[Talk-ca] http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agency/oc-transpo/

[Sam Vekemans]

Here's the standard method.

Make your dataset available as .osm files.

Make a wiki page and list where these .osm files can be downloaded from.
List all the mappers who are currently working with the datasets.
List tagging methods & notes for others to use as a guide.

Keep the talk-ca list updated on your progress, we want to know :-)

When your dataset becomes more complex, consider making a wms layer
that lists the poi data i.e. Bus stop #.
Consider including the park boundaries in this same wms layer. It will
make it less painfull for the greater community to help. (just as
Toporama is available for CanVec data)

And finally, getting a quick note, by someone 'official' saying that
'this low hanging fruit data, is OK to use in OSM. That should make it
good enough to use.

And finally, map benches/trees & bicycle racks, and have a bus stop
import party!

Have fun,
Sam

On 4/24/10, Thomas Cort <linuxgeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> A little more feedback.  I was talking to one of the city councilors
>> yesterday evening who is on the Ottawa informatics sub-committee.
>> Apparently they have decide to release data under the opendata side but
>> his
>> thoughts were that it was a list of swimming lessons and their times and
>> not
>> much else.
>
> From what I'm told, data sets will be rolled out in several phases. It
> will start with "low hanging fruit", stuff that is low risk and easy
> for the city to produce, such as parks and recreation data.
>
>> We have a few bus stops in Ottawa already mapped but what we don't have is
>> the four digit bus stop number that allows you to phone and see when the
>> next bus is
>
> We have more than a few, and some do have the four digit bus stop
> number (I've been adding them).
>
>> Previously I have suggested wiping data already in OSM where it is
>> either wrong or incomplete and been cried down because people have spent
>> time entering the data.
>
> I've spent time adding bus stops and bus stop information. I don't
> mind if someone goes and fixes/replaces what's currently mapped with
> "official" information. However, to anyone who may do this, please
> remember that there are STO bus stops in Ottawa and OC Transpo stops
> in Gatineau (Hull Sector). I don't want to see STO stops disappearing
> because they didn't correspond to some official OC Transpo data set.
> To help this situation I've been adding the 'operator' tag and setting
> it to 'octranspo' or 'sto' accordingly.
>
> -Thomas
>


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