Article: 56619 of sci.geo.satellite-nav X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.68.70.108 Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: New Website "Canadian Mapping Project" From: Dave Patton References: <85eb7a13.0301042017.448cd626@posting.google.com> Organization: Degree Confluence Project Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Lines: 51 Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:26:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.71.223.147 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: news3.calgary.shaw.ca 1041748019 24.71.223.147 (Sat, 04 Jan 2003 23:26:59 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 23:26:59 MST Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!prodigy.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news3.calgary.shaw.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:56619 topham@Home.com (Mark Topham) wrote in news:85eb7a13.0301042017.448cd626@posting.google.com: > I've begun setting up a website called Canadian Mapping Project. > (www.canadianmappingproject.org). > > My intent is to collect various types of data for Points of Interest, > Mapping, etc. The intent is to make all data as free (in every way) as > possible. > > I've provided a link on the initial (and simplistic) webpage which > points to a journal/Discussion group on Slashdot. For the moment I'll > be using the discussion group to further clarify and expand the ideas > for the site. (Discussion here is fine with me, although I don't want > to increase the noise level here since this is an international > newsgroup.). > > I am annoyed at the difficulty in obtaining usefull Canadian data, and > while the Canadian Government has provided quite a bit of raw data > (via GeoGratis) and some level of mapping data (low resolution bitmaps > via Toporama) it is my hope that we can create a repository for Free > Canadian data. > > One of my wishes (and probably the first thing to be worked on) will > be to re-work the names database for Canada which is used for > OziExplorer. The database is not technically very accurate (locations > are rounded off for instance) and the data is not even from a Canadian > source. I'd like to correct that. Hi Mark. Are you aware of this site: http://www.freedata.ca/index.html Maybe a combined/collaborative effort is in order? I'm willing to help out with your project, and/or help in joining in with "the freedata folks". I know a bit about the "Canadian names" - the actual source is the provinces, even for the Federal geographic names database. Other sources, such as the CIA, etc., actually all originate from the Canadian data. In most cases, the Canadian data is old, and was only recorded, for example, to the nearest minute, or quarter minute, which is why the locations are "rounded off". -- Dave Patton Canadian Coordinator the Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org 49°16'07"N 123°09'07"W