Dear Richard,<br><br>You have created a linux version of the canvec -to-osm script that Frank will be able to use when he is working on crating the 'master version' of the canvec2osm script. (a delayed thanks)<br>
<br>PLEASE commnicate with me your intentions. <br><br>At the end of the month, we (the community) will have a 'couch-mapping party' where we can discuss this. .. my 'stickey fingers' will be out of it by nov 21st). ... i have been working on this for just about a year now, while others were working on the geobase. (as i knew 378 map features wasn't going to be easy)... but i (just about) acomplished it. <br>
<br>You are CERTAINLY welcome to take over as the 'main admin' for this script.<br><br>I didnt now know that you were doing this.<br><br>I am available on Skype & IRC & gmail chat & email... 24-7.<br>
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<br>Thanks,<br>Sam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Sam Vekemans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com">acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Simone, Richard, imports@ , talk-ca@<br>
<br>
The script you share is an 'older-duplicate' of the rulesTXT.zip file<br>
that i maintain.<br>
<br>
Just as Ian is the 'sole-developer' who compiles the library files<br>
used to make the java shp-to-osm converter, only 1 person can be<br>
incharge of this.<br>
<br>
Because mistakes like 'natural=lake should be 'natural=water;<br>
type=lake' needs to be manually fixed by ONE person.<br>
<br>
I mentioned already that the rulesTXT.zip file that i maintain will<br>
change administrators on nov 21st.<br>
<br>
This is because i do not understand python script, and a new 'batch<br>
conversion program will be made available.<br>
Frank offered to be the one who maintains the batch file admin, and in<br>
that, is the rulesTXT zip file.<br>
<br>
Instead of sharing the TXT files, i share a googleDOCs spreadsheet<br>
that lists what all the source fields & what OSM tags i used and the<br>
name of the rules file that it is in.<br>
<br>
I run the script for the different areas, and ask the team to take a<br>
look at it, and submit any bugs they see.<br>
<br>
fyi, the geobase2osm.py script took a few weeks to make, Steve Singer,<br>
was the sole maintainer of the script.<br>
Unlike geobase, canvec is 90 features, 378 types where geobase is 1<br>
with 10 types.<br>
<br>
So, once the script became 'suitable' it became available on the SVN.<br>
<br>
The challenge with the SVN is that can only handle 1 version at a<br>
time, and fix 1 bug at a time.<br>
<br>
canvec-to-osm0_9_7_3 is designed to.<br>
-download 256 tiles; unzip; designate folders; convert 90 features,<br>
sort out 'extas', and zip ... if it was appopriate, it could upload to<br>
the ftp site as well.<br>
<br>
I hope that answers your question, i'll be available on skype & IRC<br>
later tonight to debate this further.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Sam<br>
<br>
ps. If your source file is small (less than 100 subtypes) the<br>
wikiChart suffices....<br>
Accept for Richard who is Anti-Google.<br>
(just like im oblivious to linux)<br>
... And convinced that Google will use OSM, once they see our Canada Map :-)<br>
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On 11/9/09, Richard Weait <<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Simone Cortesi <<a href="mailto:simone@cortesi.com">simone@cortesi.com</a>> wrot<br>
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