As discussed I have tons of GIS data I would like to port over to OSM.
After discussions, I believe I should bring the data over to geobase first.
I will get further involved with OSM when the data is part of the geobase
subset.
MA
On , Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Frank :)
So everyone knows.. all though i dont understand the python details... i
DO know how to make the new canvec2osm script run on my windows computer.
and type in the tile area and let the script handle all the work. Frank
took time a few weeks ago and helped me get the conversion script to
work, so i can share the step-by-step instruction on-screen and using
skype video chat. :)
Like i mentioned on the Screen-cast earlier, we havent finalized decions
on just exactly what features to include/exclude as i mentioned about the
one way rivers, and the building nodes which i wasn't able to figure out.
However, a high % of all the features will be converted in 1 go... so all
256 tiles will be available from a server.
re: stats can roads
It's nice to have the road names, however the source file is not
geographically as accurate as the geobase road layout, so it made it
difficult to capture the road names from 1 set, and place into the
PostGIS database.
Fortunatly, in ontario, the roadnames are available.
You can see what the current status is here for the availablility.
http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nrn/status.html
But like i said during the screen-cast, now that the canvec features are
in and the roads are in for Ottawa and lots of river data.. there is
still tonnes of work like paths/and benches and adding in stuff that
makes OSM unique :)
Thanks to those who joined in :)
Each time i screen-cast, it gets better :)
Cheers,
Sam
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Frank Steggink stegg...@steggink.org>
wrote:
Hi MA Gagnon,
The goal is to import nearly all of the features of Canvec. That is why
the conversion script is converting all the themes at once, but not per
theme. However, I can imagine that it is more convenient to focus on one
or a few themes at first. This would be a nice addition for the next
version of canvec_to_osm. So far the only thing I considered adding was
support to download 256 NTS tiles at once. I'm not sure when I'll be
working on it, but once it is done, I'll post it on talk-ca.
The first thing I did when taking over the maintenance of this script was
converting it to Python. Many people, including me, aren't running
Windows. And of course Python is a much more flexible scripting language
than .bat files. You can find Python at http://www.python.org. The script
itself can be found at [1]. This download does not contain Ian Dees' JAR
file, because it can be downloaded from his site. In case you're not
familiar with Python (and if you use Windows): 1) make sure python.exe is
available in your PATH variable; 2) the script is executed by
typing "python canvec-to-osm.py [options]" in a command prompt.
In the meantime I've put the sources and the rules files on [2], so that
eventual interested people can work on it as well. I renamed the .py
files, because using hyphens in the name is a bit awkward, but I didn't
make any other changes.
If you have questions or comments, please let me know.
Regards,
Frank
[1] http://www.steggink.org/osm/Canvec/Canvec-to-osm_v0.1.zip
[2]
http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import/canvec_import/canvec_to_osm/
Sam Vekemans wrote:
Hi,
At 6pm PST i'll be broadcasting live on tinychat.com/acrosscanada and
ustream.tv/channel/acrosscanadatra and on my facebook profile & live
on twitter, as well as available on skype for video call in.
Mainly about the full Canada Import status, as there is ALOT going on,
and important to know too. I'll save a recording on youtube.
And ya, i'll answer your questions too :)
ps. The talk-ca list is our main communication device for Canada,
you'll need to subscribe to get messages through.
-so we all know whats up :)
cheers,
Sam
On 12/2/09, mag.gag...@gmail.com mag.gag...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the reply. BTW, I'm senior Analyst at CRTC responsible for all
kinds of telecom and broadcasting GIS data. Let me know if you ever need
anything telcom related.
My answers below.
Are you refering to building nodes or areas?
All buildings eg: "_BS_" files. A mix of points, lines, areas
What area/tiles are you working on?
Got the complete package from off the web, unziped and trying to pack as
one object.
Were actually working on converting all the canvec data at once.
Cool. Will follow this very closely.
Frank is now the main person who is working on the script.
Dont know this frank
What is it that your having problems with? Whats the error message say?
Was hoping to have file for combining only buildings eg: all "_BS_"
together.
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