Land Information Ontario
As part of the Canada Import Status, the Ontario Government has made available data from the Ministry of Natural resources, [Land Information Ontario].
Attribution
LIO (Land Information Ontario) makes more than 40 of the 250 data sets available to the public through an [Unrestricted Use License].
For now, attribution is shown as follows.
attribution=Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources source=Land Information Ontario
This license is VERY similar to the GeoBase, unrestricted end-user license agreement.
Attribution: Source
See talk-ca archives for the message direct from the source.
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2009-August/001488.html
Effective September 4, 2009, user Sam Vekemans [[user:Acrosscanadatrails]] signed and faxed the [[http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/276560.pdf Unrestricted Use License (pdf link)]] Agreement, to gain access to the web-portal '[[http://www.applio.lrc.gov.on.ca/lids/ LIO Warehouse]]' Land Information Subscription Data Service (LIDS for short). Were he is able to access the SHP files necessary for the conversion.
Data Access - WMS Layers
--acrosscanadatrails 21:54, 29 March 2010 (UTC) The WMS Layers still need to be refined. But they do work. RECOMMENDED USE: It's best to use the following layers with the Natural Resources Canada (Toporama] WMS Layer
- This is the WMS version of the CanVec data that will become available as .osm files. This is handy because in some cases, tracing the map features is just as easy. (Note: the overall accuracy of the data is similar to that of standard GPS tracks)
The base layer (less detail, but loads faster) data is available as a WMS Layer, the features on this layer can be used to get details about the water features as well as basic map features. Just copy the link directly be used in JOSM.
Administrative
Habitat
Infrastructure WMS
- AIRPORT_AIRSTRIP=OBM Airstrip
- NTS_POWER_NETWORK_LINE=Transmission Line at 250K
- RAILWAY_SEGMENT=Railways
- more at http://www.lio.ontario.ca/metadata/RAILWAY_SEGMENT.xml (broken link)
- NTS_RAILWAY=Railway at 250K
- ROAD_SEGMENT_NAMES=Road Segment Names
- ROAD_SEGMENT=Road Segment
- ROAD_600K=Road at 600K by Road_Class
- TRANSPORT_POINT=OBM Turntable Railway
- NTS_TRAIL=NTS_TRAIL
- TRAIL_SEGMENT=Trails
- TRANSPORT_LINE=Transportation Line Features
- UTILITY_LINE=Utility Line Feature
- ROAD_SEGMENT_1MILLION=Road Segment at 1 Million
- ORN_LOCAL=ORN Local Roads
- ORN_COLLECTOR=ORN Collector Roads
- ORN_ARTERIAL=ORN Arterial Roads
- ORN_HIGHWAY=ORN Highways
- ORN_FREEWAY=ORN Freeways
- ORN_SEGMENT=ORN_SEGMENT
- OTN_TRAILHEAD=OTN_TRAILHEAD
Infrastructure:RoadSegmentNames
Infrastructure: Trails
This one is just the trails & with a black background, making it easier to view.
See WikiProject Ontario for more details ....
Legal Areas
Misc
CLIMATE_STATION=Climate Monitoring Station CFD_AREA=CFDC LAND_OWNERSHIP=Land Ownership NRVIS MILL_SITE=Mill Site TRADITIONAL_LAND_USE_AREA=Bear Baiting Station WATER_STRUCTURE=Dam or Lock WATER_WELL=Water Wells RECREATION_CAMP=Camp, Recreation TRAPPER_CABIN=Trapper Cabin WIND_MEASUREMENT_BLOCK_1KM=WIND_MEASUREMENT NATURAL_HERITAGE_AREA=Natural Heritage Area TILE_DRAINAGE_AREA=TILE_DRAINAGE_AREA CONSTRUCTED_DRAIN=CONSTRUCTED_DRAIN SOUTH_ONT_SOILS_SHP_BT=SOUTH_ONT_SOILS_SHP_BT DRAIN_CONNECTION=DRAIN_CONNECTION CONTROLLED_DRAINAGE=CONTROLLED_DRAINAGE power100=power100 power10=power10 power30=power30 power50=power50 power80=power80 speed100=speed100 speed10=speed10 speed30=speed30 speed50=speed50 speed80=speed80
Topography
Natural Resources
WETLAND_AREA_PERMANENT_GL=Wetland Area Ghost
Data Conversion
The data is available in shp files which user:Acrosscanadatrails finds easy to use, & convert using the rules.txt format of the java script shp-to-osm.jar, and making a simple windows Dos-box batch file to run the conversion. If the data requires more complex conversion, a python script can be made to operate on a Linux system. At that time, another user will maintain the overall script conversion program.
Trails Data
- See WikiProject Ontario
- Status: WMS is available and [User:Acrosscanadatrails|Acrosscanadatrails]] is working on tracing it, using the Toporama WMS as reference also.
- .osm files are available
Buildings to Scale
- 203252 Objects in the dataset
- Source shp files can be download here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/x1emn0hnwqy/buildsca sc21-lio-2010-03-18-154429-530968 Building to Scale 203252 Objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted to make a wms layer)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 buildsca.shp buildsca.shp
- TBA WMS Layer for JOSM:
- TBA OSM files will be available (split with http://xhema.flossk.org:8080/mapdata/03/MapAction/tpginc/shp2osm2.pl )
- TBA Wikitable to be made using the tool: http://xhema.flossk.org:8080/mapdata/03/ca/LatestTrails/out_LL_otnseg/makewiki.pl
- TBA tagging building=yes should be fine (but all source tags will be available)
- Use the Toporama WMS to compare, the province file is (probably more recent)
- TBA GPX files need to be created (using GPS babel)
- TBA A Transparent Garmin GPS Map overlay will be created
Geographic Township, Improved
- 2525 Objects in the database
- source shp files can be downloaded here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyhomwezwm3/geotwpim sc21-lio-2010-03-18-154827-530969 Geographic Township, Improved 2525 Objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 geotwpim.shp geotwpim.shp
MNR Road Segment
NOTE although the geobase data has already been imported & the Toporama Data is available for viewing. Having this feature along in the WMS layer, will give an extra level of detail. It is assumed that this file is more accurate than geobase /Toporama / CanVec.
- 742394 Objects in the database
- source shp files can be download here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xjwdyk4dwd3/mnrrdseg sc21-lio-2010-03-18-160808-530973 MNR Road Segment 742394 Objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 mnrrdseg.shp mnrrdseg.shp
- OSM files dont need to be made
Municipal Boundary - Upper Tier and District
- 96 Objects in the database
- source shp files can be downloaded here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yrjwdtxmjvm/munic sc21-lio-2010-03-18-154323-530975 Municipal Boundary - Upper Tier and District 96 Objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 munic.shp munic.shp
Municipal Boundary - Lower and Single Tier
- 683 Objects in the database
- the shp files can be downloaded here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nizly1rtzem/sc21-lio-2010-03-18-154050-530976 municlow Municipal Boundary - Lower and Single Tier 683 Objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 municlow.shp municlow.shp
NGO Nature Reserve
- 24 objects in the dataset
- Source shp files can be downloaded here
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 ngonatrv.shp ngonatrv.shp
- TBA WMS Layer for JOSM:
- TBA OSM files will be available (split with http://xhema.flossk.org:8080/mapdata/03/MapAction/tpginc/shp2osm2.pl )
- TBA Wikitable to be made using the tool: http://xhema.flossk.org:8080/mapdata/03/ca/LatestTrails/out_LL_otnseg/makewiki.pl
perl makewiki.pl 03/ca/LatestTrails/out_LL_otnseg/ files.txt > wiki.txt
- TBA tagging boundary=nature_reserve should be fine (but all source tags will be available)
- TBA GPX files need to be created (using GPS babel)
- TBA A Transparent Garmin GPS Map overlay will be created
Provincial Park Regulated
See Land Information Ontario: Provincial Park Regulated
See also NRCan Protected Areas for the National Stuff
Railway
NOTE railway data is also available from canvec & Toporama WMS, however this data might be more accurate, as it is closer to the source.
- 17777 Objects in the database
- the shp files can be download here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/id5l2j2vbmj/railway sc21-lio-2010-03-18-153744-530972 Railway 17777 Objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 railway.shp railway.shp
Municipal Park
- 388 objects in the dataset
- the shp files can be downloaded here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ynwlf2zmoie/munpark sc21-lio-2010-03-17-162434-530574 Municipal Park 388 objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 munpark.shp munpark.shp
- WMS tile.server will be made
- OSM files will be available
- GPX files need to be created
National Park
NOTE the national parks is the same as geogratis National Protected Areas which is available from the geogratis website, however as a wms layer these can be traced. (and it's only for Ontario)
- 7 objects in the database
- the shp files are available to download here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/m03ny1nztum/natlpark sc21-lio-2010-03-17-162536-530576 National Park 7 objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 natlpark.shp natlpark.shp
- WMS tile.server will be made
- OSM files will be available
- GPX files need to be created
- 7 objects in the dataset
- Data available from NRCan - geogratis as 'National Protected area' (also as polygons)
National Wildlife Area
NOTE Data available from NRCan - geogratis as 'National Protected area' (also as polygons)
- 5 objects in the database
- The shp files can be downloaded here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hljeqnky3mw/natwld sc21-lio-2010-03-17-162637-530575 National Wildlife Area 5 objects.zip
- TBA (the SHP files have been downloaded & needs to be converted)
Conversion : ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 natwld.shp natwld.shp
- WMS tile.server will be made
- OSM files will be available
- GPX files need to be created
Map Features
Similar to the CanVec Map Features, this dataset is very complex and contains alot of extra information which is not relevant to the OSM project. Therefore, a GoogleDocs Spreadsheet has been created, as is available in a linktoit webpage form. Anyone can gain editing access to the chart, all they need todo is just ask on the linktoit talk-ca list.
Because some of these [linktogoogledocsSpreadsheet 40 Datasets], are ALREADY included in the canvec-to-osm conversion script, much data does not need to be converted.
DIFF files
However, the data as available through the LIO Warehouse, ALSO makes what are known as "DIFF files" available, as a separate download. These are compiled data which shows the difference from the previous version (listing items to be removed & items to be added). Using an automated email, this data is compiled and emailed to the registered user user:Acrosscanadatrails on an "as-available" basis. (Usually, there would be a 1 day delay from the time the Contributor submitted changes to the LIO warehouse data, to the time the data is compiled, organized, slipt-up & made available to the general public)
Duplicates with CanVec data
Out of the 40 datasets that are available, there are certainly duplicate map features which would have already been either imported or ready to be processed from the canvec-to-osm conversion script. Considering that the data in the canvec set (most probably) came directly from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the original source data collectors could have also been the same people.
Therefore, after the initial CanVec Import is complete (estimated September 2010) decisions need to be made on how to use this data to greater enhance the OpenStreetMap project. As SOME of the data might not be appropriate for the OSM project, so it would be omitted (Ie. contour lines).
Currently, we know that the CanVec data is released on a 6-month interval (time-delay) for compiling the data into the CanVec dataset. However, we also know that there is ALSO a map contributor to be converting the data, making it available & checking to see how what data needs to be added to the OpenStreetMap project.
Therefore, the most reasonable conclusion would (most likely) be:
- To include in the conversion script, only the data which would be either a) not available in the canvec or GeoBase datasets, and/or b) more geometrically accurate, and/or c) include more tag attributes which are of greater use to the OSM project.
Contact
Conversion Manager
User:Acrosscanadatrails has volunteered to be the one who sorts out the data available, and converts it into the easily readable GoogleDocs chart form, where it shows all the tags available, the definitions, and it's possible usage in the OSM Project. As well as cross-referencing what features are already available in CanVec Features, and the GeoBase features, as well as other datasets which are available. He is also in direct (phone & email) contact with the Land Information Ontario, so important messages can be cc'd to the talk-ca discussion list.
Script maintainer
The actual shp-to-osm (java) or shp2osm (python) script key/value pairs can be directly derived from the GoogleDocs chart.
The rules.txt files only needs to list the source/key/value pairs and no extra information is needed (unlike the canvec-to-osm rulesTXT files which currently contains this extra information,but are not read by the conversion program).
Therefore, user:Acrosscanadatrails does not need to be the script maintainer.
Discussion list
On the [linktoit Talk-ca discussion list]], debating the tag definitions & matching to appropriate OSM tags, is of greater importance than organizing & cross-referencing the source data. However as linktoit recommended communication with the discussion list on the process is essential in this pre-process.
Sources
Link to talk-ca discussion list email confirmation
