<div dir="auto">Begin, these datasets are from the cities themselves, not canvec. Stats can is relicensing them under a common umbrella</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 4:20 p.m. Begin Daniel <<a href="mailto:jfd553@hotmail.com">jfd553@hotmail.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I would agree to one import plan with an appropriate validation mechanism. I am concerned that the buildings they provide in rural areas come from Canvec. Over
the years I have deleted/modified thousands of them (Canvec buildings) and I would not like to see all of them coming back.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> James [mailto:<a href="mailto:james2432@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">james2432@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 2, 2018 16:07<br>
<b>To:</b> john whelan<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Talk-CA OpenStreetMap<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-ca] Stats Canada new building outlines Open Data do we wish to import it?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From my initial glance at the data...seems pretty good and accurate(again I didn't check all the cities nor do I expect them all to be having same level of accuracy)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The two I've been eye balling are Kingston and Rimouski which seem to be very accurate at first assessment. If we do want to import them, a formal draft up will have to be done though<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 3:53 p.m. john whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">This is just a formal post to get a feel.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">In Ottawa the building outlines were of high quality and I feel have enriched the map.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If we do should we consider it one project across the country or leave it to the local chapters to make the decision?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I'm thinking that Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver certainly have local groups of mappers. There maybe others.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The other thing to consider is there are remote locations that may not have a group of local mappers so taking a country wide stance would not leave these locations in limbo.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Taking the decision across the country would mean only one import plan and approval and after the Ottawa experience with OpenStreetMap import red tape it might be easier than a dozen or so
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I'm not thinking of the mechanics of the import yet. That is a different issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If you could reply saying you think its a good idea or shouldn't be touched with a barge pole also if you could indicate country wide or leave it to the local groups to make the decision
I would be grateful. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Thanks John<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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