On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Spencer Riddile <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:riddile_spencer@yahoo.com">riddile_spencer@yahoo.com</a>></span> 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;">
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I've been researching ways to upload public domain shapefiles to OSM. Is there anyone experienced doing this? Two examples of shapefiles I would like to upload include bus stops (points) and building footprints (polygons).<br>
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Regarding uploading a points shapefile . . could I convert that to either a csv or gpx file and upload?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>There seem to be two major applications to do what you're talking about:<br><br>- I wrote a Java application that reads in the shapefile and converts it to OSM using a set of rules<br> <a href="http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/projects/show/geo">http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/projects/show/geo</a><br>
- Chris Schmidt wrote a python script that does a similar thing (but in python)<br> <a href="http://crschmidt.net/blog/354/polyshp2osm/">http://crschmidt.net/blog/354/polyshp2osm/</a><br><br>Both of us are quite responsive to questions about the tools if you ask on the talk-us board.<br>
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