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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ditto Kevin’s post. Erik, I live in Cobourg and have an interest in working with local mappers to map Northumberland County. At the moment we only have one novice (myself) and Kelsey Saunders, a GIS grad. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jonathan </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are a local/regional courier and trucking company in southern Ontario<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> with a decent sized fleet. We are using Mapbox for our mapping / nav<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> engine, therefore subject to using OSM data. We have noticed a number of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> “issues/lack of data” for southern Ontario. This ranges from lack of lane<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> info, to lack of buildings, missing streets, missing exit/on-ramps to for<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Hwy 400 (which we added, and had Mapbox expedite the changesets) as it<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> affected navigation for our drivers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> We are currently using a few devices to provide street level imagery via<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Mapillary, with a push coming shortly to map 1000km per day of street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> imagery. We are currently mapping about 250km per day in York Region. Our<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> internal goal is to provide /gathered street level imagery for 75% York<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Region by end of January 2020.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> We are not in a position to provide map edits etc, as due to staff<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> resources and lack of experience, our staff are not suited to become ‘map<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> editors’ as our core business is transportation. We are just trying to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> assist the editors with accurate ground level info.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I would be interested in further understanding how we can become involved<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> on a regional level to improve OSM in southern Ontario.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>