[Talk-ca] Geobase import by provinces

[Richard Weait]

On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 03:21 +0000, michcasa at gmail.com wrote:
> I think the idea is not to replace existing OSM data. Therefore the
> import should be able to insert only new data. I do not think we
> should exclude areas. We should detect the changes instead. Richard
> proposed to start where osm data is not present. I agree with him.

I believe that the TIGER import started in sparse areas as well.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TIGER  

There may be an advantage to starting with the boundaries first and then
the hydro network (surface water).  We have very few boundaries to merge
with, and I expect the hydro data to be much better than the vmap0 and
aerial tracing.  Let me know if I'm mistaken.   

In an earlier post, Michel suggested looking at the more-complete road
data first, to allow other provinces to catch up.  I concur.  In fact,
starting with Yukon, with street and place names, and block face
addressing will be a wonderful demonstration.  It would be wonderful to
be able to implement the Karlsruhe addressing scheme during the
import.  

Best regards,
Richard