[Talk-ca] Industry Canada Spectrum Direct Data: usable?

[Steve Singer]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Stewart C. Russell wrote:

> Spectrum Direct is Industry Canada's database of licensed radio
> transmitters/receivers:
> <http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/sd-sd.nsf/eng/h_00025.html>. Everything
> from tiny cell repeaters through airport surveillance radars to giant
> radio masts is listed with operator, call sign, elevation AGL, and
> frequency.
>
> Could the data be used in OSM? The pages have Important Notices
> attached: <http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00065.html>.
>

I think not without explicit permission from public works.  The page you 
link to is pretty clear.  (though they might give you such permission if 
asked)

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> While the data format is horrid*, and the coordinates are only given to
> seconds of arc, it could be useful to add metadata to installations
> you've already mapped. That's if the licence would work ...
>
> Stewart
>
> * there's a decent Perl parser here:
> <http://search.cpan.org/~doneill/Parse-SpectrumDirect-RadioFrequency-0.100/lib/Parse/SpectrumDirect/RadioFrequency.pm>
>
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