[Talk-ca] importing geobase data for the Canadian boarder

[Paul Johnson]

Ben Konrath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm interested in creating a map that contains all of Canada's territory
> up to the border with our neighbouring countries or the ocean border.
> The first problem that I found is that the Canadian border isn't defined
> well in the OSM data. As an example, the border running to the South of
> New Brunswick can't be correct:
> 
> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.277&lon=-65.323&zoom=9&layers=B000FTF
> <http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.277&lon=-65.323&zoom=9&layers=B000FTF>

Wow, and looking at the tags, it appears Geobase has ceded Halifax to
State of Maine.


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