[Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-13 Thread Daniel Begin
Hi all, I'm guilty! Actually, I'm importing the Canvec road network in Laval (north of Montreal) because I've done a lot GPS mapping in this area. Last week I used canvec-to-osm to convert the rest of the road network. So, if the tags are not appropriate, something should be modified in the

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Yup, that was the reason why i kept dealing with the canvec stuff for myself, in hopes that the geobase road network would have gotten all done before the team started to work with canvec. I omited the roads for that script on purpose :) Oh well, my fault for making that script available too

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread Frank Steggink
Hi, I'll create a number of OSM files based on Geobase which can be imported by Daniel. Re. the existing data, it might be better to remove it, although I don't know how much it is. Daniel, are your imports only confined to Laval, or do they extend other tiles? I can create a script which can

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread Frank Steggink
On second thought: obviously a lot of work has gone in it, and many tags are already set. I haven't looked at it, but probably the roads are also being linked up with the existing grid. There might be some inconsistencies with Geobase, but I don't think that will really be a problem. Actually,

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread Daniel Bégin
Bégin Cc: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names On second thought: obviously a lot of work has gone in it, and many tags are already set. I haven't looked at it, but probably the roads are also being linked up with the existing grid

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread Frank Steggink
Hi Daniel, The problem is confined in and around Laval area. It won't be necessary to remove the roads because there is already a lot of work that have been done and I am completing the correction - using JOSM. If the community give me enough time ;-) It will be all set properly soon :-)

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:24:55PM -0500, Frank Steggink wrote: Daniel Bégin wrote: By the way, why using only Geobase while Canvec is identical. I have the impression the initial decision was based on the impression Geobase was better. Am I right? Others can better answer the

Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal with ? names

2009-12-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
was based on the impression Geobase was better. Am I right? Cheers, Daniel -Original Message- From: Frank Steggink [mailto:stegg...@steggink.org] Sent: December 11, 2009 18:24 To: Daniel Bégin Cc: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] FW: Canvec import in Montréal