Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Josh, I've done a couple imports with varying levels of success. I live in Virginia (in Arlington) and would like to help. -Kate On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Josh Doe wrote: > I absolutely agree about preserving user contributions. For any given > segment in the Virginia RCL Shapefile,

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Andy Allan
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Ian Dees wrote: >> >> I think this is a great first step towards a "merging/importing toolkit". >> A shapefile reading and rendering plugin for JOSM would be extremely nice to >> have and was the original intention of my shp-to-osm co

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Dave Hansen
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 19:59 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Ian Dees wrote: > > I think this is a great first step towards a "merging/importing > > toolkit". A shapefile reading and rendering plugin for JOSM would be > > extremely nice to have and was the original intention of my shp-to-osm code. >

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Ian Dees wrote: I think this is a great first step towards a "merging/importing toolkit". A shapefile reading and rendering plugin for JOSM would be extremely nice to have and was the original intention of my shp-to-osm code. ... as long as we make absolutely sure nobody can simply hit "l

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Ian Dees
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: > On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 19:25 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > What I like most about it is that you have a forced visual feedback - > > there is no way you can copy something into OSM without seeing what is > > actually there before you do. > >

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Dave Hansen
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 19:25 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > What I like most about it is that you have a forced visual feedback - > there is no way you can copy something into OSM without seeing what is > actually there before you do. It would be really nice to add some JOSM layer functionality li

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Katie Filbert wrote: How about just converting the data to OSM format. Break it up by small, manageable chunks such as census tracts. Post the files somewhere. Maybe OSM-US can help provide a place for them. I hear that Potlatch2 already has a mode where you can load a shape file as a

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Katie Filbert
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Josh Doe wrote: > I absolutely agree about preserving user contributions. For any given > segment in the Virginia RCL Shapefile, there are any number of ways in > OSM that make up that segment, with varying attributes. The reverse is > possible as well. Merging th

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Josh Doe
I absolutely agree about preserving user contributions. For any given segment in the Virginia RCL Shapefile, there are any number of ways in OSM that make up that segment, with varying attributes. The reverse is possible as well. Merging this won't be easy by any means. However there's no reason we

Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Mike N
I'm totally new to importing, so I first wanted to see if anyone else is interested in this project, though I am willing to take the time to learn the process myself. Is the process used for importing the Canadian database [1] the best method for doing this? The process for the Canadian databa

Re: [Imports] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Josh Doe
Serge, I am, and am aware there are dangers, though I'm sure I'm not aware of all of them, which is why I'm going slowly. :) I'm in Fairfax County, so it would be good for me to attend that meeting. I've linked to the data on the wiki (Virginia [1] and Fairfax County [2]). Please let me know what

Re: [Imports] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Josh, Are you on the regular talk list? There's been a long discussion about the dangers of importing on that list. Since you're new to importing, I'd suggest reading that thread so you're familiar with the pitfalls. Where in Virginia are you? If you're near the DC area, a few of us have been pl

[Imports] Importing Virginia road centerlines

2011-02-21 Thread Josh Doe
I've been in contact with VITA, the agency responsible for GIS for the state of Virginia, USA. They are interested in OSM utilizing their road centerline data. VITA coordinates with all the localities in Virginia to obtain this information, though most of it is sourced from the Virginia Base Mappin