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<p>Hi Steve, <br>
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<p>Thanks for posting the event! I just RSVPed.<br>
</p>
<p>I think a separate import event would probably be helpful -
somewhere with wifi and outlets for laptops, probably not a bar.
Perhaps we can book a meeting room at a public library or
something? <br>
</p>
<p>I can poll some of the more active local editors to find a time
that works well for people. Once we have a time and place it would
be good to post something to the meetup group as well as here,
Slack, etc. <br>
</p>
<p>If you or anyone else on the list feels like taking charge of
this I'm happy to defer - otherwise I may try to organize
something in the next month or so as I have time and energy. <br>
</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
</p>
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<p> Nate Wessel<small>, PhD<br>
Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd<br>
<a href="http://www.natewessel.com"
style="text-decoration:none;">NateWessel.com</a></small>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-09-28 6:37 p.m., Steve Singer
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:alpine.DEB.2.11.1909281834590.6598@opti.atlantida">On
Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Nate Wessel wrote:
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I for one would be happy to support a local effort to import
high quality buildings in Toronto and/or the GTA. I
<br>
think if we can actually meet up face to face our discussions
may remain a bit more civil and productive. Hopefully
<br>
consensus will be a bit easier to achieve with smaller groups
too!
<br>
<br>
I see that the OSM Toronto meetup doesn't have any upcoming
events... Would others in the GTA be interested in
<br>
planning a meet up to talk about a local import plan? Is anyone
on the list in charge of organizing these?
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<br>
I am one of the organizers of the OSM Toronto meetup.
<br>
<br>
I've now posted the regular monthly mappy hour meetup for the
Toronto OSM group. I had been meaning to do this anyway.
<br>
<br>
I'm also happy to post a special event dedicated to discussing an
import in the GTA if people are interested.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
Best,
<br>
<br>
Nate Wessel, PhD
<br>
Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd
<br>
NateWessel.com
<br>
<br>
On 2019-09-28 1:03 p.m., Jarek Piórkowski wrote:
<br>
<br>
Hi all,
<br>
<br>
To be a bit more positive:
<br>
<br>
If we want to get buildings on the map, but we can't get
Canada-wide
<br>
data improved by Statcan to a standard acceptable to all mappers
in
<br>
Canada, IMO the best bet will be to split this into much smaller
<br>
batches and support local mappers who would be interested in
getting
<br>
the data in.
<br>
<br>
In my browsing of neis-one.org statistics for Canadian mappers
and the
<br>
Notes active in Canada, I've seen active mappers and small
communities
<br>
in at least Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria
<br>
metros, and I might have missed some more. Many of them I have
never
<br>
seen on the mailing list (which is a whole another issue), but
<br>
contacting them directly (via osm.org messages?), asking if they
are
<br>
aware of other local mappers, if they would be interested in
having
<br>
building data, if it is of acceptable standard to them, and if
they
<br>
would be willing to help validate-and-upload the data (with help
of
<br>
the central tooling) might get some success.
<br>
<br>
I hope that will go better than the previous attempt which could
be
<br>
read - uncharitably - as a bunch of mailing list insiders
throwing
<br>
federal data over the fence with little consultation.
<br>
<br>
It'll be a lot of work communicating and organizing. But getting
<br>
buildings is a lot of work, and if data producers can't do
better,
<br>
whoever wants the buildings will have to do the work. Maybe with
more
<br>
local support even the imports list will be more bearable.
<br>
<br>
Thanks,
<br>
--Jarek
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