[Talk-ca] Geobase import by provinces

[michcasa at gmail.com]

I think the idea is not to replace existing OSM data. Therefore the import  
should be able to insert only new data. I do not think we should exclude  
areas. We should detect the changes instead. Richard proposed to start  
where osm data is not present. I agree with him.

Michel

On Nov 20, 2008 9:57pm, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Michel Gilbert wrote:
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> > Hi osm users,
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> >
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> > Geobase National Road Network (NRN) datasets are available in shape and  
GML
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> > by provinces or Territories. So, I think we should plan the import by
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> > provinces. Furthermore, we should base, the order of conversion, on the
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> > dataset content. In fact, there are three levels of NRN content:
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> >
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> > Roads with basic attributes : Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New
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> > Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories and
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> > Nunavut Territory
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> >
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> > Roads with basic attributes + street & place names : British Columbia
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> Both BC and NS have significant areas that have been mapped,
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> specifically around Victoria, Vancouver and Halifax. Is the data going
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> to be cut with a bounding box to exclude those areas? Are we just
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> going to wipe out existing mapping?
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> Corey
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