Hi Josh, I've done a couple imports with varying levels of success. I live in Virginia (in Arlington) and would like to help.
-Kate On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Josh Doe <j...@joshdoe.com> wrote: > I absolutely agree about preserving user contributions. For any given > segment in the Virginia RCL Shapefile, there are any number of ways in > OSM that make up that segment, with varying attributes. The reverse is > possible as well. Merging this won't be easy by any means. However > there's no reason we couldn't start importing (sooner) in areas that > haven't been edited since the TIGER import > > As for RoadMatcher, though I haven't played with it yet, I don't see > how OSM attributes are lost, it's just that you have to map from > OSM->Shapefile->OSM. > > Remember, I'm just broadcasting my interest, I have a lot of learning to do. > > Regards, > -Josh > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Mike N <nice...@att.net> wrote: >>> I'm totally new to importing, so I first wanted to see if anyone else >>> is interested in this project, though I am willing to take the time to >>> learn the process myself. Is the process used for importing the >>> Canadian database [1] the best method for doing this? >> >> The process for the Canadian database is best used only for adding new >> roads that don't exist in the OSM database. As part of the upload process, >> plan on stitching them into existing roads, perhaps using JOSM. >> >> It would also be handy to be able to project the improved geometry onto >> existing roads of the same name, while preserving attributes and driveway / >> footpath / bridges that have already been added to the OSM data. That >> will preserve user's contributions and history. This would require some >> new, yet-to-be developed tool to work directly with OSM data. There is much >> interest in this because of the TIGER 2010 data and Arkansas state data >> sets. It is not certain when there will be developer resources to develop >> such a tool. >> >> The limitation of Roadmatcher is that it works only with shapefiles, thus >> OSM attributes are lost when exporting to shapefiles. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > impo...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
