Hello I would like to take a shot at updating the OSM for some of New Brunswick, which presently does not have very much mapping compiled. The plan I think I'd like to follow is:
1. Select an NTS 1:50 000 area that has few roads and which has no OSM or minimal OSM. 2. Run script(s) to generate OSM from the Canvec data set. At this point I am only interested in roads, to prove the process for that. 3. Upload the OSM. 4. Have some people (you?) review the data, make comments. 5. Iterate the process a bit till quality good (or I give up!) 6. If I'm still here, maybe add some more. Any comments on my plan are very welcome, especially helpful tips! The part I'm currently interested in is #2, generating OSM from Canvec. I saw on the mailing list that there is a python script called canvec_to_osm_features.py, and I have downloaded that. However, I have difficulty running it on my Windows XP box. Specifically: - I can launch python (which I happen to have on my path) - But if I just run "C:\Canvec2Osm>python canvec_to_osm_features.py --version" then nothing happens. I'd appreciate any comments on exactly what I need to do to get this .py script to work. Lastly (for now) I think that if I get the .py working, I will immediately run into a problem with shp-to-osm. Like the .py readme said, I have made a bin directory and I've put the shp-to-osm in there. Actually I have both: 2009-11-11 17:37 7,365,493 shp-to-osm-0.7.3-jar-with-dependencies.jar 2009-11-11 17:37 7,365,493 shp-to-osm.jar in case there is some naming problem. Have I done the right thing? Thanks for any help. I hope I won't get frustrated and that I'll be able to help the project a bit! John _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
