[Talk-ca] Importing Canvec data, but causing huge issues

2011-04-02 Thread James Ewen
Can anyone shed some light on why I am causing problems when importing CanVec data? I am using Merkaartor to import the CanVec OSM tiles located here: ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub I used find to select the desired entity (natural:water), and the copy and paste the features. I then upload

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing Canvec data, but causing huge issues

2011-04-02 Thread Adam Dunn
I don't have or use Merkaartor, I'm a JOSM fellow. For reference, the lake that you pointed to is in 083H07.1.2 [ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub/083/H/083H07.zip] You're right in that there's nothing wrong with the Canvec data. Well, it does have two duped ways, which could be reduced, but

[Talk-ca] Importing CanVec

2010-09-12 Thread Samuel
Hi After thinking about it for a while, I realized that I can keep relying on others to do CanVec imports for me, so I resolved to figure out how to do it myself. I have a few questions. 1. Can and import be done using just JOSM? 2. If not, how do I convert the SHP file to OSM XML? 3. How do

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing CanVec

2010-09-12 Thread john whelan
The CANVEC data is available her ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub Read this page first: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec especially the bit about the tiles. I would suggest you load up a tile in JOSM then hit the download arrow to bring in the same area from OSM. I usually resize

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing CanVec

2010-09-12 Thread Tyler Gunn
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:22:10 -0500, Samuel samueld...@gmail.com wrote: Hi After thinking about it for a while, I realized that I can keep relying on others to do CanVec imports for me, so I resolved to figure out how to do it myself. I have a few questions. 1. Can and import be done

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing CanVec

2010-09-12 Thread Samuel
Thanks, I'm importing tile 064A01 and I'll see how that goes. Sam john whelan wrote: The CANVEC data is available her ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/osm/pub Read this page first: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec especially the bit about the tiles. I would suggest you load up a tile in

Re: [Talk-ca] Importing CanVec

2010-09-12 Thread Tyler Gunn
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:02:25 -0500, Samuel samueld...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, I'm importing tile 064A01 and I'll see how that goes. GREAT choice. The tiles up north are AWESOME to start with because most of the time there's very little there yet, so it's a good way to get familiar with