[Talk-us] Procedures for Bulk Uploading Road Centerline Data
If someone wanted to upload public domain, state road centerline data to OSM, what procedures could they take? It seems like what we would like to do is overwrite Tiger data but preserve user contributed data. I did see an example of using an opensource GIS plugin (RoadMatcher) that compares road networks (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geobase_NRN_-_OSM_Map_Feature) before uploading road data. Are there other examples of procedures people have used or best practices to bulk upload road centerline data? ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Uploading Shapefiles to OSM
I've been researching ways to upload public domain shapefiles to OSM. Is there anyone experienced doing this? Two examples of shapefiles I would like to upload include bus stops (points) and building footprints (polygons). Regarding uploading a points shapefile . . could I convert that to either a csv or gpx file and upload? Thanks for you help. Spencer - Forwarded Message From: Christopher Schmidt To: Spencer Riddile Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:17:35 AM Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:38:03AM -0800, Spencer Riddile wrote: > Christopher, > > I sent an email to the GIS Coordinator of Blacksburg to check whether the > data is public domain. > > Cool! Do you have your own hosted version of OSM and that is how you were > able to add the buildings? If I get permission to upload those other layers, > what method do you recommend? Nope. What I've done is: * Set up Mapnik + OGC Server to serve a WMS. * Opened qgis, a Desktop GIS Client. * Added the OSM WMS * Opened the map properties, checked the 'enable on the fly transformation' checkbox * Added the blacksburg, va "Buildings" layer. * Export to PNG. (One of the things that people tned to fail to take into account in OSM is that there are pretty great GIS visualization tools out there already...) Using OSM tools, I'd recommend the 'polyshp2osm' tool in http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import/shp2osm/ , but you'll need some technical expertise to manage the conversion and the upload. If you don't have any, there may be other people on this list who could help with conversion and managing the upload. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Blacksburg Mapping Party, April 5th 10am - 3pm
Please see - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Blacksburg_Mapping_Party_April2009 Details * When: Sunday April 5th, 10am - 3pm * Where: Bollo's Cafe & Bakery Inc, 206 Draper Rd NW, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060 o Website: http://www.bolloscafe.com * Contact: Spencer * Event schedule: Sunday: 10am - 3pm 10:00 am: Introduction to OpenStreetMap for beginners. 10:30 am-1pm: Mapping time (walking/biking/driving) 1:00pm -3:00 pm: Uploading and Editing Map Data with refreshments and discussion. * If you own a GPS or laptop computer, please bring it along. If not, we will have GPS units to loan. * Weather: This event is rain or shine. * RSVP: please let us know that you will join us by contacting Spencer or RSVPing here: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2163854___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76
Chris,
Good suggestion using operator=AASHTO. I decided to go with network=ncn,
operator=AASHTO
Spencer
From: Chris Lawrence
To: Spencer Riddile
Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Spencer Riddile
wrote:
> What would the advantage/disadvantage be of using a different network name
> ("usbrs" vs. "ncn") for U.S. bike routes. The author of open cycle map
> would have to adjust their symbolization if we started using "usbrs". Is it
> good to try to keep some international standard even though trail and route
> systems may be different in various ways.
The advantage is that "ncn" isn't the name of the U.S. bike route
system ;-). Or, less glibly, the US Bike Route System isn't part of
the UK National Cycle Network.
But if other countries' mappers have also adopted ncn for their
top-level bike networks then the cart has already left the barn on
that, so it's not too important. It just means that a programmatic
tool that extracts bike networks for a particular country from the OSM
data is going to have to be smarter than simply looking at the network
tag.
Using e.g. operator=usbrs or operator=AASHTO (AASHTO designates the US
bike route system) along with network=ncn would probably be the next
best thing.
Chris
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Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76
Chris,
What would the advantage/disadvantage be of using a different network name
("usbrs" vs. "ncn") for U.S. bike routes. The author of open cycle map would
have to adjust their symbolization if we started using "usbrs". Is it good to
try to keep some international standard even though trail and route systems may
be different in various ways.
Spencer
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From: Chris Lawrence
To: Spencer Riddile
Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 5:23:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Spencer Riddile
wrote:
> I'm working on tagging Bike Route 76 in the Montgomery County, VA area. Is
> anyone else working on tagging national bike routes in the U.S.?
>
> Here is the combination of tags I'm using:
>
> type=route
> route=bicycle
> network=ncn
> ref=76
>
> Does that look correct? Can I add a name for the route (e.g. bike route
> 76)?
Assuming you're tagging using relations, that format is correct
(although you could adopt a different network name than "ncn" which is
of British origin; using "US" would make sense here); if you are not
using relations, although I think it's probably better if you do, then
the ncn_* tags Adam suggested should be used directly on the ways.
With relations, you could use name=Bike Route 76.
Chris
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[Talk-us] U.S. Bike Route 76
I'm working on tagging Bike Route 76 in the Montgomery County, VA area. Is anyone else working on tagging national bike routes in the U.S.? Here is the combination of tags I'm using: type=route route=bicycle network=ncn ref=76 Does that look correct? Can I add a name for the route (e.g. bike route 76)? Spencer ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Tags for US Forest Service GIS Trail Data
I'm working on figuring out what tags to use for the fields/columns that are included in the USFS GIS trail data that I am going to import into OSM. Has anyone set a precedent for this already? Would it make sense for me to add a section to the wiki page for the USFS (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Forest_Service_Data) in an effort to standardize? This would be for trails specifically and would follow what has been established on the Hiking wiki page (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hiking). National Forest Trails tags proposed: * owner = national_forest, private_on_nf, private_noton_nf, county, state, city_town * closure_status = open, closed, restricted, decommissionedAlso, are there tags to keep information about metadata like the data source (i.e. gps, digitized, etc)? Spencer___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question
The town of Blacksburg, VA has some GIS data publicly available on a website. There is also U.S. Forest Service data for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. I would like to upload some of this to OSM. Is that OK? Any advice? Thanks!___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Micro Mapping Party in Blacksburg, VA
I am organizing a micro mapping party in Blacksburg, VA. We will be targeting biking related features. Is it worth adding a wiki page for this event? How do I get in touch with other OSM contributors in my area? Spencer ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
