On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Andrew Guertin <[email protected]> wrote: > > The state of Vermont has boundaries in OSM for only a small fraction of its > towns. I have received explicit permission from VCGI[1] to import their > semi-authoritative and very well maintained boundary data[2]--which would > otherwise be under too ambiguous of a license--into OSM.
Is there a wiki page created for this import? I think that's a good place to keep all the info in addition to proposed tagging of the imported data, info on the source, etc. I think the page would be named for the source "VCGI" and all imports from them listed there. See the checklist: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import_guidelines > I plan to use ogr2osm to convert the shapefile into an osm file, and use > JOSM to do manual work. I will use XAPI to download everything in Vermont > with either a boundary or place tag[3] as candidates for replacement, > modification, or deletion. I can't remember if ogr2osm handles overlapping segments (converting them to multi-polygons). I used a three step process: load the shapfile into postgis, process with a GIS tool (grass or QGIS), then export to OSM or shape file for further processing before loading. As mostly a manual mapper, I can stress that multipolygons are the way to go for areas that are adjacent. -- Eric Ladner _______________________________________________ Imports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
