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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Well the greenbelt is constantly shrinking as we all
know... But check out the Eastern Ontario Model Forest <A
href="http://sof.eomf.on.ca/data/data_e.htm">http://sof.eomf.on.ca/data/data_e.htm</A> and
see if their free data helps to answer some of your
questions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Short of that I have considered taking the Stats Can RNF
file and picking out the roads that help create the borders of the
greenbelt.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>About the city of Ottawa. I have included a screen shot of
their terms of use for the GIS data.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If their data was friendly I would have included into out
tutorials last year. However I embarked on a journey of creating the data from
scratch so that it can be shared without restriction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>However researching your question I came across a great web
page.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://ottawa.ca/residents/emaps/layers_en.html">http://ottawa.ca/residents/emaps/layers_en.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This presents all the layers they offer. My goal will be to
achieve everything on this list. The only ones I have no idea how I'm
going to do are:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN class=111132612-02102006>
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<UL>
<LI>Property Parcels<SPAN
class=111132612-02102006>
These are official surveys and come at a hefty price. Legal surveys would not
work for a free version, maybe some way of VISUALY representing without
needing cadastral</SPAN></LI>
<LI>Township Lots<SPAN
class=111132612-02102006>
Same issue, legal surveys are scetchy in Ontario to share for free</SPAN></LI>
<LI>Ambulance Stations<SPAN
class=111132612-02102006> I have not
found a listing of civic addresses. This might be a manual GPS job unless
someone has found thier civic addresses.</SPAN></LI></UL></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111132612-02102006>The other thing, is that if you are looking
to use the city of ottawa for comercial use I am sure they have a price for thie
data. If not then all the above (short of legal surveys) could be found from the
usual spatial data retailers. there is also LIO (Land Info
Ontario).</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111132612-02102006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If you
want the data for free, join in on the Ottawa data project.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111132612-02102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Cheers</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Regie Alam
[mailto:regie.alam@terrapoint.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> September 29, 2006
19:13<BR><B>To:</B> users@ottawa.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [OTT_OSGEO]
Geocoding Ottawa<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’d be interested in
more detailed boundaries of the greenbelt areas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On a related note, does
anybody know what the usage license is for City of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ottawa GIS</st1:place></st1:City> files? Also,
are they still available for download? It used to be a downloadable dataset (I
have a copy of those) but now I think they’re only available for viewing through
eMap
(http://ottawa.ca/residents/emaps/index_en.html).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Sampson,
David [mailto:dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:20
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">users@ottawa.osgeo.org</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [OTT_OSGEO] Geocoding
Ottawa</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hey
Folks,</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I
am just interested ot know what needs/wants there are out there for geocoding of
various features for public datasets. I am focusing mainly in the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ottawa</st1:place></st1:City> and national
capital region but if there are any partcular ones outside this area I'm open to
hear them.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This could be physical features,
civic addresses etc, etc.</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any
requests or suggestions of themes?</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some examples I already
have</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Fire Stations</SPAN></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*
Recreation Centres</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* libraries</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Community</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Gardens</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Communication</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Towers</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (in progress)</SPAN></FONT>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just looking to see what kind of
geocoded data would be of good use to people in the area.</SPAN></FONT>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers</SPAN></FONT>
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