[Talk-ca] Importing buildings in Canada

[John Whelan]

I'm glad to see Toronto getting involved once more.

The original idea for using Open Data to import buildings followed on 
from a group of Toronto mappers who imported address information for a 
new sub division that was not available in CANVEC from Stats Canada 
after very carefully checking that the licenses etc aligned.

There was discussion in Talk-ca at the time before the import was done.

Cheerio John

Nate Wessel wrote on 2019-09-30 12:14 AM:
>
> 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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