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

[Begin Daniel]

I would agree to one import plan with an appropriate validation mechanism. I am concerned that the buildings they provide in rural areas come from Canvec. Over the years I have deleted/modified thousands of them (Canvec buildings) and I would not like to see all of them coming back.

Daniel

From: James [mailto:james2432 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 2, 2018 16:07
To: john whelan
Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap
Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Stats Canada new building outlines Open Data do we wish to import it?

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<mailto: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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