Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2014-02-05 Thread Tyrfing OSM
I have recently used N50 from Kartverket as one of my sources for manually editing the map, and I was one of the people Norman asked to explain (OSM user name Tyrfing). I'm not using the data set as source for an automatic/scripted import, but as a source from which I manually extract data. I'm sel

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2014-02-05 Thread Sverre Didriksen
Paul Norman wrote on 17.10.2013 00:30:09: > > > From: Tyrfing OSM [mailto:tyrfing...@gmail.com] > > Subject: Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap > > > As Ramm mentioned the data sets from Kartverket are quite extensive. > > Parts of it m

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-18 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/10/18 Christoph Hormann > If you think this information is completely unreliable you can of course > ignore it all together. But keep in mind the river/stream distinction > is not an importance rating, therefore it is fully possible for a river > to run into a stream. > this discussion be

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-18 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Wednesday 16 October 2013, Gnonthgol wrote: > > > > Then it would in my opinion make sense to tag all code 3 as > > waterway=river and code 2 as river or stream depending on manual > > assessment. No width tag. > > Having looked at the data this makes little sense, it is common to > have a widt

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-17 Thread Gnonthgol
Den 18. okt. 2013 00:02, skreiv Sverre Didriksen: I used to like working with OSM, but after my user was blocked I don't. Hopefully it will come back. So for now I will leave the import to you guys. The block is just temporary, just talk to someone in the Data Working Group if you have question

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Paul Norman
> From: Tyrfing OSM [mailto:tyrfing...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap > As Ramm mentioned the data sets from Kartverket are quite extensive. > Parts of it might be suitable for importing (like admin borders or > names). But

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Gnonthgol
Den 16. okt. 2013 23:05, skreiv Christoph Hormann: On Wednesday 16 October 2013, Gnonthgol wrote: The VANNBR tag in the data is not the width in meters, but a code for the width of the river. Code 2 is 1-3m and code 3 is 3-15m wide. I have found this tag to be misleading as it is changed due to

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Wednesday 16 October 2013, Gnonthgol wrote: > > The VANNBR tag in the data is not the width in meters, but a code for > the width of the river. Code 2 is 1-3m and code 3 is 3-15m wide. I > have found this tag to be misleading as it is changed due to > aesthetic reasons in the data. (N50 is a vec

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Gnonthgol
Den 16. okt. 2013 21:09, skreiv Christoph Hormann: I find this unlikely - take the width tag for the streams for example - of the 952434 waterways in the kartverket data set 841610 have a 'vannbr' or 2, the rest 3, 2 is used for waterways hardly visible in Bing images (i.e. < 1m) up to at least a

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/10/16 Christoph Hormann > > I've noticed that somebody recently added a rule to distinguish > > waterway=river from waterway=stream on the wiki page for stream, but > > I'm not sure how/where that rule (which is related to how far an able > > person can jump) became commonly accepted? > > I

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Wednesday 16 October 2013, Tyrfing OSM wrote: > > [...] > > > > But it > > is unavoidable due to the sheer amount of data you add that there > > are mechanical decisions made in the process that would deserve > > being discussed. This is what makes your edits different from use > > of Bing imag

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-16 Thread Tyrfing OSM
Hi, thanks for your reply. 2013/10/15 Christoph Hormann > [...] >From a quick look at your recent edits it seems they are well made and > the new data is mostly well merged with existing stuff. But it is > unavoidable due to the sheer amount of data you add that there are > mechanical decision

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-15 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Tuesday 15 October 2013, Tyrfing OSM wrote: > > I have recently used N50 from Kartverket as one of my sources for > manually editing the map, and I was one of the people Norman asked to > explain (OSM user name Tyrfing). > I'm not using the data set as source for an automatic/scripted > import,

Re: [Imports] [NUUG kart] kartverket imports to OpenStreetMap

2013-10-15 Thread Tyrfing OSM
It has been brought to my attention that my reply to Ramm on this subject did not reach the import list. So I'll give it one final attempt (this time as a member of the import list), and I hope the distinguished readers of the Norwegian list will excuse the double posting: I have recently used N50