Hi M.A. 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. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
