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class=299423613-11082011>Yeah so I guess I'll start a wiki page with some links
to data that is already up there, and start slowly adding in some data that
isn't, besides bus stops, there is also a traffic light layer we're in the
process of finishing up. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Ian Dees [mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Metcalf,
Calvin<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Imports] Massachusetts road
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<DIV></DIV>Bus stops might be a good starting point, yep.
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<DIV>A little background on why we might seem reluctant to take your data: OSM
doesn't have any good "merge" tools yet, so taking newer data and trying to
mix it with existing OSM data is a monumental task. Adding/merging in point
data like bus stops would be quite a bit easier than trying to handle vector
data like roads and rivers/lakes (for example).</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the best you can do right now is to make as much data available
as you can in a format that is easily parseable (e.g. shapefiles or GeoTIFFs)
and eventually one of us will figure out how to apply it to existing OSM
data. Unfortunately the majority of the people that actually hack on
OSM code are quite busy in real life, so it takes a long time :).</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you very much for offering all this data! It's great to have state
agencies work with us.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN>So it
was suggested that I start with something that isn't already up on osm to
get my bearings, buses, specifically mbta bus stops, as the mbta (which is
part of Massdot) has put out a pretty definitive bus layer and osm does not
have very many stops up here. Does that make
sense?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV class=im><B>From:</B> Ian Dees [mailto:<A
href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com" target=_blank>ian.dees@gmail.com</A>]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 06, 2011 10:17 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Metcalf,
Calvin<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=h5><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Imports] Massachusetts road
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<DIV>Hi Calvin,</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it possible for you to send one of these files to me? Can you post
it somewhere so I can poke at it?</DIV>
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<DIV>If you already have an online map, can you post a link to it so we
can see what interface it uses to grab the images?</DIV>
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<DIV>-Ian</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Metcalf, Calvin
(DOT) <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:calvin.metcalf@state.ma.us"
target=_blank>calvin.metcalf@state.ma.us</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>For the ortho and obliques the bigest issue is getting
them out of their current format, we actually already have an online map
of them that was set up by a private company who didn't give us much
documentation. The files are stored with a .par extention which I
havn't had too much luck finding documentation on.<BR>Sent with Verizon
Mobile Email<BR>
<DIV><BR><BR>---Original Message---<BR>From: "Frederik Ramm" <<A
href="mailto:frederik@remote.org"
target=_blank>frederik@remote.org</A>><BR>Sent: 8/6/2011 5:11
am<BR>To: "Paul Norman" <<A href="mailto:penorman@mac.com"
target=_blank>penorman@mac.com</A>><BR>Cc: "'Richard Weait'" <<A
href="mailto:richard@weait.com" target=_blank>richard@weait.com</A>>,
<A href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org"
target=_blank>imports@openstreetmap.org</A>, "'OAM List'" <<A
href="mailto:talk@openaerialmap.org"
target=_blank>talk@openaerialmap.org</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [Imports]
Massachusetts road data<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>Paul Norman wrote:<BR>> 1. Host them with a WMS
server<BR>> 2. Host them using TMS (tiled slippymap images)<BR>>
3. Offer them for download as GeoTIFF or MrSID<BR><BR>[...]<BR><BR>>
Both 1 and 2 work with JOSM. I believe only TMS works with Potlach2, but
I<BR>> don't know as I don't use Potlach.<BR><BR>"3" works for JOSM
too (ImportImage plugin) albeit with limitations<BR>(image size
etc.).<BR><BR>It is true that Potlatch doesn't do WMS natively but there
are simple<BR>(<A
href="http://thinkwhere.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/whoots-a-small-wms-to-tile-proxy-wms-in-potlatch/"
target=_blank>http://thinkwhere.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/whoots-a-small-wms-to-tile-proxy-wms-in-potlatch/</A>)<BR>and
more elaborate (<A href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tirex"
target=_blank>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tirex</A>) ways
of<BR>serving a WMS as tiles for consumption by
Potlatch.<BR><BR>Bye<BR>Frederik<BR><BR>--<BR>Frederik Ramm ##
eMail <A href="mailto:frederik@remote.org"
target=_blank>frederik@remote.org</A> ## N49°00'09"
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