On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 14:25 -0800, Sam Vekemans wrote: > 1 - A few people (we can call the data conversion team) are in charge > of taking the data in it's source form (in this case SHP) We use the > tools availble (shp-to-osm.jar and/or shp2osm.py) and are the ones who > create a set of 'rules' listed showing the source tags, and how we > identify them in OSM. > > 2 - This team then works and converts this data to OSM format, and > makes the files available on a server somewhere. > 2a - IF there is alot of conflect then a postProcess is needed. So > geobase2osm was created so that we can take an area and use AutoMATCH > and see what data needs to be added to osm. > > 3 - When these .osm files become available on a server, it's up to > the local area mappers to decide on what they want todo with the > data. > 3a - if the data is too complicated, local area mappers tell the > conversion team, and this team works out the bugs and learns from > everyone else on how to handle it.
Yeah, and that does sound like a really nice way to do it, especially when there is existing data. -- Dave _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us