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href="http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/doc/pdf/FSAnav-e.pdf">http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/doc/pdf/FSAnav-e.pdf</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Sampson, David
[mailto:dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca] <BR><B>Sent:</B> September 25, 2006
11:58<BR><B>To:</B> can_rnf@geodata.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [RNFdev]
Convert CP FSA PDF Maps to Text (2 options presented)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Folks,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here are two approaches for converting Canada Posts
publish PDF's containing the FSA maps to text.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Purpose:</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Currently
we are extracting information from these PDF's to get a list of streets that are
used as FSA boundaries. FSA's again are the forward sorting addresses or the
first three characters of a canadian postal Code.</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finding the PDF(s)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>All of Canada</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Download Canada.pdf
from here: </FONT><A
href="http://www.canadapost.ca/common/tools/pg/fsamaps/pdf/Canada.pdf"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.canadapost.ca/common/tools/pg/fsamaps/pdf/Canada.pdf</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Proceed to Case 1
bellow (case 2 fails due to PDF size)</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>City by city:</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>These steps allows you to download city specific PDF's from the TOTAL
COUNTS pages:</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. go to </FONT><A
href="http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/default-e.asp"><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/default-e.asp</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. (</FONT><FONT face=Arial>Click </FONT><A
href="JavaScript:popup('','CurOrPend-e.asp')"><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>here</FONT></U></A><FONT face=Arial> for direct access to
Householder Counts</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>3. select (</FONT><A href="JavaScript:gotodata('current')"><U><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>Current Householder Count Data</FONT></B></U></A><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>4. select (Total Points of Call)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>5.
total points of call shortcut URL (</FONT><A
href="http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/current/indexp/tpALL-e.asp"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/current/indexp/tpALL-e.asp</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>6. find Province of
choice</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>7. Click on coresponding 'M' graphic
icon of province</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>8. Click on coresponding 'M'
graphic icon of City</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9. proceed to either
CASE bellow</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Case 1: Local PDF viewer (cut and paste)</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Using a PDF viewer use shift-click-drag to select
all the text. Right click and choose copy (or use CTRL-C)</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>3. Open text editor that has good search and replace
capabilities (eg Open Office or MS Word)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>4.
Paste text without formating and save document.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>5. Have fun sorting out the list. Lost of manual work is required.</FONT>
</P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Case 2: Online PDF to TEXT converter</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Use Adobe's online conversion tool: </FONT><A
href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. enter appropriate URL of city PDF</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Choose TEXT (HTML Fails due to processing
time)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. enter other fields and
comments</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>5. Click 'Convert' and wait (have a
coffee)</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sample URL (notice that I think there is a session ID
burried in there)</FONT> <BR><A
href="http://access.adobe.com/access/getStatus.do?jobid=71ce4a9c-53ee-49d8-bc55-51dd5dfb2ee1&srcPdfUrl=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/maps/FSA/ON20.pdf&convertTo=html&visuallyImpaired=preferhtml&preferHTMLReason=require%20text%20for%20processing&platform=Windows&comments=Thanks%20for%20the%20service&starttime=1159200639296"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://access.adobe.com/access/getStatus.do?jobid=71ce4a9c-53ee-49d8-bc55-51dd5dfb2ee1&srcPdfUrl=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/maps/FSA/ON20.pdf&convertTo=html&visuallyImpaired=preferhtml&preferHTMLReason=require%20text%20for%20processing&platform=Windows&comments=Thanks%20for%20the%20service&starttime=1159200639296</FONT></U></A></P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The text resulting in either case appear to be the
same, so I have not seen advantage of one over the other yet. Personal
Preference.</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>