[Talk-ca] Import of Central Okanagan Regional District GIS data?

David Wetzel dave at turbocat.de
Mon Nov 1 21:29:30 GMT 2010


Hi,

I have no tools to view that data, but as I understand the coverage is like you see on here:
http://www.regionaldistrict.com/rdco_main/

So if we could import that data into OSM it would be a big step forward.
My street is not even on OSM.

David

Am 01.11.2010 um 13:59 schrieb Dan Putler:

> Hi David,
> 
> It looks like this data is being released into the Public Domain. The relevant part of their terms of use statement (which is for the download site, not the data itself) is:
> 
> Geographic data is now available through this download site. This data is being made available to you free of any restrictive licences. In order to access the Regional District of Central Okanagan geographic data download service it is necessary to read, understand, and accept the terms of use for this service.
> 
> Reading through the entire statement, most of the rest boils down to the data is being released as is, where is, and they make no claim of accuracy, usability, and so on. In other words, "here it is, and, by the way, you can't sue us if it is wrong." I've pulled down the roads and address points data. The main issue is that the data only covers areas that are not in one of the municipalities in the Central Okanagan Regional District (so no data for Kelowna, Peachland, Westbank, etc.), or at least for the two layers I downloaded.
> 
> Dan




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