Can I recommend for the smaller data sets, that conversion scripts are done and published to github?<div><br></div><div>Ie: shp to geo json is done, then geojosn to osm, plus splitting, etc?</div><div>That allows you to preview, and when the underlying data changes, version control it a little.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have the same issues to solve for SA data (roads, boundaries, etc)<br><div><div><br>On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Li Xia wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">"<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We need to get the vicmap data in a form that will have maximum" - can you be more specific?</span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Do you have any experience in merging datasets in josm?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Li.</span></div></div><div><br><br><div>On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Ian Sergeant <span dir="ltr"><<a>inas66+osm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
Whatever process we undertake will have large manual elements to<br>
integrate the datasets and keep them updated. Even if that is simply<br>
merging the datasets in josm.<br>
<br>
We need to get the vicmap data in a form that will have maximum<br>
utility to OSM mappers.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Ian.<br>
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On 12 October 2013 09:09, Li Xia <<a>me@lixia.co</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Nick,<br>
><br>
> Yes, vicmap data does contain road geometry, names plus many more<br>
> attributes.<br>
><br>
> Vicmap also produces are raster version from this dataset so that work is<br>
> already done. I will enquiry about getting access to this. However manually<br>
> tracing and editing is a LOT of work.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know of a process where a mass import can be done without<br>
> manually tracing imagery?<br>
><br>
> The dataset is very comprehensive. Here's a quick summary of it's features:<br>
><br>
> Release under Creative commons 3.0 license, dataset can be obtained in<br>
> various formats from <a href="http://www.data.vic.gov.au/" target="_blank">http://www.data.vic.gov.au/</a> The has heaps of datasets.<br>
> I've downloaded most relevant datasets in shp format and combined the<br>
> datasets into logical structure, download links below. If anyone is interest<br>
> in other features such as forestry reserves, national parks etc, have a look<br>
> and pull the data down from data.vic.<br>
><br>
> Transport shp data documentation<br>
> Hydro - shp data - documentation<br>
> Administrative - shp data<br>
><br>
> Li.<br>
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>> From: Li <<a>me@lixia.co</a>><br>
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>> Does anyone have experience on importing data? In particular avoiding<br>
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>> > On 10 Oct 2013, at 5:16 pm, Ben Kelley <<a>ben.kelley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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