[Talk-ca] Stats Canada building project

[Matthew Darwin]

How do we want to move this discussion forward?  Do we need to set up 
a time to talk on the phone? I am willing to help coordinate logistics.

On 2017-09-17 10:55 AM, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> 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
>
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