[Talk-ca] Stats Canada building project

[Stewart C. Russell]

On 2017-09-17 10:40 AM, john whelan wrote:
> They'd like to extend it across Canada so now might be the time to think
> about the project.

That sounds good. Despite some prodding, the Licence Working Group (LWG)
hasn't got back to me with any updates on how they want to handle the
Toronto or Ontario licences. I first contacted them in March, so if it
takes them six months or more to look at the licence, then this import
is a multi year (if not multi-decade) project. Remember, LWG has decided
that *every* Canadian licence variant needs their sign-off.

Denis Carr (open data lead) from Toronto has been on board since the
spring, and I hope hasn't forgotten us.

Toronto has nice building outlines (embedded in the 3D Massing data set,
so we can pull out base elevation and height). We also have address
points already in the middle of buildings.

It also is of great help that the Esri Community Imagery includes some
very nice municipal air photos for verification.

 Stewart