[Open-data-census] Better definition of National Map

Sun Oct 6 01:11:19 BST 2013

Correct james, Geobase is the best but Geogratis has many others at the
requested scale on many themes. see the canada land inventory for instance.

As you pointed out there are so many, it is easier to just point to the
portal.

Cheers
t

On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 12:35 AM, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca> wrote:

> Tracey: geogratis.ca (the link you put for national map) has tons of
> datasets, many of which are not national maps. A more specific link would
> be more suitable for "national map".
>
> Andrew: I am not the designer of this census. The "use case" brainstorm
> you propose is something that I would assume the designers have already
> accomplished. My email asks the designers for more clarity than they
> currently provide.
>
> My questions remain open (and are not specific to Canada's case) and I
> would still appreciate direction from the people who designed the
> questionnaire.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
> On 2013-10-05, at 7:04 PM, Andrew Stott wrote:
>
> Tracey, James****
> ** **
> When working on Postal Codes I found it useful to consider some common use
> cases of the data – that helped me understand what the essential data would
> have to be, and to craft the definition accordingly.  It might be worth
> describing typical use cases for electoral and finances – and for maps too,
> even though the Canada case is solved.****
> ** **
> Regards****
> ** **
> Andrew****
> ** **
> *From:* open-data-census-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> open-data-census-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Tracey P.
> Lauriault
> *Sent:* 05 October 2013 23:34
> *To:* James McKinney
> *Cc:* open data census
> *Subject:* Re: [Open-data-census] Better definition of National Map****
> ** **
>
> james, If you look at my link, i have geobase as the framework data set
> for canada.  I think that will do.****
>
> It is the most open and versatile, maps are the easiest part of the census
> for canada as there are many excellet openly available maps at multiple
> scales/  There is also geogratis which contains many maps****
>
> I would not fuss over this one.****
>
> But now you are getting a sense at the nuances of the questions which is
> good and can see my dilema.  The stuff I added was find on maps, the item i
> have questions about is statistics, legal, electoral and finances, can you
> focus on those please?****
>
> Please go to my first email on this topic where I sought help.****
> Cheers
> t****
> ** **
> Cheers****
> t****
>
> ** **
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 11:23 PM, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca>
> wrote:****
> Can we get a better definition of "National Map"? Currently:
>
> > High level map at a scale of 1:250,000 or better (1cm = 2.5km)
>
> In Canada, we have a lot of maps (CanImage, CanVec, CanMatrix, CanTopo,
> Toporama, Landsat, Ground Control Database, Canadian Digital Elevation
> Data, National Topographic Data Base, Canada Land Inventory).
>
> I figure it would be longer for me to describe all the kinds of maps that
> we have than for you to more accurately describe what kind of "national
> map" you are looking for. Here are some leading questions:
>
> - Would a simple cartographic boundary be sufficient (coastline plus
> country borders)?
>
> - If not, what should it show? Should the map be topographic (show
> elevation)? Should it show land cover (forests versus lakes, etc.)? Should
> it be satellite images?
>
> - What sort of data should it contain? For example, if the dataset is a
> set of images (Tiff), should they be georeferenced (GeoTiff)?
>
> - Does vector versus raster matter? Print-ready?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
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