Re: introduction + municipal FOI

Posted by Michael Lenczner on Jan 17, 2006; 2:18am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/introduction-municipal-FOI-tp165p167.html

hey daniel - could you tell us what you wanted to do with these files?
 and what are shape files for those of us who aren't gis guys?

in the mean time i'm going to go check out the events on your blog.


On 1/16/06, Daniel Haran <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I guess this is a good time to introduce myself. Thanks to the
> organizers for setting this list up!
>
> My name's Daniel, and I'm currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In
> a previous career, I was a programmer.
>
> Over the past few months, I have been pursuing a Freedom of
> Information appeal to have my city release Shapefiles for its
> electoral boundaries. The appeal's review officer recently recommended
> the city make these available, and I posted scans of their decision,
> my appeal and review letter. All the links were blogged here:
> http://www.livejournal.com/users/danieljohn/61897.html
>
> The whole process was drawn-out, and cost me $50. I would encourage
> anyone to ask their city if their electoral boundaries are available-
> and if not, to put up a fuss.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel.
>
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