[Talk-ca] Possible source of street addresses for entirety of British Columbia

[john whelan]

But is it compatible with OSM?  Some open data licences are more open than
others.

I think there is a wiki entry somewhere that lists the acceptable Canadian
open data licences.  The federal one certainly is and I think it took a
year or two to get Toronto's approved.  It would be nice if they used the
same licence.

Cheerio John

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 02:40 David E. Nelson via Talk-ca, <
talk-ca at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Well, as it happens, this same dataset is listed at this link, <
> https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-address-geocoder-web-service>,
> as available under Open Government Licence - British Columbia.  And the
> address data it uses comes from the BC Assessment Authority, not the ICIS.
> So that might bode a bit better.
>
> - David E. Nelson
> User "DENelson83" on OpenStreetMap
>
> On Oct. 14, 2024 17:36, Bernie Connors <bernie.connors at unb.ca> wrote:
>
> I recently made some inquiries in BC in the spring of 2024.  I discovered
> the Integrated Cadastral Information Society is the aggregator for next Gen
> 911 address data in BC.  Unfortunately, ICIS is arms length from the
> provincial government and may not be covered by the province's open data
> policy.  Furthermore, I was told by the head of ICIS that their address
> point data would not be released as open data.
>
> I am not certain how this info relates to the links provided in this
> thread.  But it does not bode well.
>
> Bernie.
>
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 6:58 p.m. David E. Nelson via Talk-ca <
> talk-ca at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
> I recently found this link, <
> https://bcgov.github.io/ols-devkit/ols-demo/index.html>.  It gives access
> to a dataset containing what I believe is every single street address in
> the province of British Columbia.  The same dataset also appears to be
> accessible at this link, <
> https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/kml/geocoder/BCGov_Physical_Address_Viewer_Loader.kml>.
> However, it is not clear whether this specific dataset has been properly
> licenced for use by OpenStreetMap.  If not, can OSM open a discussion with
> the province with a view to getting this dataset under the correct licence
> so we can start making proper use of it?
>
> - David E. Nelson
> User "DENelson83" on OpenStreetMap
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