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    <p>Thanks for the offer Daniel! However I've already processed the
      data through my own, similar workflow. I did a building import a
      couple years ago so I had everything set up on my computer already
      anyway. <br>
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    <p>I originally tried dividing the tasks into rectangles so that
      they would better match a bounding-box download in JOSM. I didn't
      like the results so much though; if I kept the tasks around the
      same size (in terms of buildings), the size and shape of the tasks
      varied a bit too much for my comfort, with some tasks getting very
      large ( as in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/168">http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/168</a> ). <br>
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    <p>I found that irregular task shapes didn't cause any trouble for
      the last import I worked on, though they did make validation a bit
      harder. For better or worse though, I've observed that not much
      task-level validation actually happens in projects like this, if
      all goes well and the data was good in the first place. <br>
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    <p>Best,<br>
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      <p> Nate Wessel<small>, PhD<br>
          Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd<br>
          <a href="https://www.natewessel.com"
            style="text-decoration:none;">NateWessel.com</a></small>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-04-04 9:21 a.m., Daniel @jfd553
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
            am about to complete the Squamish test area and so far the
            new ODB import procedure seems adequate. So, if you require
            the data to be pre-processed over the selected area just let
            me know. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">However,
            I would suggest using squares instead of various polygons to
            define tiles because it is simpler to manage OSM data when
            downloading it in JOSM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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                lang="EN-US"> Nate Wessel [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:bike756@gmail.com">mailto:bike756@gmail.com</a>]
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 04, 2020 00:57<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [Talk-ca] Toronto building import<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>I've been spending some time today working on restarting the
          Toronto building import effort which seems to have stalled a
          while back (I got distracted, sorry!).
          <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>What I'm proposing to do is essentially just to finish off
          the building import that was started over a year ago in
          Ontario, though just within the bounds of the City of Toronto.
          That larger import, at the time, never reached the central
          parts of the city and there are about 55,000 buildings that
          can still easily be imported from the ODB.
          <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>There is an outline of the proposal here ( <a
            href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Toronto_building_import"
            moz-do-not-send="true">
            https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Toronto_building_import</a>
          ) <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>And I've uploaded some task-level OSM data to GitHub ( <a
href="https://github.com/Nate-Wessel/TO-building-import/tree/master/tasks"
            moz-do-not-send="true">
https://github.com/Nate-Wessel/TO-building-import/tree/master/tasks</a>
          ) if anyone cares to inspect it.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>Hopefully this import process will address most of the
          concerns raised about the initial import, including those I
          raised myself ;-)<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>Anyway, this email is just to notify y'all that I've been
          working on this again and to start the necessary discussions
          and get any feedback. I'd love to begin to move forward in the
          next couple of weeks if there is support for this effort here,
          and on the imports mailing list. Please let me know what you
          think!<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p>Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
          <p>Nate Wessel<span style="font-size:10.0pt">, PhD<br>
              Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd<br>
              <a href="https://www.natewessel.com"
                moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                  style="text-decoration:none">NateWessel.com</span></a></span>
            <o:p></o:p></p>
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