<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM, James Ewen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ve6srv@gmail.com">ve6srv@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;">
Okay, 'splain this to me nice and slow...<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I'll try :) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Is there a place where the GeoBase to OSM files are stored? Not the<br>
files that were used to upload the Geobase roads, with matches<br>
excluded, but a full road database</blockquote><div>Yup, in in the Canada Import Status chart. there are 2 columns<br>GeoBaseroads.osm Complete RoadMatcherExcluded area.osm <br><br><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am70fsptsPF2dG1ZN1YwMmZCVDhDOHZpbUNmOGlvWGc&hl=en">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am70fsptsPF2dG1ZN1YwMmZCVDhDOHZpbUNmOGlvWGc&hl=en</a><br>
<br>In the 'GeoBaseroads.osm Complete' column, is where i have links to where the GeoBase-roads-crew stored their files. (i also made copies of them on my hard drive for backup)<br><br>(and BTW, the canvec version of those roads are nestled nicely in the .zip file, which will be on the NRCan ftp site, with the file name, clearly indicating that it has extra nodes, and is not as good as what the geobase-road-crew have produced).<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> This is to be used as Sam<br>
suggests, loading it as a layer in JOSM, and then using it to check<br>
the current OSM data against, merging in the best of both worlds into<br>
the OSM database.<br></blockquote><div>The wording... think of it this way. You have the geobaseRoads.osm file open in JOSM, and 'pretend' that this is a layer GPX tracks. You can use it as a background to adjust the ways to line up better. BUT, with ALSO downloading the latest GPX tracks layer, so then you can see just more 'precicely' on how much to move it over.<br>
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Using the full GeoBase file would allow people to make the informed<br>
decision on how to connect imported GeoBase ways to existing OSM ways,<br></blockquote><div><br>Only if roads are missing, if they are, then ya, copy them in and use the human informed decisions on how the data is currently in the real-world.<br>
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align OSM ways that may be not as precise as GeoBase ways, and copy<br>
attributes over.<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>Feel free to call me on Skype (my username is 'samvekemans'). A quick chat might help :-)<br>(that goes to anyone out there) :)<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Only tiles that contained road matcher exclusions would need to be<br>
available. </blockquote><div><br>Yes, using that file instead of the bigger file, will made it easier to work with, as this might be part of the 'Great OSM Clean-up project', for those interested in participating in the fun. Just indicate your 'status' of that (at least on the BC tab its listed as 'GeoBase NRN Notes'. So then everyone knows who to blame for the mess (your NOT making), and to complain about how good the map looks :-)<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">If the tile was processed without any road matcher<br>
exclusions (no OSM data existed before the import), there's no need<br>
for anyone to compare, as imported will match GeoBase exactly.<br></blockquote><div>correct, and a great sugestion perhaps that should be indicated in the the chart.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
James<br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
VE6SRV<br></blockquote><div><br>cheers,<br>Sam<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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