[Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data

Bégin, Daniel Daniel.Begin at RNCan-NRCan.gc.ca
Thu Jun 7 01:07:44 BST 2012


Bonjour David, Bonjour Corey

Welcome into OSM community. You'll find that there is nothing better than an active community to find odd features in authoritative data!

Cheers,
Daniel

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From: David E. Nelson [mailto:denelson83 at yahoo.ca]
Sent: June 6, 2012 17:59
To: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data

BTW, as the import progresses north along the BC Coast, that "stairstep" pattern is going to reappear on the sea boundary of other Regional Districts.  This pattern, again, was found in the original boundary data as obtained from DataBC.

- David E. Nelson<http://members.shaw.ca/nelsonmedia/>

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From: Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com>
To: David E. Nelson <denelson83 at yahoo.ca>
Cc: "talk-ca at openstreetmap.org" <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:44:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data

Looks good according to me.

Corey

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:41 PM, David E. Nelson <denelson83 at yahoo.ca<mailto:denelson83 at yahoo.ca>> wrote:
> Yes, I set up the second user account "British Columbia Regional Districts",
> as recommended by the import guidelines on the OSM Wiki.
>
> I accidentally duplicated a way on the Canada-U.S. Border.  I believe that I
> have now fixed that, and the borders now share a way, as they properly
> should.  Can you confirm?
>
> - David E. Nelson
> ________________________________
> From: Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com<mailto:corey.burger at gmail.com>>
> To: Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr<mailto:infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr>>
> Cc: "talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>" <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 1:50:18 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary data
>
> Pierre,
>
> David N is the real person behind that user.
>
> Corey
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr<mailto:infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr>>
> wrote:
>> Looking at this into JOSM, I see that this step way is a new way166383324
>> distinct from the Canada-US border. It was created by  British Columbia
>> Regional Districts user. This was probably as is in the original data and
>> not detected.
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>> ________________________________
>> De : Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com<mailto:corey.burger at gmail.com>>
>> À : Andrew Lester <a-lester at shaw.ca<mailto:a-lester at shaw.ca>>
>> Cc : talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
>> Envoyé le : Mercredi 6 juin 2012 16h15
>> Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary
>> data
>>
>> I just looked at the layer in the CRD's database and we have it
>> following the US Border, than that stepped pattern. No idea where that
>> mistake came from.
>>
>> Corey
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Andrew Lester <a-lester at shaw.ca<mailto:a-lester at shaw.ca>> wrote:
>>> Note that this CRD map
>>> (http://crdatlas.ca/media/8187/crd_adminbounds2009.pdf) shows the
>>> boundary
>>> following the US border.
>>> Otherwise, it looks good. I live in the CRD, so I figured I'd better
>>> check
>>> it out!
>>> Andrew Lester
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David E. Nelson [mailto:denelson83 at yahoo.ca<mailto:denelson83 at yahoo.ca>]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:05 PM
>>> To: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary
>>> data
>>>
>>> That stairstep pattern was found in the original DataBC Tantalis RD
>>> boundary
>>> data, which should mean that that is the area geographically gazetted to
>>> the
>>> CRD by the Province.
>>>
>>> - David E. Nelson
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com<mailto:corey.burger at gmail.com>>
>>> To: Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr<mailto:infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr>>
>>> Cc: "talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>" <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 1:02:47 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Re : British Columbia Regional District boundary
>>> data
>>>
>>> Pierre,
>>>
>>> I see the steps too. I suspect that might be a drawing error, but I need
>>> to
>>> look more closely.
>>>
>>> (for the record, I am an employee of the CRD in Regional Planning)
>>>
>>> Corey
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr<mailto:infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> David,
>>>>
>>>> I forgot to discuss about the boundary itself. Why the southern part
>>>> look like steps and do not follow the red line division?
>>>>
>>>> Pierre
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> De : David E. Nelson <denelson83 at yahoo.ca<mailto:denelson83 at yahoo.ca>> À :
>>>> "talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>" <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>> Cc :
>>>> "imports at openstreetmap.org<mailto:imports at openstreetmap.org>" <imports at openstreetmap.org<mailto:imports at openstreetmap.org>> Envoyé le :
>>>> Mercredi 6 juin 2012 15h10 Objet : Re: [Talk-ca] British Columbia
>>>> Regional District boundary data
>>>>
>>>> The first Regional District, Capital, has been uploaded to the
>>>> database.  I would like to know if it has been integrated into
>>>> OpenStreetMap properly, and whether I can continue with the remaining
>>>> 27.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - David E. Nelson
>>>>
>>>>
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