[Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-16 Thread Clark Trivers
Hi there, I work for the Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict and we recently did an assessment of all bike parking in downtown Ottawa. I was hoping to upload our data, share it with our partners, and invite the community to update as needed. I have attached our data in excel. I'm hoping you could give m

[Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-21 Thread Elliott Plack
Clark, This looks cool. One important step is to translate the types of bike parking in the document to the types that OSM uses. Here is a wiki page with pictures of each type. For instance, loop and post is probably "stands". http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:bicycle_parking Maybe add a col

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-16 Thread Jason Remillard
Hi Clark, If you are not interested in importing the data yourself, I would suggest posting on the Canadian talk list, ask if there are any local people that can help out. The data set is not too large, if it makes sense, it should not be to hard to import it. Thanks Jason On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 a

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-24 Thread Elliott Plack
heet could just be >> uploaded all at once? Would each row need to be put in as a node manually >> regardless of spreadsheet formatting? >> >> >> I'm looking for a quick way of getting all these points on a map >> without having to go through all the rows

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-25 Thread Andy Allan
On 24 September 2014 22:31, Elliott Plack wrote: > Clark, > > Quick tip, always reply all to these list emails so it goes back into the > list. > > Definitely use the PNG! I'll license it as CC0. > > For approval we should wait a few days for others to comment. Also we'll > want to check if there'

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-25 Thread Elliott Plack
Andy, Thanks for the response. Please forgive my enthusiasm, and you're quite right that proper documentation is a must, as well as considering the existing data. I ran a query and there are quite a few existing installations on OSM. Map: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/5b3 I should start by saying I

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-25 Thread Clark Trivers
ivers; Imports OpenStreetMap.org Subject: Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import Andy, Thanks for the response. Please forgive my enthusiasm, and you're quite right that proper documentation is a must, as well as considering the existing data. I ran a query and there are quite a few existing ins

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-25 Thread Andy Allan
> Please forgive my enthusiasm No worries, nothing wrong with a bit of enthusiasm and an desire to help other people out! Thanks, Andy ___ Imports mailing list Imports@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports

Re: [Imports] Ottawa Bike Parking Import

2014-09-25 Thread Elliott Plack
Thanks Andy. I should have said, "Pardon my unbridled enthusiasm." :) On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Andy Allan wrote: > > Please forgive my enthusiasm > > No worries, nothing wrong with a bit of enthusiasm and an desire to > help other people out! > > Thanks, > Andy > -- Elliott Plack ht