[Talk-ca] Hydro Network (inland water) question

[James]

because we have over 2 million lakes and rivers and we are a couple hundred
dedicated mappers that have the skill set to fix and import Canvec
data....and not everyone prioritizes lakes and rivers in remote areas.

On Thu., Sep. 27, 2018, 7:26 p.m. Peter R, <peter.roach at citymaps.com> wrote:

> Hi Canada Import Team,
> I'd like to ask a question that I've been curious about for a few years
> now. What happened during the import of inland water data? Throughout
> Canada, I find instances where tiles are missing water data. This results
> in lakes and other water polygons being abruptly cut off. Some examples:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=9/55.4821/-65.2981 and
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=9/54.8027/-97.5913
>
> I've also found an instance of rogue ocean tiles at zoom 10 and greater if
> you switch the map layer to Transport Map:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=10/56.3267/-99.3107&layers=T
>
> I see that importing the Geobase National Hydro Network is still in the
> planning phase according to
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geobase/NHN_-_OSM_Map_Feature
>
> I'm just curious as to why water data throughout Canada is very hit or
> miss. I guess I've answered my own question with "it's still in progress"
> but I'm curious nonetheless. I did check the message archives going a year
> back and didn't see anything regarding inland water data.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
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