[HOT] Access to ArcGIS and Testing the HOT Export Tool

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi Kate,

I have quickly checked this export
http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/2755on ArcGIS 10.1 and couldn't
find any major issue. Do you remember what bugs
were mentioned? Then I can look further into this particular direction.

The only thing is that ArcGIS doesn't recognize the coordinate system
(Pseudo-Mercator) and it needs to be defined manually. It's not a problem
with the Export tool, however. I think the confusion comes from the
coordinate system itself, because its definition is slightly different in
ArcGIS.

prj file from the HOT Export:
PROJCS["WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator",GEOGCS["Popular Visualisation
CRS",DATUM["Popular_Visualisation_Datum",SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation
Sphere",6378137,0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7059"]],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6055"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4055"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP"],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3785"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]

prj file from ArcGIS:
PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

One workaround would be for the export tool to output unprojected layers
(WGS84). Then anyone can project it into any coordinate system so that
distance and surface calculations are correct.

Cheers

Stéphane

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Occasionally I hear about bugs in using the data retrieved from the
> HOT Export tool (http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/). These are primarily
> from ArcGIS users.
>
> Personally I don't run Windows, nor do I have access to ArcGIS so I can't
> check.
>
> Do we have any ArcGIS users on the list that could spend some time
> using the Export tool and looking for issues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kate
>
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