Re: [Talk-ca] road names

2009-01-11 Thread Jason Reid
James Ewen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Steve Singer wrote: > > >> TransCanada Highway | Alberta | 16 Highway >> > > >> If they are both defined I think we should take >> >> right_OfficialStreetNameConcat=>name >> routeNameEnglish[1-4]=>nat_name:en

Re: [Talk-ca] road names

2009-01-11 Thread James Ewen
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Steve Singer wrote: > TransCanada Highway | Alberta | 16 Highway > If they are both defined I think we should take > > right_OfficialStreetNameConcat=>name > routeNameEnglish[1-4]=>nat_name:en > routeNameFrench[1-4]=>nat_name:fr > > wher

Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] NHD (usa) NHN canada

2009-01-11 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Sam Vekemans wrote: > Hi, > I might be able to help (or confuse) :) > > By taking the converted gov'nt data shape files (as a ready OSM file) > and slice it into 16 squares, then compare each square to the existing > OSM data square, and only those squares that hav

[Talk-ca] One way streets

2009-01-11 Thread Steve Singer
Does anyone know if it is possible to determine one way streets from the NRN data? I don't see any flags to indicate this, or am I missing something? ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

[Talk-ca] road names

2009-01-11 Thread Steve Singer
I want to talk about road names. The NRN has the following fields for road names nrn:left_OfficialStreetNameConcat nrn:right_OfficialStreetNameConcat nrn:routeNameEnglish1 (along with 2-4) nrn:routeNameFrench1 (along with 2-4) I have only downloaded BC, Alberta and the Yukon and also Ontario,

Re: [Talk-ca] [Talk-us] NHD (usa) NHN canada

2009-01-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, Sorry i try again. The method i describe seems to be a great way to deal with areas of OSM contributed data -for the 1st stage. (like 'lake-of-the-woods' where some sections have been done. By 'square-tiling (osmcut)' we can isolate it to its smallest size, to make less manual work to fix. Fo

[Talk-ca] NHD (usa) NHN canada

2009-01-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, I might be able to help (or confuse) :) By taking the converted gov'nt data shape files (as a ready OSM file) and slice it into 16 squares, then compare each square to the existing OSM data square, and only those squares that have no 'natural=water & similar tags' you would import the data. Th

[Talk-ca] Map Feature: Satellite tracking station

2009-01-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, I have tonnes more map features im going through from the CanVec feature set. Right now im working on the Buildings and structures set. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec:_Buildings_and_structures FYI: This stuff is not part of the GeoBase import, it will be dealt with (physically impor