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 [1](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