[Talk-ca] Talk-ca Digest, Vol 178, Issue 40

[Michael Stark]

I'm the one who originally changed the street names in Calgary, so in a way
I originally caused this discussion. And I'll admit I was wrong with my
original changes, which I have since reverted. The quadrant suffixes aren't
actually spelled out in normal circumstances.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 4:04 PM <iain at monkeyface.ca> wrote:

> I hear you on this one. But I await to see how the group want it to work.
>
> I did find this gem for you on the unofficial source of the Alberta
> Government. I couldn’t get the federal maps to work either when I cross
> referenced them to Alberta"
>
> "Information for the Street Address search is provided by the Federal
> National Road Network and is not guaranteed or supported by Alberta Land
> Titles"
>
> Iain
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Viajero Perdido <
> viajero.perdido.spam.bucket at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sound good. Thanks for this. We will use federal sources. I think it has
> been agreed. Brian or someone will update the wiki
>
>
> No way, not agreed.  People have just dropped out from sheer exhaustion
> about this stupid topic.
>
> There has been peace in Alberta for 10 years+, using "NW" as used
> officially by the municipalities (eg my property tax bill), until someone
> came along and tried to change established practice.
>
> Federal gov't data (CanVec, GeoBase Roads) isn't looked upon favourably by
> all of us here.  I consider GeoBase's use "Northwest" to be an error, to be
> ignored.
>
> I shall say nothing further on this.  Drop it, and find something else to
> disrupt.
>
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