Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-26 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 26 Jan 2009, at 14:07, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Russ Nelson writes: > > >> to the dedicated user. If somebody has edited it, then it belongs to >> them now, and won't be touched. Then, we should rely on maplint to > > I should set up JOSM, but potlatch doesn't seem to show the last > writer

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-26 Thread Greg Troxel
Russ Nelson writes: > On Jan 25, 2009, at 7:17 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: >> So I think this is really 3-way merge >> process, and there needs to be something that looks at each item in >> the >> new dump, finds any previous import, and checks if it has been >> modified. > Bulk imports should a

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-26 Thread Craig Leat
Hi Sam wrote: > Correction: > for step 8, the correct word is MERGE (not purge). > -unfortunatly, the only program that can do this is ArchGIS (i think) > -is there any opensource equivelant that can do this? uDig has a light weight conflation tool: http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/lineclean

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-25 Thread Sam Vekemans
Correction: for step 8, the correct word is MERGE (not purge). Meaning where we can merge our address book with hotmail when we import a new csv file, the system checks for similar values; like names; like address; like phone number. So in this case; its the long/lat coordinates that it would chec

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-25 Thread Russ Nelson
On Jan 25, 2009, at 7:17 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: > So I think this is really 3-way merge > process, and there needs to be something that looks at each item in > the > new dump, finds any previous import, and checks if it has been > modified. Bulk imports should always be done under a user dedi

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-25 Thread Greg Troxel
For government/bulk imports -where we know that updates are available; how is it dealt with? I was just thinking about this; there is a lot of MassGIS data now, and some of it is wrong (wrong location, streets that don't actually exist), although 99.8% of it seems very good. I've edited clas

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-24 Thread Sam Vekemans
Thanks, ya your right :) The show went good (IMO) as the question is now more apparent. For government/bulk imports -where we know that updates are available; how is it dealt with? The solution is this IMO: 1- take the latest OSM Data, as a file; the exact size area of the shape file to be impo

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-24 Thread Yann Coupin
I dunno about Iceland, but you're right about France, it is the official land registry map that we got access to. Yann Le 24 janv. 09 à 23:30, Thomas Wood a écrit : > 2009/1/24 Sam Vekemans : >> In light of France getting the OK for post codes; Canada might also, >> so there needs to be a way

Re: [OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-24 Thread Thomas Wood
2009/1/24 Sam Vekemans : > In light of France getting the OK for post codes; Canada might also, > so there needs to be a way to accomidate it. We should be able to > update the geobase import talk page & post the unanswered questions. I thought it was Iceland with the postcodes, but France with th

[OSM-talk] uStream .tv broadcast 2pm PST 5pm EST - geobase import

2009-01-24 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, if you happen to be around at 2pm PST i'll be hosting a show on uStream.tv Todays topic is about the GeoBase NID, we had some discussion on the talk-ca list, so its worth reviewing. (i cc'd to main talk list, as ideas are welcome from everywhere) In light of France getting the OK for post