job listing - "senior scientist" with C/C++ skills needed - earth observation imagery information extraction

[Scott Mitchell-4]

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Posting this for Sebastian:

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If anyone is interested please contact the individual below and mention that I forward the email.

Thanks, 

Sebastian Pawlak

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The scientist will still have to code. This means this person still needs to be hands on. The main languages for this position would be C/C++. Also, this person will eventually manage a team, but will work independently with other senior developers in the mean time.

 

Position:

Senior Scientist in the area of earth observation imagery information extraction.

 

Responsibilities:

- Applies scientific domain knowledge to the development of innovative and original algorithms and techniques that are required for the success of company research and development projects in the area of remote sensing information extraction from Earth Observation satellite (optical and SAR) and/or aerial imagery.

- Technical leadership of research and development projects in which the scientific research aspect dominates. This may include supervision of both scientists and software developers.

- Explains important and relevant scientific issues and trends to non-technical company personnel (e.g., sales and marketing management).

- Provides this information both verbally and in writing, as required.

- Takes the initiative in identifying these issues and trends and bringing them to the attention of management.

- Assists with the technology direction and feasibility of software development projects.

- Prepares and presents research papers.

 

Skills:

Solid theoretical and practical domain knowledge in the areas of remote sensing, land cover classification, feature extraction, target detection and change detection.  

Ability to conduct high quality research and design innovated algorithms for the PCI commercial software product offerings in the specified domain area.

Strong technical skills in the area of computer science.

Knowledgeable with industry technologies and production systems in the specified domain areas.

Experience with production systems in the domain area – for example in one or more of the following: agriculture, forestry, urban land classification, change detection, ship detection, …

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

 

 

Sincerely, 

Lance Bygrave
Technical Resources Specialist
The TAL Group

69 Yonge Street, Unit 1100 
Toronto ON M5E 1K3
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[dsampson]

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Hey Folks,

 

Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather apparently.

 

Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books up...

 

Last meeting we chatted about.

 

meeting: early September

Open Street map event : late September.

 

 

Any more details or thoughts?

 

Cheers 

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[Philippe Vachon]

Hi Dave,

Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to  
make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in  
the month.

Cheers,
Phil

On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:

>
> Hey Folks,
>
> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather  
> apparently.
>
> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books  
> up...
>
> Last meeting we chatted about.
>
> meeting: early September
> Open Street map event : late September.
>
>
> Any more details or thoughts?
>
> Cheers
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[McOrmond, Russell]

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  Will there be spare GPS devices for the OSM event?  I haven't purchased mine yet (still haven't decided between a more common GPS device and an OpenMoco)

 

  Is this something different than a mapping party that is being planned?

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[dsampson]

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We were waiting hear back from the OSM folks.

 

We were thinking a joint meeting between OSM community and OSGEO community in Ottawa, but that can happen anytime realy.

 

I think there was a mapping event going on at the end of the month.

 

 

Are you suggesting that the OpenMocco has GPS capabilities? ... I could not find any reference other than photographic motion timelaps.... (http://openmoco.org)   Please provide ref if openMocco is offering GPS capabilities

 

 

Unless you are refering to (http://wiki.openmoko.org) which is geared at an Open source mobile phone software stack.... Which has an article about the Neo FreeRunner GPS (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GPS)

 

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  Will there be spare GPS devices for the OSM event?  I haven't purchased mine yet (still haven't decided between a more common GPS device and an OpenMoco)

 

  Is this something different than a mapping party that is being planned?

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
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[Russell McOrmond]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Sampson, David wrote:

> Are you suggesting that the OpenMocco has GPS capabilities? ... I could not
> find any reference other than photographic motion timelaps....
> (http://openmoco.org)   Please provide ref if openMocco is offering GPS
> capabilities

   I was told that the Neo FreeRunner had a good GPS receiver in it, and I
was planning on doing more research.  Unfortunately work and other things
have been keeping me busy, and I haven't spent the time yet.  It is just
my preference to have entirely unlocked hardware with FLOSS software.  It
might turn out that the Neo won't fill my needs (OpenMoco or Android,
given Android has been ported to that hardware as well).

   Here is what I think about locked hardware *smile*
http://straight.com/article-249403/russell-mcormond-canadian-law-should-be-updated-protect-us-digital-locks 
(Another encouragement for people to send in submissions to the
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[dsampson]

Just for the record,

NeoFreerunner use OpenMoko (with a K not a c)... OpenMoco is closely named but quite a different project (as I found out when googling openmoco.


For a locat Toronto distributor check out

http://koolu.com/Sales/Buy-FreeRunner-Now.html

Apparently only targeted to developers at this point and not ready for general sale.

Cheers

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> Russell McOrmond
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>
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Sampson, David wrote:
>
> > Are you suggesting that the OpenMocco has GPS capabilities? ... I
> > could not find any reference other than photographic motion
> timelaps....
> > (http://openmoco.org)   Please provide ref if openMocco is offering
> > GPS capabilities
>
>    I was told that the Neo FreeRunner had a good GPS receiver
> in it, and I was planning on doing more research.  
> Unfortunately work and other things have been keeping me
> busy, and I haven't spent the time yet.  It is just my
> preference to have entirely unlocked hardware with FLOSS
> software.  It might turn out that the Neo won't fill my needs
> (OpenMoco or Android, given Android has been ported to that
> hardware as well).
>
>    Here is what I think about locked hardware *smile*
> http://straight.com/article-249403/russell-mcormond-canadian-l
> aw-should-be-updated-protect-us-digital-locks
> (Another encouragement for people to send in submissions to
> the consultation).
>
> --
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[Scott Mitchell-4]

I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.

Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch of people  
pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the 3rd, I'm happy to  
book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I suggest that late in the  
month, with a potential OSM tie-in, be the plan.

Cheers,
Scott

On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to  
> make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in  
> the month.
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather  
>> apparently.
>>
>> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books  
>> up...
>>
>> Last meeting we chatted about.
>>
>> meeting: early September
>> Open Street map event : late September.
>>
>>
>> Any more details or thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers
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[dsampson]

Any update on Septembers OSM event?

I might have saw a post to the BC OSGEO list saying someone from OSM was
not going to make it to Ottawa. Was this our person?

Any updates?

Cheers

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> Scott Mitchell
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> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event
>
>
> I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.
>
> Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch
> of people pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the
> 3rd, I'm happy to book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I
> suggest that late in the month, with a potential OSM tie-in,
> be the plan.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to
> > make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in
> > the month.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> >
> > On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Folks,
> >>
> >> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather
> >> apparently.
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books
> >> up...
> >>
> >> Last meeting we chatted about.
> >>
> >> meeting: early September
> >> Open Street map event : late September.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any more details or thoughts?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
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[Teresa Baldwin]

Sorry about the delay.

Yes, you were right, David. The OSM person from BC is not able to make it and as such, I don't really have any presenters on the topic. I could do a short talk, but I think Richard Weait's talk from FOSSLC's SummerCamp was much better.

Are people interested in a mapping party?  Everyone head out to a certain area with maps from walking-papers.org or their GPS, then we meet back at an area with wifi and update the map together.
If anyone is interested in the mapping party, let me know and I'll plan it for the end of the month.

Cheers,
Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

Any update on Septembers OSM event?

I might have saw a post to the BC OSGEO list saying someone from OSM was
not going to make it to Ottawa. Was this our person?

Any updates?

Cheers

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> Scott Mitchell
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:20
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> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event
>
>
> I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.
>
> Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch
> of people pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the
> 3rd, I'm happy to book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I
> suggest that late in the month, with a potential OSM tie-in,
> be the plan.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to
> > make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in
> > the month.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> >
> > On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Folks,
> >>
> >> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather
> >> apparently.
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books
> >> up...
> >>
> >> Last meeting we chatted about.
> >>
> >> meeting: early September
> >> Open Street map event : late September.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any more details or thoughts?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Ottawa_users mailing list
> >> [hidden email]
> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ottawa_users
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What type of data are we trying to map?

 

My understanding is that in Canada the full road network is provided by NRCAN to OSM. So would the purpose be to map other features?  Such as?

 

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Sorry about the delay.

Yes, you were right, David. The OSM person from BC is not able to make it and as such, I don't really have any presenters on the topic. I could do a short talk, but I think Richard Weait's talk from FOSSLC's SummerCamp was much better.

Are people interested in a mapping party?  Everyone head out to a certain area with maps from walking-papers.org or their GPS, then we meet back at an area with wifi and update the map together.
If anyone is interested in the mapping party, let me know and I'll plan it for the end of the month.

Cheers,
Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

Any update on Septembers OSM event?

I might have saw a post to the BC OSGEO list saying someone from OSM was
not going to make it to Ottawa. Was this our person?

Any updates?

Cheers

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> Scott Mitchell
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:20
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> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

>
>
> I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.
>
> Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch
> of people pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the
> 3rd, I'm happy to book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I
> suggest that late in the month, with a potential OSM tie-in,
> be the plan.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to
> > make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in
> > the month.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> >
> > On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Folks,
> >>
> >> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather
> >> apparently.
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books
> >> up...
> >>
> >> Last meeting we chatted about.
> >>
> >> meeting: early September
> >> Open Street map event : late September.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any more details or thoughts?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> [hidden email]
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[Teresa Baldwin]

Such as prominent buildings, schools, pubs, walking trails - since newer ones wouldn't be in the NRCAN data, and the like. If road names have changed recently, they would also have to be corrected. Some buildings and paths are already included, but Majors Hills Park, for example, does not have many paths in it.

Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

What type of data are we trying to map?

 

My understanding is that in Canada the full road network is provided by NRCAN to OSM. So would the purpose be to map other features?  Such as?

 

Cheers

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Sorry about the delay.

Yes, you were right, David. The OSM person from BC is not able to make it and as such, I don't really have any presenters on the topic. I could do a short talk, but I think Richard Weait's talk from FOSSLC's SummerCamp was much better.

Are people interested in a mapping party?  Everyone head out to a certain area with maps from walking-papers.org or their GPS, then we meet back at an area with wifi and update the map together.
If anyone is interested in the mapping party, let me know and I'll plan it for the end of the month.

Cheers,
Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

Any update on Septembers OSM event?

I might have saw a post to the BC OSGEO list saying someone from OSM was
not going to make it to Ottawa. Was this our person?

Any updates?

Cheers

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> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

>
>
> I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.
>
> Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch
> of people pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the
> 3rd, I'm happy to book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I
> suggest that late in the month, with a potential OSM tie-in,
> be the plan.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to
> > make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in
> > the month.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> >
> > On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Folks,
> >>
> >> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather
> >> apparently.
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books
> >> up...
> >>
> >> Last meeting we chatted about.
> >>
> >> meeting: early September
> >> Open Street map event : late September.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any more details or thoughts?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
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On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Sampson, David wrote:

> What type of data are we trying to map?
>  
> My understanding is that in Canada the full road network is provided by
> NRCAN to OSM. So would the purpose be to map other features?  Such as?

   After Richard Weait's talk I went to my neighbourhood and noticed we
weren't there.  In place of our streets was a tracks that had physically
been gone from this location for a long time.

   I just looked and our neighbourhood is now there:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.370601&lon=-75.666139&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF 
. I was wondering if this was done by volunteers, but it may be that OSM
just received updated maps from NRCAN.

   Is there documentation somewhere that describes this data donation?  I'm
always curious when a Canadian government (any level) is opening up data.
This is always good as an example when talking to the next
department/project/etc for releasing data.


IE: I'd love Canada Post postal code data to be released.  There is a
specific usage for public participation that is currently restricted by
this data being closed.
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Do you think it might be advantageous for everyone to meet up first, before heading out with their GPS? Some people might have questions about how to use their GPS properly for this activity - what settings to use for tracking, for instance. Then people could head out and meet up again to put the map together.

Just a thought.

 

Debbie

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Such as prominent buildings, schools, pubs, walking trails - since newer ones wouldn't be in the NRCAN data, and the like. If road names have changed recently, they would also have to be corrected. Some buildings and paths are already included, but Majors Hills Park, for example, does not have many paths in it.

Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

What type of data are we trying to map?

 

My understanding is that in Canada the full road network is provided by NRCAN to OSM. So would the purpose be to map other features?  Such as?

 

Cheers

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From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Teresa Baldwin
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 08:58

To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

Sorry about the delay.

Yes, you were right, David. The OSM person from BC is not able to make it and as such, I don't really have any presenters on the topic. I could do a short talk, but I think Richard Weait's talk from FOSSLC's SummerCamp was much better.

Are people interested in a mapping party?  Everyone head out to a certain area with maps from walking-papers.org or their GPS, then we meet back at an area with wifi and update the map together.
If anyone is interested in the mapping party, let me know and I'll plan it for the end of the month.

Cheers,
Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

Any update on Septembers OSM event?

I might have saw a post to the BC OSGEO list saying someone from OSM was
not going to make it to Ottawa. Was this our person?

Any updates?

Cheers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of

> Scott Mitchell
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:20
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> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

>
>
> I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.
>
> Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch
> of people pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the
> 3rd, I'm happy to book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I
> suggest that late in the month, with a potential OSM tie-in,
> be the plan.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to
> > make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in
> > the month.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> >
> > On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Folks,
> >>
> >> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather
> >> apparently.
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books
> >> up...
> >>
> >> Last meeting we chatted about.
> >>
> >> meeting: early September
> >> Open Street map event : late September.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any more details or thoughts?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
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[dsampson]

Some javascript/style in this post has been disabled (why?)

Is there an effort to mass geocode (and store) some of these features and feed them to OSM. Although walking is great fun perhaps walking could be used to verify the locations of batch geocoding results.

 

For instance there are batch geocoder services that can consume spreadsheets with adresses (http://batchgeocoder.com/).

 

And there are loads of hidden address lists around for city locations and sites....

 

Ottawa's parks: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/parks_recreation/parks/locations/all_locations_en.html

 

Fire Stations: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/fire/stations/index_en.html

 

Libraries (I did compile this list a few years back, might be able to track it down): http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/explore/branches/loc_e.html#branch

 

List of Education Borads: http://www.ottawa.ca/externlinks_en.shtml#education

 

        Sample list of schools from OCDSB: (needs some normalizing): http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/cc_mo_Our_Schools.asp

 

Some pubs, not all, are listed here: http://beermapping.com/location-lookup/?locname=&city=ottawa&country=Canada&state=&zip=&t=

 

Trails: Ahhh my favourite... this is a great example of something that is hard to come by.... I met an artist that wanted to sketch out maps of shortcuts in Ottawa... the artist would lay interactive art out on these paths for people to enjoy...  Shortcuts have also been used in city planning to determine where trail hardening might be useful.

 

 

Anyhow, just some thoughts...

 

If you plan an event let the list know.

 

For a presentation I would love to learn how to get data dumps from OSM to be used in a GIS. Currently i feel that OSM is tied up in its own data format without easy conversion tools. I hope to be proved ill-informed.

 

Cheers

 

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From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Teresa Baldwin
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 09:30
To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

Such as prominent buildings, schools, pubs, walking trails - since newer ones wouldn't be in the NRCAN data, and the like. If road names have changed recently, they would also have to be corrected. Some buildings and paths are already included, but Majors Hills Park, for example, does not have many paths in it.

Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

What type of data are we trying to map?

 

My understanding is that in Canada the full road network is provided by NRCAN to OSM. So would the purpose be to map other features?  Such as?

 

Cheers

---

From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Teresa Baldwin
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 08:58

To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

Sorry about the delay.

Yes, you were right, David. The OSM person from BC is not able to make it and as such, I don't really have any presenters on the topic. I could do a short talk, but I think Richard Weait's talk from FOSSLC's SummerCamp was much better.

Are people interested in a mapping party?  Everyone head out to a certain area with maps from walking-papers.org or their GPS, then we meet back at an area with wifi and update the map together.
If anyone is interested in the mapping party, let me know and I'll plan it for the end of the month.

Cheers,
Teresa

2009/9/9 Sampson, David <[hidden email]>

Any update on Septembers OSM event?

I might have saw a post to the BC OSGEO list saying someone from OSM was
not going to make it to Ottawa. Was this our person?

Any updates?

Cheers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of

> Scott Mitchell
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:20
> To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List

> Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] September meeting and OSM event

>
>
> I too can do the 3rd, or later in the month.  I'm away in between.
>
> Given that we met pretty recently, I suggest that if a bunch
> of people pipe up soon that they would like to meet on the
> 3rd, I'm happy to book it -- but if that doesn't happen, I
> suggest that late in the month, with a potential OSM tie-in,
> be the plan.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> On 27-Aug-09, at 09:50 , Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Early September is going to be pretty awful for me. I'd be able to
> > make a meeting September 3rd, but that'd be about it until later in
> > the month.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> >
> > On 27-Aug-09, at 9:46 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Folks,
> >>
> >> Another month almost done.... an gone is our summer weather
> >> apparently.
> >>
> >> Just wondering what the plan is for September as my schedule books
> >> up...
> >>
> >> Last meeting we chatted about.
> >>
> >> meeting: early September
> >> Open Street map event : late September.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any more details or thoughts?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Ottawa_users mailing list
> >> [hidden email]
> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ottawa_users
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ottawa_users mailing list
> > [hidden email]
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ottawa_users
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ottawa_users mailing list
> [hidden email]
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ottawa_users
>

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