[Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

[Nate Wessel]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for posting the event! I just RSVPed.

I think a separate import event would probably be helpful - somewhere 
with wifi and outlets for laptops, probably not a bar. Perhaps we can 
book a meeting room at a public library or something?

I can poll some of the more active local editors to find a time that 
works well for people. Once we have a time and place it would be good to 
post something to the meetup group as well as here, Slack, etc.

If you or anyone else on the list feels like taking charge of this I'm 
happy to defer - otherwise I may try to organize something in the next 
month or so as I have time and energy.

Thanks,

Nate Wessel, PhD
Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd
NateWessel.com <http://www.natewessel.com>

On 2019-09-28 6:37 p.m., Steve Singer wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Nate Wessel wrote:
>
>>
>> I for one would be happy to support a local effort to import high 
>> quality buildings in Toronto and/or the GTA. I
>> think if we can actually meet up face to face our discussions may 
>> remain a bit more civil and productive. Hopefully
>> consensus will be a bit easier to achieve with smaller groups too!
>>
>> I see that the OSM Toronto meetup doesn't have any upcoming events... 
>> Would others in the GTA be interested in
>> planning a meet up to talk about a local import plan? Is anyone on 
>> the list in charge of organizing these?
>
> I am one of the organizers of the OSM Toronto meetup.
>
> I've now posted the regular monthly mappy hour meetup for the Toronto 
> OSM group. I had been meaning to do this anyway.
>
> I'm also happy to post a special event dedicated to discussing an 
> import in the GTA if people are interested.
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Nate Wessel, PhD
>> Planner, Cartographer, Transport Nerd
>> NateWessel.com
>>
>> On 2019-09-28 1:03 p.m., Jarek Piórkowski wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> To be a bit more positive:
>>
>> If we want to get buildings on the map, but we can't get Canada-wide
>> data improved by Statcan to a standard acceptable to all mappers in
>> Canada, IMO the best bet will be to split this into much smaller
>> batches and support local mappers who would be interested in getting
>> the data in.
>>
>> In my browsing of neis-one.org statistics for Canadian mappers and the
>> Notes active in Canada, I've seen active mappers and small communities
>> in at least Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria
>> metros, and I might have missed some more. Many of them I have never
>> seen on the mailing list (which is a whole another issue), but
>> contacting them directly (via osm.org messages?), asking if they are
>> aware of other local mappers, if they would be interested in having
>> building data, if it is of acceptable standard to them, and if they
>> would be willing to help validate-and-upload the data (with help of
>> the central tooling) might get some success.
>>
>> I hope that will go better than the previous attempt which could be
>> read - uncharitably - as a bunch of mailing list insiders throwing
>> federal data over the fence with little consultation.
>>
>> It'll be a lot of work communicating and organizing. But getting
>> buildings is a lot of work, and if data producers can't do better,
>> whoever wants the buildings will have to do the work. Maybe with more
>> local support even the imports list will be more bearable.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Jarek
>>
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