Import remaining Waterloo Region builds from the Open Database of Buildings(ODB)
The Open Database of Buildings(ODB) is a collection of building outlines from StatsCan, which are aggregated from various sources. It's license has been approved, so it can be imported now. In contrast, the data in the Geohub still requires more license resolution before it can be imported.
The goal of this issue is to either finish the import, or clearly document why nothing more can be done with the ODB dataset in Waterloo Region.
According to the current stats, there are still lots of buildings which could be imported:
Municipality | N | User | Task Manager Link | % | ODB & Bing | DX | DY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cambridge | 47420 | 10% | Good representations, includes sheds, some missing buildings and some require to be squared | 0.44 | 0.16 | ||
Kitchener | 82091 | 10% | Good representations, includes sheds, many require to be squared, many missing buildings. | 0.38 | -1.39 | ||
Waterloo | 32545 | 10% | Good representations, includes sheds, some missing buildings | 0.54 | -2.89 | ||
Waterloo Region | 34001 | 10% | Buildings need to be squared, includes sheds, many missing buildings | 0.54 | -2.89 |
As described in the Import Guidelines, then first step is to sketch a plan and start posting to the OSM-ca mailing list.
TODO
- [_] draft an import plan for this
- started a page in the OSM wiki for the plan
- [_] investigate re-creating the ODB data hosting service
- https://github.com/osmottawa/micro-data-service
- I think this was being hosted in AWS
- could this be generated into Gitlab Pages?
- Toronto import include scripts
Research
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada_-_The_Open_Database_of_Buildings
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Plan_Outline
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines#Process
- Toronto Open Building Data import
- https://github.com/jfd553/OrthogonalizingBuildingFootprint
- http://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/canada/ontario.html
- Squamish Open Building Data import
Edited by Andrew Sullivan Cant