[Spam/Pourriel] Re: [RNFdev] RE: [Spam/Pourriel] Re: [RNFdev] FSA's to be released

[Sampson, David]

Not as of yet. Thanks for the reminder. I will continue the
investigation.... 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Putler [mailto:putler at sauder.ubc.ca] 
Sent: October 17, 2006 14:45
To: can_rnf at geodata.osgeo.org
Subject: [Spam/Pourriel] Re: [RNFdev] RE: [Spam/Pourriel] Re: [RNFdev]
FSA's to be released

To that end,  Dave, I know you were attaching FSA identifiers to the
populated places point file. Is that file ready? Can I get my hands on
it?

Dan

On 17-Oct-06, at 11:36 AM, Sampson, David wrote:

> Well, I'm still in.... I might have some free time coming up for
> processing, so I'll keep checking for the CSD's...
>
> I thought the FSA might be too good to be true.
>
> Cheers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Putler [mailto:putler at sauder.ubc.ca]
> Sent: October 17, 2006 14:26
> To: can_rnf at geodata.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Spam/Pourriel] Re: [RNFdev] FSA's to be released
>
> The FSA boundaries will most likely _not_ be released under the  
> free use
> license. Postal oriented products (such as the Postal Code Conversion
> File) is where StatsCan makes a lot of their cost recovery money on  
> the
> Census. Moreover, the StatsCan FSA boundaries (or at least those  
> for the
> 2001 Census) aren't faithful to the true FSA boundaries, they are
> actually true to DA boundaries, so if a DA straddles two different  
> FSAs,
> the FSA boundaries will be altered to place the the DA in a single  
> FSA.
>
> Your lists are still needed. In some sense, what we are really  
> doing is
> trying to provide Canada Post a reason to loosen their grip a bit.
>
> Dan
>
> On 17-Oct-06, at 11:13 AM, Sampson, David wrote:
>
>> Did you notice the FSA files in the third quarter of 2007? That's
>> kinda cool.... So much for my lists... :)
>>
>> But maybe it will help in the mean time anyhow.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dan Putler [mailto:putler at sauder.ubc.ca]
>> Sent: October 17, 2006 14:10
>> To: can_rnf at geodata.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [RNFdev] Today's StatsCan announcement
>>
>> Today StatsCan announced their planned release schedule for 2006
>> Census digital boundary files. The link to the announcement is:
>>
>> http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/preview/digital-
>> boundary.cfm
>>
>> Tomorrow seems to be the big day for us.
>>
>> Dan
>