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

[James]

Begin, these datasets are from the cities themselves, not canvec. Stats can
is relicensing them under a common umbrella

On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 4:20 p.m. Begin Daniel <jfd553 at hotmail.com wrote:

> 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.
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> Daniel
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> *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?
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> 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)
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> 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
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> On Fri., Nov. 2, 2018, 3:53 p.m. john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com wrote:
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> This is just a formal post to get a feel.
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> In Ottawa the building outlines were of high quality and I feel have
> enriched the map.
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> If we do should we consider it one project across the country or leave it
> to the local chapters to make the decision?
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> I'm thinking that Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver certainly have local groups
> of mappers.  There maybe others.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I'm not thinking of the mechanics of the import yet.  That is a different
> issue.
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> 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.
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> Thanks John
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