mapbox,
are working with us to develop geospatial capacity building
within communities; therefore, it could be a good opportunity
to bridge efforts with the 100+ communities that will attend
the event.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Feel free to reach out to me if there is interest
in any partnership with our programming in Montreal, QC.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks!</p>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 14:04 Jonathan Brown,
<<a href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">jonabrow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m a newbie to the wiki and OSM
mapathon process. I’m interested in connecting the
open data to the OSM and wiki process that can be used
by K-12 and postsecondary students to support
municipal and regional planning and implementation of
sustainable development goals. Alessandro pointed to
the Philly Fresh Food Mapper as a good example of
using OSM to address the challenge of food security at
the local level: <a
href="https://www.geovista.psu.edu/phillyfood/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.geovista.psu.edu/phillyfood/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The question is how to sustain
these projects once the students have graduated. I
have cced Steve Quinn who provided the GIS/OSM
expertise for that crowdsourcing/citizen science
project. He is still active in organizing mapathon
events on Twitter: <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:SterlingGIS"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:SterlingGIS</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have been asked for simple guides
that can be used be teachers that they can incorporate
into their lesson plans and that align with the
strategic goals of the K-12 education system they work
within. It would be very helpful if the education wiki
included posters that could be shared with principals,
teachers and community NGO agencies partnering on an
event that uses the BC2020i framework.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is an example of how a working
team at Brock University put together resources for a
high school data management prerequisite course: <a
href="https://brocku.ca/cmt/mdm4u/asprojects/index.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://brocku.ca/cmt/mdm4u/asprojects/index.html</a>.
I noticed that the working group did a call out to
Joel Yan, Statistics Canada, for the work he did on
making Canadian data available; and to Stephen Brown,
Professor of Statistics at Waterloo, for his
suggestions on restructuring each activity. Professor
Andrew Skelton has taken it one step further by
including spatial analysis with his MDM4U Open Data
project in collaboration with his GIS colleagues: <a
href="https://mathstat.uoguelph.ca/outreach/opendata" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://mathstat.uoguelph.ca/outreach/opendata</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It would be good to see how <span
style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">Josée-Anne
Langlois work in the north with open source mapping
tools like GGIS and OSM (see below) could be
combined with open data from the provincial and
federal open data catalogues to create a community
profile that is accessible and engaging for
community partners. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jonathan </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From:
</b><a href="mailto:mikel@mapbox.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Mikel Maron</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, January 26, 2018 10:37 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:matthew@mdarwin.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Matthew
Darwin</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a
href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Talk-CA
OpenStreetMap</a>; <a
href="mailto:alessandro.alasia@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Alasia,
Alessandro (STATCAN)</a>; <a
href="mailto:james2432@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">James</a>; <a
href="mailto:rps333@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">rps333@gmail.com</a>; <a
href="mailto:jeffrey.hackett@thefirelightgroup.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jeffrey.hackett@thefirelightgroup.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:mike@openconcept.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mike@openconcept.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:mojgan.jadidi@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mojgan.jadidi@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:scott.bacon@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Bacon,
Scott (STATCAN)</a>; <a
href="mailto:Aaron.Kozak@cra-arc.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Aaron.Kozak@cra-arc.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:Tsitsi.Gadza2@ontario.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Tsitsi.Gadza2@ontario.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:Roy.wiseman@outlook.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Roy.wiseman@outlook.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:scott.tweedy@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Tweedy,
Scott (NRCan/RNCan)</a>; <a
href="mailto:tyler.radford@hotosm.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">tyler.radford@hotosm.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:bruno.st-aubin@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bruno.st-aubin@canada.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:Jaclyn.Haggarty@redcross.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jaclyn.Haggarty@redcross.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:steve.liang@sensorup.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">steve.liang@sensorup.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:chelsea.sharman@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">chelsea.sharman@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:Gail.Neudorf@redcross.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Gail.Neudorf@redcross.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:michela.ravanelli@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">michela.ravanelli@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:ScottMitchell@cunet.carleton.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ScottMitchell@CUNET.CARLETON.CA</a>;
<a href="mailto:keith.a.hartley@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">keith.a.hartley@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:marielyne.tremblay@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Tremblay,
Marie Lyne (NRCan/RNCan)</a>; <a
href="mailto:jeannoe@opennorth.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jeannoe@opennorth.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:kerrigan@posteritygroup.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kerrigan@posteritygroup.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:nouri.sabo@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Sabo, Nouri
(NRCan/RNCan)</a>; <a
href="mailto:pierre.gravel@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Gravel,
Pierre (NRCan/RNCan)</a>; <a
href="mailto:ken.mayner@canada.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Mayner, Ken (AADNC/AANDC)</a>;
<a href="mailto:renee.sieber@mcgill.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">renee.sieber@mcgill.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:dabbadie.maurin@gatineau.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">dabbadie.maurin@gatineau.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:taras.matkovski@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">taras.matkovski@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:splescia@cmhc-schl.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">splescia@cmhc-schl.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:connie.mccutcheon@niagararegion.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">connie.mccutcheon@niagararegion.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:kent.jacobs@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kent.jacobs@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:alessandra.mascitelli@unieouss.it"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">alessandra.mascitelli@unieouss.it</a>;
<a href="mailto:MaryBeth.Baker@pco-bcp.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">MaryBeth.Baker@pco-bcp.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:Sarah.Simpkin@uottawa.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Sarah.Simpkin@uottawa.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:carriere.denis@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">carriere.denis@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:peck@opennorth.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">peck@opennorth.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:tony.heacock@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">tony.heacock@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:Patrick.Little@tbs-sct.gc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Little,
Patrick</a>; <a
href="mailto:michael.brisson@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Brisson,
Michael (IC)</a>; <a
href="mailto:nicky.hastings@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Hastings,
Nicky (NRCan/RNCan)</a>; <a
href="mailto:colleen0curran@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">colleen0curran@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:melanie.petrut@canadapost.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">melanie.petrut@canadapost.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:nitika.arora@peelregion.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">nitika.arora@peelregion.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:traceyLauriault@cunet.carleton.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">traceyLauriault@cunet.carleton.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:tim.elrick@mcgill.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">tim.elrick@mcgill.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:sophie.gratton2@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Gratton2,
Sophie (AADNC/AANDC)</a>; <a
href="mailto:jean.lemoullec@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Le Moullec,
Jean (STATCAN)</a>; <a
href="mailto:gplunkett@esri.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">gplunkett@esri.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:madeleine.lyons@redcross.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">madeleine.lyons@redcross.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:melodie.green@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Green,
Melodie (AAFC/AAC)</a>; <a
href="mailto:christine.qiu@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Qiu,
Christine (STATCAN)</a>; <a
href="mailto:hassan.bokhari@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Bokhari,
Hassan (STATCAN)</a>; <a
href="mailto:victoria.fast@ucalgary.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">victoria.fast@ucalgary.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:evan.thornberry@ubc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">evan.thornberry@ubc.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:paul.lesack@ubc.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">paul.lesack@ubc.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:edodsworth@uwaterloo.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">edodsworth@uwaterloo.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:crinner@ryerson.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">crinner@ryerson.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:jrobinson@selkirk.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jrobinson@selkirk.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:iparfitt@selkirk.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">iparfitt@selkirk.ca</a>; <a
href="mailto:josee-anne.langlois@canada.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Langlois,
Josée-Anne (NRCan/RNCan)</a>; <a
href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jonabrow@gmail.com</a>; <a
href="mailto:juliaconzon@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">juliaconzon@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:steveaOSM@softworkers.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">OSM
Volunteer stevea</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Building Canada 2020 (BC2020i)
- update Dec 20, 2017</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would love to discuss what's next
soon. Anyone want to take the lead on setting up a
time to sync up?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:45
PM, Matthew Darwin <<a
href="mailto:matthew@mdarwin.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">matthew@mdarwin.ca</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Hi
all,</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Does
anyone have updates other than the great
update from </span>Alessandro? In addition
to using the CA-Talk mailing list, I would
suggest adding updates to the wiki page.</p>
<pre><span style="color:#888888">Matthew Darwin</span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:#888888"><a href="mailto:matthew@mdarwin.ca" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">matthew@mdarwin.ca</a></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:#888888"><a href="http://www.mdarwin.ca" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.mdarwin.ca</a></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:9.6pt">On 2017-12-21
01:51 PM, Mikel Maron wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">Thank you
Alessandro for the full update and
congrats to all for the great start.
Excited to see what's coming in 2018.
</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">My
suggestion for communication and
coordination is to use OSM forums as
much as feasible.</p>
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style="margin-left:81.6pt"> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">* Post
this update as an OpenStreetMap
Diary <a
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary</a></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">* Share a
link to the update, and everyone
subscribe and undertake discussion
on the talk-ca mailing list <a
href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca</a></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">* If
there are topics which can't be
discussed completely openly, let's
also have another mailing list with
the group on this email.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">Yes, it's
a little rough on the lists some
times, but the volume is low, and
the transparency and accessibility
will be a big boost to the project.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">-Mikel</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:81.6pt">On Thu,
Dec 21, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Alasia,
Alessandro (STATCAN) <<a
href="mailto:alessandro.alasia@canada.ca"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">alessandro.alasia@canada.ca</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Dear all,</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">It is just
over three months since
the <b>Building Canada
2020</b> workshop took
place and the initiative
was launched, as such, I
thought I would provide an
update on what has
occurred on our end. My
first comment is that I am
impressed by the amount of
work that has been done
and the ideas that have
been generated and shared
(and we are only at “month
3”!). About 50,000
buildings polygons were
added to the OSM map of
Canada since we met. </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Two more
general comments (before
providing more details on
specific
project/activities): </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">1.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Communication:</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> A lot of
work has been done on the
<b>project’s wiki page</b>
(and I think a lot more is
upcoming!). Have a look
and feel free to edit/add
or suggest content. For
the purpose of
communications, it is
important and useful to
keep a record of all
developments, resources,
and initiatives on this
page. Now would be a good
opportunity to update the
contact list (at least
with reference to your
institution). <b>Have a
look at the amazing work
that is done in Canada
and internationally with
building data on OSM and
other open data!! - </b>Wiki
page: <a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Canada/Building_Canada_2020"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Canada/Building_Canada_2020</a></span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">2.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Governance
and coordination</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">: Hopefully,
much of the
projects/activities are
self-governing but some
coordination and
communication mechanism is
needed. I can provide
periodic email updates,
but I think it would be
more ideal for all if a
more effective
communication mechanism is
found (simple, open,
inclusive). My questions
on this matter:</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"
style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">a.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Any
suggestion? (Google
discussion group? Or
something else very simple
and open?)</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"
style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">b.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Anybody who
wants to take the lead
on this?</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> A grad
student from some of the
universities could do a
fantastic work on this, I
am sure </span><span
style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">J</span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Below are
more details on specific
projects and activities
that took place, are
starting, or are upcoming.
Having a mechanism that
enhances our communication
and coordination on these
activities would be
fantastic. </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">A final note
from me: A special <b>thanks
to Tim Elrick</b>, who
in a nice presentation
(see link below) on this
initiative suggested the
tag “<b>BC2020i</b>”, with
an “i” for “initiative”
(instead of “BC2020”). I
took the liberty to adopt
it in this email (and for
the future </span><span
style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">J</span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">!). This is a
small but significant
improvement as the tag
BC2020 is associated with
other entities. </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">New
projects and initiatives</span></b><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">OSMGeoWeek
Mapathons</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">: Much
content was added to OSM
during GeoWeek thanks to
the remarkable work done
by nearly 200
mappers/researchers/academics
in several
universities/colleges
across Canada, and to the
coordination and support
provided by Julia Conzon
(see links to the
resources/results,
including validation tool,
on the project’s Wiki
page). Hopefully this
effort will continue.
There are other mapathons
currently under
discussion, thus
continuing some
coordination on this would
be fantastic.</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">NRCan is
working on a methodology
to extract building
footprints, including
topographic elevation
and height attributes,
from LiDAR:</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> The
objective of this work is
to have a production
system implemented by
March 2018 and to provide
this new Product on Open
Maps Canada (i.e.,
importing to OSM should be
possible!). The areas
covered are those for
which Open Data LiDAR
coverage is currently
available (see: <a
href="http://open.canada.ca/en/open-maps"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://open.canada.ca/en/open-maps</a>).
The contact person for
this project is Pierre
Gravel (NRCan/RNCan): <a
href="mailto:pierre.gravel@canada.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">pierre.gravel@canada.ca</a>
</span><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">NRCan has
initiated a project on
collaborative mapping of
buildings in the North:</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> This project
will be implemented with
open source mapping tools
developed during the
StatCan crowdsourcing
pilot project. The contact
person for this project is
Josée-Anne Langlois (<a
href="mailto:Josee-anne.langlois@canada.ca"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Josee-anne.langlois@canada.ca</a>)
</span><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">A group in
the Niagara Region is
now active in bringing
BC2020i to high schools</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">: Summary of
the initiative - “<b>Open
Data in Education: What
Problem Do You Want to
Solve?”</b> The primary
goal is to leverage <b>open
source resources and
digital tools</b> to
create opportunities for
students to solve
real-world problems. A
secondary goal is to
stimulate students to
think critically about the
potential impact of
digital infrastructure on
remote, rural and urban
communities. Through
experiential learning
outside the classroom,
students will use mobile
devises to map and analyze
real-time data combined
with open data from
government catalogues to
address a municipal and/or
regional policy challenge
(e.g., climate change,
poverty reduction
(affordable housing/mental
health/education) and
adapting to automation in
the new economy). The
contact person is
Johnathan Brown: <a
href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jonabrow@gmail.com</a></span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">DEIL at
StatCan</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">: We are
discussing internally a <b>Crowdsourcing
Phase II project</b>,
which we hope to start in
the coming fiscal. We are
looking at options to
improving monitoring tools
(and discussing with HOT
developers of OSM
Analytics about how to
improve and increase
geometries for standard
geographies of Canada on
that tool). We are <b>exploring</b>
<b>QGIS tools (and other
open source tools)</b>
and would be very
interested in doing
collaborative work with
anybody interested
developing<b> </b>open
source data processing or
analytical tools for OSM
data on buildings.
Finally, we are discussing
use of <b>OSM tools/data
with colleagues at the
OECD </b>(Secretariat
and delegates from
different countries), for
international comparative
housing statistics
analysis on global open
data platforms. The
contacts for DEIL are Jean
Le Moullec and myself: <a
href="mailto:jean.lemoullec@canada.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jean.lemoullec@canada.ca</a>,
<a
href="mailto:alessandro.alasia@canada.ca"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">alessandro.alasia@canada.ca</a></span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Presentations
</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">(Please share
your presentation on
BC2020i …. the initiative
and all the material on
the wiki page is yours to
present!)</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Jean Le
Moullec, presented at
McGill for OSMGeoWeek (ppt
available from Jean)</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Tim Elrick,
Geographic Information
Centre (GIC), McGill
(presentation available
at: <a
href="https://www.slideshare.net/Geomatique2009/tim-elrick-mcgill-gic-creating-open-data-the-building-canada-2020-initiative"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.slideshare.net/Geomatique2009/tim-elrick-mcgill-gic-creating-open-data-the-building-canada-2020-initiative</a>)</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Jonathan
Brown presented BC2020i at
Niagara Region workshop
(and is presenting at
several other regional
meetings).</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p
class="m_-3880959817834856874m-3629281852854667354m-7800992144280285305msolistparagraph"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">·</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Upcoming:
Alessandro Alasia will
present BC2020i (via
teleconference) at
FOSS4G-IT 2018, as the
Italian OSM community
seems to follow BC2020i
with interest. </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Conclusions:</span></b><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> This is
amazing work! And who
knows, there might be some
major breakthrough that
will get all buildings
across Canada mapped on
OSM by 2019 </span><span
style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d" lang="EN-CA">J</span><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">! Innovation
happens when setting
“unrealistic” goals! </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Again, I
would like to encourage
everyone to take some time
to think on ways to
improve communication and
coordination, so that the
flow of information for
ongoing and upcoming
initiatives is not delayed
in any way. If you have a
solution, please bring it
forward and implement it.</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Have a Great
Holiday Season, </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">Alessandro
and DEIL Team</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA">PS. I hope I
did not miss anybody from
the distribution list.
Please share with your
network and interested
people. Thanks. </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="color:#1f497d"
lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f4e79"
lang="FR-CA">Alessandro
Alasia <br>
Chief | Chef</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f4e79"
lang="FR-CA">Data
Exploration and
Integration Lab (DEIL) |
Lab pour l’exploration et
l’intégration de données
(LEID)</span><span
lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f4e79"
lang="FR-CA">Center for
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:91.2pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f4e79"
lang="EN-CA">Statistics
Canada | Statistique
Canada</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f4e79"
lang="FR-CA"><br>
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