[Talk-ca] Canvec Import Party Sherbrooke

Frank Steggink steggink at steggink.org
Fri Nov 20 00:53:36 GMT 2009


Hi all,

Hereby I would like to announce the Canvec Import Party, which will be 
held in Sherbrooke, Québec, on December 5th. It has been referred to as 
the "couch mapping party", but at the intended location there are no 
couches available ;) The location is a computer lab at the University of 
Sherbrooke, so it is not strictly necessary to bring your own gear.

We'll mostly talk about the import of Canvec data into OSM, in which 
we'll put the discussed approach(es) to practice. Attention will be 
given to things like the process, tools, etc. Furthermore we'll spend 
some time on the remainder of the NRN import, as well as maintenance 
aspects. It would also be good to evaluate the topic of attribution.

We'll try to make a connection via Skype available, so people who are 
not able to attend, can still follow the proceedings over the Internet.

Details:

Agenda OSM meeting Sherbrooke - Couch(less?) Mapping Party / Canvec 
Import Party

When: Saturday December 5th, 2009, 10:00-16:00
Where: Université de Sherbrooke (exact location to be confirmed)
Location: http://osm.org/go/cKDiw@hy

Topics:
- Geobase NRN import
  - Using JOSM + Validator plugin
- Lunch
- Canvec import
  - Process
  - Tools
  - Conversion script
  - Challenges
  - Import
  - Finetuning of import process
- Further imports
  - Geobase NHN
- 5-à-7 ?

So, if you happen to be in the neighborhood and want to say hi, or you 
definitely want to be present at the hot zone of the Canvec import, 
please let Michel, Yves and/or me know that you're coming.

Cheers,

Frank




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