[Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada

[James]

The city of los angeles went through the same process(importing buildings)
and this might be useful for the project:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Los_angeles,_California/Buildings_Import

On Aug 3, 2016 11:04 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Technically we can add to what is there but that adds volume to the
> database.
>
> We also need to settle on the tags to be used.  I noted the use of
> building=retail I assume that is acceptable as well as commercial.
>
> Another tag used is ele which has the same values as building:levels but I
> hadn't seen it before.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 3 Aug 2016 10:40 am, "Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN)" <
> bjenk.ellefsen at canada.ca> wrote:
>
>> We could use only a selection of tags. In the form in the interface we
>> will use, it could be just residential and apartments not be in the choices.
>>
>>
>>
>> We will use the tags reserved for buildings. As John mentioned, malls can
>> have just a few tags and then there are these shops and amenities floating
>> at the same address. Could we have the building and the tags shops,
>> offices, amenities attached to them?
>>
>>
>>
>> Bjenk
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* James [mailto:james2432 at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* August-02-16 3:10 PM
>> *To:* john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>; Ellefsen, Bjenk
>> (STATCAN) <bjenk.ellefsen at canada.ca>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing buildings with Statistics Canada
>>
>>
>>
>> building=apartments should also be considered residential if not they are
>> tagged as offices. There is going to have to be grouping of some tags for
>> residential, commercial and industrial buildings to get a full tally
>>
>> Yeah, terrace homes, duplexes, triplexes, condos may all have unique
>> civic addresses. Apartments may have the the same civic address but also
>> includes an apartment no which needs to be mapped differently then just
>> assigning a address to a building(you are now getting into entraces and
>> addr:flats) example of a terrace home:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2688375179 and
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/262705861  this is the way they are
>> doing it in the UK (after many hours in IRC asking how to properly map them)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:03 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> How many buildings are tagged with a building tag or is that step one tag
>> building with the building tag and type?
>>
>> How do we handle a shopping mall with a building outline and a nodes for
>> the stores?
>>
>> Thanks John
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 Aug 2016 2:53 pm, "James" <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There is a way to tag a building type
>> Here is a list of the building types:
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building#Values
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2016 2:48 PM, "Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN)" <
>> bjenk.ellefsen at canada.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is what we would invite Canadians to tell us about buildings for OSM:
>>
>>
>>
>> name
>>
>> Address:
>>
>> ·         Number
>>
>> ·         street
>>
>> ·         city
>>
>> ·         postal code
>>
>> levels
>>
>> office, shop
>>
>> type of access (handicap, etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>> If there is a way to categorize them as residential, non-residential that
>> would be perfect.
>>
>>
>>
>> What do you think? Anything else we should add?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bjenk Ellefsen, PhD
>>
>>
>>
>> Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) | Lab pour l’exploration et
>> l’intégration de données (LEID)
>>
>> Center for Special Business Projects | Centre des Projets Spéciaux sur
>> les entreprises
>>
>> Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
>>
>> (343) 998-3004
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:03 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> How many buildings are tagged with a building tag or is that step one tag
>> building with the building tag and type?
>>
>> How do we handle a shopping mall with a building outline and a nodes for
>> the stores?
>>
>> Thanks John
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 Aug 2016 2:53 pm, "James" <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There is a way to tag a building type
>> Here is a list of the building types:
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building#Values
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2016 2:48 PM, "Ellefsen, Bjenk (STATCAN)" <
>> bjenk.ellefsen at canada.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is what we would invite Canadians to tell us about buildings for OSM:
>>
>>
>>
>> name
>>
>> Address:
>>
>> ·         Number
>>
>> ·         street
>>
>> ·         city
>>
>> ·         postal code
>>
>> levels
>>
>> office, shop
>>
>> type of access (handicap, etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>> If there is a way to categorize them as residential, non-residential that
>> would be perfect.
>>
>>
>>
>> What do you think? Anything else we should add?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bjenk Ellefsen, PhD
>>
>>
>>
>> Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) | Lab pour l’exploration et
>> l’intégration de données (LEID)
>>
>> Center for Special Business Projects | Centre des Projets Spéciaux sur
>> les entreprises
>>
>> Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
>>
>> (343) 998-3004
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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