[Talk-ca] Stats Canada new building outlines Open Data do we wish to import it?

James james2432 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 20:07:08 UTC 2018


>From my initial glance at the data...seems pretty good and accurate(again I
didn't check all the cities nor do I expect them all to be having same
level of accuracy)

The two I've been eye balling are Kingston and Rimouski which seem to be
very accurate at first assessment. If we do want to import them, a formal
draft up will have to be done though

On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 3:53 p.m. john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com wrote:

> This is just a formal post to get a feel.
>
> In Ottawa the building outlines were of high quality and I feel have
> enriched the map.
>
> If we do should we consider it one project across the country or leave it
> to the local chapters to make the decision?
>
> I'm thinking that Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver certainly have local groups
> of mappers.  There maybe others.
>
> The other thing to consider is there are remote locations that may not
> have a group of local mappers so taking a country wide stance would not
> leave these locations in limbo.
>
> Taking the decision across the country would mean only one import plan and
> approval and after the Ottawa experience with OpenStreetMap import red tape
> it might be easier than a dozen or so different import plans.
>
> I'm not thinking of the mechanics of the import yet.  That is a different
> issue.
>
> If you could reply saying you think its a good idea or shouldn't be
> touched with a barge pole also if you could indicate country wide or leave
> it to the local groups to make the decision I would be grateful.
>
> Thanks John
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