[Talk-ca] Notes on a Saskatchewan import

[Brent Fraser]

Hmmm.  Maybe I'll hold off on importing any more Canvec roads until 
Edition 8 (due in April?).  Are there any other major changes in Ed. 8?  
If not, I may continue to upload non-road features from Ed 7...

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser


On 3/1/2011 11:57 AM, Bégin, Daniel wrote:
> Bonjour Brent,
>
> For your information ...
> Canvec: Next Release will include the current GeoBase road network, including street names
> GeoBase Road Network: Next release will include address ranges if completed
> GeoSask Road Network: is older (2004) than Canvec (2010)
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com]
> Sent: March 1, 2011 10:41
> To: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-ca] Notes on a Saskatchewan import
>
> To All,
>
>     I finally had got around to doing my first OSM data import session.
> I had some spare time and was frustrated with the lack of OSM progress in Saskatchewan, so I imported a Canvec sub tile for Melfort Sask (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.8086&lon=-104.6061&zoom=12&layers=O).
>
>       It was surprisingly easy, thanks to the great work of Daniel Bégin in supplying .osm formatted Canvec data, and Steve Singer's blog on importing Canvec (http://scanningpages.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/openstreetmap-canvec-importing/).
>
>     I used Josm to import the geometry and Potlatch to add the street names (the street naming was tedious, but somehow felt rewarding).
>
>     For others planning to do some OSM work in Saskatchewan, here's a summary of free and license-friendly sources of street GIS data:
>
> Canvec (.osm format)
>       ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub
>       - old geometry
>       - no street names
>       - no address ranges
>
> GeoSask Road Network
>
> ftp://portaldata:freedata@ftp.isc.ca/PackagedData/Sask_Highways/SURN09.zip
>       - geometry same as Canvec (old)
>       - complete street names, but poor capitalization and spelling:
> "MACLOED AVENUE"
>       - no address ranges
>
> Geobase Road Network
>       http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/search.do?produit=nrn&language=en
>       - new geometry
>       - complete street names, poor capitalization and spelling: "Macloed Avenue"
>       - no address ranges
>
> StatsCan
>
> http://geodepot.statcan.gc.ca/2006/040120011618150421032019/1814062006_05-eng.jsp
>       - newer geometry but positional accuracy poor
>       - incomplete street names (unless you combine NAME and TYPE
> attributes) "MacLeod AVE"
>       - has address ranges
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
>
>
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