On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Lord-Castillo, Brett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:BLord-Castillo@stlouisco.com">BLord-Castillo@stlouisco.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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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Sounds
good. Should I use any particular projection, or export out to unprojected
WGS84?</span> <br></p></div></div></blockquote><div>All of the shp -> osm options can reproject to the appropriate projection, so pick whichever makes the most sense for your locality.<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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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">One
of the major problems is that there are an awful lot of domains tied to the sql
server tables. Going to take a while to convert the domain codes to domain
descriptions.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>The domain descriptions probably don't need to end up in the shapefiles -- if you have a description of what the domain codes are as a textfile or metadata file, we can use that to assist in conversion.<br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I
also have to deal with losing topologies and z-values as well as converting
field names to a dbf compatible form. So, the conversion will take a while, but
it’s doable </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: navy;">J</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I’ll
start with street centerlines. Once I get those to shapefile, what’s the next
step?</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>It might be more impactful (and easier to merge with existing OSM data) if you start with a data domain that hasn't made it into OSM yet. Something like structure outlines, school locations, parks, etc. Since OSM data already has the street centerlines (even if they're crummy), it'll be tons more work to merge the existing data with your new data. ... but that's just my opinion.<br>
<br>Next step would be to convert to OSM. Depending on your skills, you have three options. 1) use crschmidt's shp2osm Python script [0], 2) use my shp-to-osm Java application [1], or 3) ask someone else to do it. [2]<br>
<br>[0] <a href="http://crschmidt.net/blog/2009/01/05/polyshp2osm/">http://crschmidt.net/blog/2009/01/05/polyshp2osm/</a><br>[1] <a href="http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/projects/show/geo">http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/projects/show/geo</a><br>
[2] I'd be happy to convert for you. Just ship the zipped-up .shp/.dbf/.prj files over to me.<br></div></div>