Hi, How about adding one more component between the external database and the related OSM API for converting data coming from WFS service or GML file into OSM format? There will be hundreds of Inspire download services out there rather soon and many of them will probably be public. Some reading about the download services http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/INSPIRE%20Draft%20Technical%20Guidance%20Download%20%28Version%202.0%29.pdf
Member states must make available the compulsory datasets described in the Inspire directive but member states will naturally use the same infrastructure for delivering other spatial data as well. I do not know if it is easy or not to convert GML data that comes from WFS server into OSM.xml. Somebody interested can have a try. Some municipality border data is here http://188.64.1.61/cgi-bin/tinyows?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=lv:municipalities&srsName=EPSG:4326 and the corresponding schema comes with this request http://188.64.1.61/cgi-bin/tinyows?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typeName=lv:municipalities -Jukka Rahkonen- Jaak Laineste wrote: > Hello, > > Based on my own long-time thinking and small talk in WhereCamp Berlin > I created request for comments on kind of different approach to > imports called meta-mapping. > > Core of the idea is to avoid external data imports and reserve OSM > database for what was meant for: community-sourced (manual) mapping. But it is not plain "banning imports", it is to provide alternative tool (I call it OpenMetaMap) which enables to link various external data sources with OSM data, with much better flexibility than with current import approach. > > My proposal is in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenMetaMap , > any positive and negative comments (especially help to actually > implement it) is most welcome. > > > JaakL > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
