<div dir="ltr">Morgan,<br><br>Here's the current version of the shp => osm converter:<br><br><a href="http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/repositories/entry/geo/trunk/shp_to_osm.py">http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/repositories/entry/geo/trunk/shp_to_osm.py</a><br>
<br>Lots to work on still, I think. (multipolygons being the most important)<br><br>-Ian<br><br>On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Morgan Ress <<a href="mailto:morgan@centralnorthside.com">morgan@centralnorthside.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Ian, tell you what - if you put the code up somewhere, I'll write the<br>
how-to page for the wiki.<br>
<br>
My sense is that there are a lot of US cities and metro areas with<br>
better data then tiger (like here in Pittsburgh/Allegheny County, Pa),<br>
and that many, if not most, would make it available for OSM.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
-Morgan<br>
<br>
Ian Dees wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:57 AM, SteveC <<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Also, any other data in the US that fits that description please let<br>
> me know about and we can possibly help get it imported.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Steve, take a peek at my talk page on the wiki [1], I've got a list of<br>
> potential data sources to import into OSM. All of these are public<br>
> domain last I checked.<br>
><br>
> I'm slowly working through the National Hydrography Dataset right now.<br>
> Unfortunately, work and the beautiful weather is getting in the way.<br>
><br>
> Also, I will try and upload a generic shp -> osm converter today that<br>
> uses python to pull out the nodes and ways of a shapefile and tag the<br>
> ways based on the metadata offered in the shapefile. Keep your eye out<br>
> for that.<br>
><br>
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