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Re: elections canada

Posted by Daniel Haran on Feb 06, 2007; 9:22pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/elections-canada-tp814p861.html

On 2/6/07, Russell McOrmond <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Note: I believe we would have to purchase data from Canada Post to do
> this, but given we wouldn't be redistributing this data it would be a
> fixed fee and not something that would impact on us freely distributing
> the results of our work.

When I asked Canada Post about it, they said they wouldn't allow the
creation of such a derivative data-set.

If that's not a good legal interpretation (any lawyers here?), we
would be able to buy Canada Post's data, and if there's someone with
GIS knowledge that can process that data against the parliamentary
district boundaries, we could put the postal code to electoral
district database in the public domain.

Sadly, postal codes change quite often- but that solution would still
be cheaper than buying a single license for makepovertyhistory.

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