Open Street Map party and other OSM bits.

[Colin McGregor]

Toronto's next mapping event:

 Nov 29 Sat 10:00 AM

    Aroma Espresso Bar
    500 Bloor St W
    Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3
    416-303-454

 RSVPs can be done via:

   http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/

Getting a basic account on meetup.com is free and will make sure you
get a reminder e-mail before the event.

Also, there is now a deal in place between the Open Street Map folks
and The Canadian Council on Geomatics (a joint Federal, Provincial,
and Territorial geographic collection project). Bottom line is that a
HUGE amount of additional Canadian geographic data is soon going to
start hitting Open Street Map. Also, if the US experience is a guide
after the US Census maps hit OSM, lots of errors were noticed and are
still being fixed. Still, for large parts of rural Canada this will be
great (better data with some flaws, than no data at all...).


Colin McGregor
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