[Talk-ca] Canvec import issues

[Harald Kliems]

Pierre,
I've been using the Geobase layer for adding street names, too, and
it's a great tool. Do you (or anyone else) know an easy way to make
JOSM display/highlight unnamed streets? That would make the process
much smoother.
 Harald.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Frank,
>
> Regarding the WMS layers, I created entries into
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_WMS_Layers. These entries are
> accessible in JOSM through WMS/TMS Preferences.
>
> The objective is to facililate validation of content vs Canvec and Geobase.
> For example, it is possible to validate rapidly a portion of road without
> having to load Canvec.osm files. Since the Canvec toporama layer do not show
> the road names, I simply use Geobase roads for names. Geobase entries are
> derived from  http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/wms/index.html page.
>
> Canvec
> http://wms.sst-sw.rncan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_fr?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=wms&VERSION=1.1.1&EXCEPTIONS=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&SRS={proj(EPSG:4326)}&FORMAT=image/png&transparent=true&layers=SCW-Toporama&WIDTH={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox}
>
> Geobase Hydrography
>
> http://ows.geobase.ca/wms/geobase_en?service=wms&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&SRS=EPSG:4326&style=&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=nhn:hydrography,nhn:network&WIDTH={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox}
>
> Geobase Roads
> http://ows.geobase.ca/wms/geobase_en?service=wms&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&SRS=EPSG:4326&style=&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=nrn:addressrange,nrn:streetnames,nrn:streetnames:streetnames_primary,nrn:streetnames:streetnames_secondary,nrn:streetnames:streetnames_other,nhn:hydrography,nrn:roadnetwork&WIDTH={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox}
>
> What other contributors are thinking about this? If people find it usefull,
> It would be good that I describe this into
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_WMS_Layers.
>
>
> Regarding route 117, I am sure this is not called Route transcanadienne.
> There is only one crossing Québec. The highways 20 and 40 represent Route
> transcanadienne.  Governments give sometimes names to parts of roads like
> the Jean Lesage section. This is also the case for route 117 north of
> Saint-Jovite. There, it is call route du Curé-Labelle as showed on the
> Geobase layer. In fact, Geobase names are provided by Government of Québec.
>
> Pierre
>
> ________________________________
> De : Frank Steggink <steggink at steggink.org>
> À : talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> Envoyé le : Jeudi 23 août 2012 14h19
>
> Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Canvec import issues
>
> Hi Pierre,
>
> In 2009 we had a meeting in Sherbrooke. This was in the day the Canvec
> landuse was starting to run. Discussions were already going on on talk-ca
> and the wiki pages for several months. Emilie Laffray joined the meeting
> with Skype, and explained how the Corine Land Cover was handled. While it
> seemed to be a nice way, it somehow disappeared from the radar. Perhaps the
> Canadian community is too small, or everyone is too busy with other things,
> like work, etc.
>
> Regarding the duplicate ways, caused by lakes punched out of forests, I'm
> considering to write a small tool. It would be a good opportunity to learn
> about the frameworks for handling OSM data which have been developed in the
> last couple of years. I won't distribute in public, but people could ask for
> it once it is "ready". I will certainly make it single purpose only, i.e.
> handling only data which has been tagged with one of the Canvec source tags.
>
> Regarding the WMS layer, I'll check out the URL. I guess you're referring to
> the one listed here? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_WMS_Layers
> Here is my first and only attempt to replace Geobase NRN roads, which
> haven't been touched by others, by Canvec roads:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/11848571
> Although copying names involves manual labor, checking and replacing roads
> individually is also manual labor. Note that the sheet area is only to the
> south and east of St. Zacharie. The bounding box is much larger, since I
> split up Geobase roads at the boundary of the sheet.
>
> Re. Route 117: it is called "Route 117" in Canvec. Probably it's best known
> as "Route Transcanadienne" in this area. Near Quebec City the highway is
> called Route Jean-Lesage, although it's also part of the Trans Canada
> Highway.
>
> Frank
>
>
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