[Talk-ca] Stats Canada building project

[john whelan]

They'd like to extend it across Canada so now might be the time to think
about the project.

In Ottawa the building outlines were imported but the tags were mapped
conventionally.  I understand that a lot more POIs have been added manually
to enrich the map and we have a number of people who have mapped for the
first time.

By getting the Open Data license side clarified we were able to import the
bus stops with their reference numbers (GTFS format) which has long been an
ambition of mine.

They've lost Bjenk from the project, he has moved from Stats Canada.

However the import process is a fair chunk of work to get it done correctly
and it isn't as simple as it first appears.  In Ottawa and Gatineau we were
very lucky in having a group of local mappers who devoted a lot of time and
effort in getting it right.

There is also the maintenance side of things.  We now have practically all
the buildings tagged with the correct address.  However the city does
change the names of highways occasionally which means its not just one tag
on the highway that needs changing but all the building street addresses.

I'd suggest that it might be worthwhile setting up a working group to look
at some of the issues and concerns that might arise before Stats starts to
push this without understanding some of the legitimate issues and concerns
and no I have other things to do so I'm not interested in chairing etc the
working group.

Cheerio John
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