<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Dan,<br><br>Thanks for your response. I thought it might be a challenge, but had to ask. <br><br>Tony<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Dan Putler" <dan.putler@sauder.ubc.ca><br>To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:14:38 PM<br>Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] CommonMap in Canada<br><br>Hi Tony,<br><br>Very unlikely. Statistics Canada releases some data for free, but not <br>data from the Census of Population. Moreover, a postal code is typically <br>at a finer level (often for one side of a street in a single block) than <br>a Designation Area (the lowest level for which they report data). They <br>do produce data at the FSA (forward sortation area) level, which are the <br>first three characters of a Canadian postal code. As a result, you could <br>get this data, but most likely not for free.<br><br>Dan<br><br>On 03/14/2011 11:32 AM, kehlhofer@comcast.net wrote:<br>> Speaking of Canadaan data, I am in need of income data by postal code. <br>> Is there any free WMS server where this is stored?<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>> Tony<br>><br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Brendan Morley" <morb.gis@beagle.com.au><br>> To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org, osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org, <br>> geodata@lists.osgeo.org, discuss@lists.osgeo.org, aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Cc: "Sam Vekemans" <samvekemans@commonmap.info>, "Baden" <br>> <baden@commonmap.info><br>> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:26:21 AM<br>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] CommonMap in Canada<br>><br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> I just wanted to let you know that the CommonMap initiative is still <br>> alive, as am I.<br>><br>> To recap, CommonMap will be a collaboration and repository of <br>> liberally-licensed geodata (without share-alike) - accessible though <br>> an OpenStreetMap-style interface. We will accept Creative Commons <br>> Attribution, CC0 and public domain geodata contributions, depending on <br>> your jurisdiction. We expect it will find fresh acceptance in the <br>> "Gov 2.0" movement, since it allows governments to redistribute <br>> contributions from the community. We also are quite happy to accept <br>> OpenStreetMap contributors who find themselves dissatisfied with its <br>> default licence.<br>><br>> We want to focus on a particular country at first, which is Canada. Why?<br>><br>> * It has quite a comprehensive open data catalogue;<br>> * It appears to have a compatible licence;<br>> * It also has a rigorous "foreign key" model, which bodes well <br>> for roundtripping back to government;<br>> * It's the home of Refractions Research, the custodian of PostGIS <br>> which is a good friend of mine;<br>> * Finally, it helps that Sam Vekemans is our enthusiastic man on <br>> the ground over there.<br>><br>> We want to get as much of Natural Resources Canada's GeoBase and <br>> Canvec publications into the CommonMap database as we can, and use <br>> Canada as a showcase country for what CommonMap can uniquely do.<br>><br>> The "proof of concept" API instance is currently at <br>> http://api.development.i386.commonmap.org/<br>> It is hosting an overlay of:<br>><br>> * Natural Earth Data;<br>> * Some sample Geobase National Road Network, National Hydro <br>> Network and Land Cover datasets.<br>><br>> (Hint: look up Victoria, British Columbia[1] for an example of all 3 <br>> datasets together.)<br>><br>><br>> Next comes the challenge of ramping up to a public launch. The core <br>> of CommonMap is a web-facing API and its "one true" database, a <br>> download site for XML full copies of that database, and a map tile <br>> server with its optimised database. To run this at public scale will <br>> demand about 8-10 CPU cores and associated storage, or about US <br>> $10,000 per year.<br>><br>> Let's face it, we will require a higher rate of donations to do this. <br>> If you believe in the idea of CommonMap, a good way to show your <br>> support is to donate to CommonMap Inc. (CommonMap Inc is the non <br>> profit body that operates the CommonMap internet resources.)<br>><br>> Potential donors, please head this way:<br>> http://www.commonmap.org/page/donate<br>><br>> Even if you can't spare the cash, perhaps you can spare your skills or <br>> tools, whether they be in geodesy, obtaining or converting geodata <br>> imports, running up database or tile servers, or developing <br>> applications? Let us know.<br>><br>><br>> Please feel free to forward this news to whoever you wish.<br>><br>> I welcome all comments: You can make further enquires by return email, <br>> the commonmap.org website, or "CommonMap" at LinkedIn, Facebook or <br>> Twitter. Sam Vekemans also has a group blog for CommonMap set up at <br>> Posterous.<br>><br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Brendan<br>><br>> [1]<br>> http://api.development.i386.commonmap.org/?lat=48.821&lon=-123.574&zoom=9&layers=B0000FTF <br>><br>><br>> -- <br>> Brendan Morley<br>> President, CommonMap Inc.<br>> morb_au@commonmap.info<br>> http://commonmap.org/<br>> Queensland Incorporated Association 37762<br>> Also find us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn<br>> -- <br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br>Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br></div></body></html>