http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p217.html
permission too. That's insane.
On 2/1/06, Tracey P. Lauriault <
> Cory;
> I can enquire about licensing at Geogratis if you like?
>
> Tracey
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> >Quoting Michael Lenczner <
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> >>so cory - what do you think? do you know if / when you will have such
> >>capabilities? Are you currently working on the project? - i'm sure
> >>that time is an issue in terms of doing unpaid work.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >It sounds great... i'd like to do it ASAP, but free time is an issue.
> >Fortunately adding new features is more fun than rewriting old ones, so
> >you
> >guys are in luck. We're planning more overhauls on our database and code, so
> >structure is likely to change. Identifying MPs by a seemingly-random integer
> >isn't any good -- i'd like to have a few options, perhaps by name, EDID, or
> >anything else you guys would like.
> >
> >Things i'm considering:
> >- hosting a Web Map Server (WMS) with the voting/attendance/etc data themed
> >- providing a lat/long --> EDID / MP lookup service
> >- improved RSS
> >
> >We do have RSS, but it is rather weak at the moment:
> >
http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/rss-info.php> >
> >I intend to use the geogratis 2004 shapefile, but will need permission
> >to run it
> >for the WMS (horray!, free data that we aren't allowed to actually
> >_use_). Doing the lat/long --> EDID lookup I can likely get away with,
> >without
> >permission -- since i'm not really reproducing their data (but since i'm
> >already getting permission...).
> >
> >We're definitely getting provincial data as well (in a few months), so
> >it makes
> >sense to provide these integrated services.
> >
> >XSLT I don't know anything about... will research as time permits.
> >
> >Anyways, i'd love more input...
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Cory.
> >
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