< Vancouver
Vancouver/UBC
The University of British Columbia's main campus is situated in Vancouver(map link).
Data Import
The PlantOps department have some rich data that would be nice to import into OSM. User LastGrape/Gregory is working on getting agreement to do this, after seeing the data as a geography student. A sample is available at (pdf). The following table is a list of what seems to be available, from looking at the geography's 2009 data set.
| Folder | Layer name(s) | Description | Good for OSM? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annotation | BigAnno, BuildingAnno, RoadsAnno | all positioned text labels e.g. road names | no | already got it, in a better format |
| Base | Buildings | outlines with (street?) number and name | yes worth manually removing existing data? | OSM has a lot already from Yahoo! Imagery. The PlantOps provides detailed outlines, and adding address tags will be done automatically in the import. |
| Base | Contours | very detailed | no | out of the scope of OSM |
| Base | SiteAll | I think a lot of layers combined | no | |
| Base | SiteRoadOutline | no | beyond the scope of OSM, and I think OSM already has all the roads. | |
| BikeFacilities | BikeRacks, BikeStorage, CyclistFacilities | storage=secure racks. facilities = showers/lockers/washbasin with public/private | yes | racks will take some effort to merge. OSM has capacities for racks. |
| Campus | Benches, Bollards, StreetLights, Trees | a lot of information | possibly | I know OSMers who gather this data, is it worthwhile? |
| Campus | PatiosAndCourtyards, Plazas, SoftLandscaping | areas | no | too much information? |
| Campus | BlueLights | blue posts, emergency phones connected to security | yes | OSM(me) has refs & names, but only half of the 24 so far. |
| Campus | CatchBasins | don't know what, but a lot of nodes | no | drain hole covers |
| Campus | Landmarks | anything with a plaque it seems (including trees, totem poles, artwork, stones and benches). Some have links to photo files on a PlantOps network drive. | probably not | I think it would duplicate nodes too much. Notes field often include names and there is a field for condition (dirty, weather damage, etc.) |
| Campus | ParkingLots | no | I think all are in OSM (some may just be nodes). | |
| Campus | WaterFeatures | not many and perhaps not all of them | maybe | might be handy to have the outlines without getting wet feet. |
| Grids | 5 different grids of varying sizes | no | ||
| Routes | Lanes, Paths, Roads, Walkways | no | OSM definitely has more paths and walkways but maybe I could just open these in JOSM to quickly find the ones we're missing. | |
| Signage | BelkinSigns (no idea, only 13) | no | ||
| Signage | BuildingDirections (only contains a number field and condition) | no | not useful or out of OSM scope? | |
| Signage | FacultySigns | (don't know, of type D or F) | no | not useful or out of OSM scope? |
| Signage | RoadSignage | B,C,D,no exit, O, P, PA, R, S, Scool, SP, ST, Y) | no | not useful or out of OSM scope? |
| Signage | Kiosks | contains NumPanels, ViewableArea, and LockingMech. | maybe | amenity=information and probably has telephones and vending machines next to it. |
| Signage | MapBoards | only 15. | yes | amenity=infromation information=map. |
| WasteManagement/ | CardboardDumpsters | amenity=recycling but probably intended for residents/staff of the nearby building | maybe | |
| WasteManagement | GarbageDumpsters, TrashBins | why not! | it's a lot of information, but I know OSMers who gather this data. | |
| Folder | Layer name(s) | Description | Good for OSM? | Notes |
Progress
- Spoke to Geography teacher
- Gained contact details of the Records Manager, Infrastructure Development and a GIS PlantOps employee who is know to have done stuff with OSM(possibly personally). Will contact the later and then the Records Manager.
- Talking to the GIS Man who is very supportive of an OSM import. Details about the data can be found at http://gis.plantops.ubc.ca/data/ and almost follow the list I/geography had (although groupings and group names occasionally differ).
- No response from the Records Manager. This is possibly the person permission is needed from.
- Import was made by pnorman on Feb-March 2011
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