[Talk-ca] Canvec.osm samples

[Sam Vekemans]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Sam Vekemans
<acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>wrote:

> I had that same error for the 1st file, the process was improved for the
> others.
>
correction, the 3 sample  files all had that same error.
But i guess it's fixed now.

>
> Afaik in july/august it'll start to be available.
>
> In the mean time there is Toporama WMS & the conversion script is
> still available for people todo on their own.
> There is also other data available that needs to be imported.
> I'll make a video explaining how to use the wms &files.
>
>
I made the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a85cuK0CoHE

The picture moves WAY faster than the audio... so if your quick you'll see
it.

The video is actually longer, so it needs to be split into segments.

If anyone can make a better video, they are welcome to it :)

Cheers,
Sam



> Hopefully it will help.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
> On 4/29/10, Russell <skiinfobc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wow this is really fantastic! Great to see my tax dollars are being used
> to
> > get this fantastic data set out for public usage!
> >
> > Any timeframe for a full canadian release?
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Bégin, Daniel <
> > Daniel.Begin at rncan-nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Frank,
> >>
> >> It's good to know you are still active here! The sample dataset you
> asked
> >> for is available.  This is going to be a real testing!
> >>
> >> For those who are interesting to have a look at sample datasets, you can
> >> download them from
> >>
> >> OSM wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec#Sample_Datasets
> >> NRCan ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub
> >>
> >> Have fun (I hope!-)
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Frank Steggink [mailto:steggink at steggink.org]
> >> Sent: 1 avril 2010 11:42
> >> To: Bégin, Daniel
> >> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec.osm samples
> >>
> >> Hi Daniel,
> >>
> >> Can you provide me with the following area:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?box=yes&maxlat=46.85&maxlon=-71.3&minlat=46.75&minlon=-71.4
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Frank
> >>
> >> Bégin wrote:
> >> > Bonjour!
> >> >
> >> > I'm ready to release some samples to get your feedback on the
> >> > Canvec.osm product.  I wont be able to release complete NTS datasets
> >> > because tiling procedure is not completed yet.
> >> >
> >> > So, if you send me the bounding box of the area you wish to look at
> >> > (max  0.1 X 0.1 degrees lat/lon - all include in the same map sheet),
> >> > I should be able to create the sample an provide it to you and to the
> >> > community.  I will identify all created sample in the wiki (Canvec
> >> > page) and they will be made available from NRCan ftp site.
> >> >
> >> > I might produce a dozen of datasets, so, first in - first out!
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > Daniel
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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