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Civil servants forge ahead with open data strategy as feds dither-- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 |
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Hi Tracey,
Who is it that I need to contact where i can share what i have? I have taken the canvec national/provincial .gml files, and converted many of the national/provincial data layers, and converted it into commonly known .shp .osm .gpx .kml and garmin .img format. This produced work is freely available with unrestricted use. Is their a home for this? (I have been in direct contact with Natural Resources Canada, and they have assured me that they do not plan on making national/provincial .shp files of canvec data anytime soon) Thanks, Sam On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: > Civil servants forge ahead with open data strategy as feds dither > http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/civil-servants-forge-ahead-with-open-data-strategy-as-feds-dither-114858879.html?viewAllComments=y > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > http://traceyplauriault.ca/ > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails |
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Hi Sam;
I may have a home here (https://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca) for them? Can you tell me the provenance for these files?
Cheers Tracey
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sam Vekemans <[hidden email]> wrote: Hi Tracey, -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 |
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All provinces, and a variety of the CanVec Themes/Features got
converted. (i don't yet have an exact # yet). Thanks, I'll take a look at that site and get links ready for it. My temporary home is on mediafire.com (but it's a hassel for anyone to get to and fast download) Archive.org is another option, but it does not allow for updating on the files (like an ftp server). cheers, Sam On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Sam; > > I may have a home here (https://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca) for > them? Can you tell me the provenance for these files? > > Cheers > Tracey > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sam Vekemans > <[hidden email]>wrote: > >> Hi Tracey, >> Who is it that I need to contact where i can share what i have? >> >> >> >> I have taken the canvec national/provincial .gml files, and converted >> many of the national/provincial data layers, and converted it into >> commonly known .shp .osm .gpx .kml and garmin .img format. >> >> >> This produced work is freely available with unrestricted use. Is >> their a home for this? >> (I have been in direct contact with Natural Resources Canada, and they >> have assured me that they do not plan on making national/provincial >> .shp files of canvec data anytime soon) >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Sam >> >> On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: >> > Civil servants forge ahead with open data strategy as feds dither >> > >> http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/civil-servants-forge-ahead-with-open-data-strategy-as-feds-dither-114858879.html?viewAllComments=y >> > >> > -- >> > Tracey P. Lauriault >> > 613-234-2805 >> > http://traceyplauriault.ca/ >> > >> >> >> -- >> Twitter: @Acrosscanada >> Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ >> http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans >> Skype: samvekemans >> IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) >> @Acrosscanadatrails >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> > > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > http://traceyplauriault.ca/ > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails |
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oops,
You said 'provenance', so yes, i'll put in direct url links to the source (like i have done on koordinates.com) For now, it's also on a spreadsheet form. cheers, Sam On 2/2/11, Sam Vekemans <[hidden email]> wrote: > All provinces, and a variety of the CanVec Themes/Features got > converted. (i don't yet have an exact # yet). > > > Thanks, > I'll take a look at that site and get links ready for it. > > My temporary home is on mediafire.com (but it's a hassel for anyone to > get to and fast download) > Archive.org is another option, but it does not allow for updating on > the files (like an ftp server). > > > cheers, > Sam > > On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: >> Hi Sam; >> >> I may have a home here (https://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca) >> for >> them? Can you tell me the provenance for these files? >> >> Cheers >> Tracey >> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sam Vekemans >> <[hidden email]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Tracey, >>> Who is it that I need to contact where i can share what i have? >>> >>> >>> >>> I have taken the canvec national/provincial .gml files, and converted >>> many of the national/provincial data layers, and converted it into >>> commonly known .shp .osm .gpx .kml and garmin .img format. >>> >>> >>> This produced work is freely available with unrestricted use. Is >>> their a home for this? >>> (I have been in direct contact with Natural Resources Canada, and they >>> have assured me that they do not plan on making national/provincial >>> .shp files of canvec data anytime soon) >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Sam >>> >>> On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: >>> > Civil servants forge ahead with open data strategy as feds dither >>> > >>> http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/civil-servants-forge-ahead-with-open-data-strategy-as-feds-dither-114858879.html?viewAllComments=y >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Tracey P. Lauriault >>> > 613-234-2805 >>> > http://traceyplauriault.ca/ >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Twitter: @Acrosscanada >>> Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ >>> http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com >>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans >>> Skype: samvekemans >>> IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) >>> @Acrosscanadatrails >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >>> [hidden email] >>> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> 613-234-2805 >> http://traceyplauriault.ca/ >> > > > -- > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ > http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > Skype: samvekemans > IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) > @Acrosscanadatrails > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails |
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In reply to this post by Sam Vekemans
http://people.apache.org/~hossman/#threadhijack
Thread Hijacking on Mailing Lists When starting a new discussion on a mailing list, please do not reply to an existing message, instead start a fresh email. Even if you change the subject line of your email, other mail headers still track which thread you replied to and your question is "hidden" in that thread and gets less attention. It makes following discussions in the mailing list archives particularly difficult. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sam Vekemans <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Tracey, > Who is it that I need to contact where i can share what i have? > > > > I have taken the canvec national/provincial .gml files, and converted > many of the national/provincial data layers, and converted it into > commonly known .shp .osm .gpx .kml and garmin .img format. > > > This produced work is freely available with unrestricted use. Is > their a home for this? > (I have been in direct contact with Natural Resources Canada, and they > have assured me that they do not plan on making national/provincial > .shp files of canvec data anytime soon) > > > > Thanks, > Sam > > On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: >> Civil servants forge ahead with open data strategy as feds dither >> http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/civil-servants-forge-ahead-with-open-data-strategy-as-feds-dither-114858879.html?viewAllComments=y >> >> -- >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> 613-234-2805 >> http://traceyplauriault.ca/ >> > > > -- > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ > http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > Skype: samvekemans > IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) > @Acrosscanadatrails > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > -- - |
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Oops,
Apologies to subscribers, I should have just responded to Tracey off-list, as my discussion was an aside and not really related to the topic directly. Thanks for moderating :) Sam
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote: http://people.apache.org/~hossman/#threadhijack |
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Hi Sam,
I was just suggesting a separate thread, as opposed to adding to Tracey's. I think your posting was both relevant (to the list) and interesting. -Glen :-) On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Sam Vekemans <[hidden email]> wrote: > Oops, > Apologies to subscribers, > I should have just responded to Tracey off-list, as my discussion was an > aside and not really related to the topic directly. > Thanks for moderating :) > Sam > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> http://people.apache.org/~hossman/#threadhijack >> Thread Hijacking on Mailing Lists >> >> When starting a new discussion on a mailing list, please do not reply to >> an existing message, instead start a fresh email. Even if you change the >> subject line of your email, other mail headers still track which thread >> you replied to and your question is "hidden" in that thread and gets less >> attention. It makes following discussions in the mailing list archives >> particularly difficult. >> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sam Vekemans >> <[hidden email]> wrote: >> > Hi Tracey, >> > Who is it that I need to contact where i can share what i have? >> > >> > >> > >> > I have taken the canvec national/provincial .gml files, and converted >> > many of the national/provincial data layers, and converted it into >> > commonly known .shp .osm .gpx .kml and garmin .img format. >> > >> > >> > This produced work is freely available with unrestricted use. Is >> > their a home for this? >> > (I have been in direct contact with Natural Resources Canada, and they >> > have assured me that they do not plan on making national/provincial >> > .shp files of canvec data anytime soon) >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Sam >> > >> > On 2/2/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Civil servants forge ahead with open data strategy as feds dither >> >> >> >> http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/civil-servants-forge-ahead-with-open-data-strategy-as-feds-dither-114858879.html?viewAllComments=y >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> >> 613-234-2805 >> >> http://traceyplauriault.ca/ >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Twitter: @Acrosscanada >> > Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ >> > http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com >> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans >> > Skype: samvekemans >> > IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) >> > @Acrosscanadatrails >> > _______________________________________________ >> > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> > [hidden email] >> > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> - >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > -- - |
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