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

[maning sambale]

I agree with Stéphane.  This the same issue reported by MapAction when
I provided them shapefiles from the HOT export tool.  Although they
didn't mention what ArcGIS version was used.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Stéphane Henriod <s at henriod.info> wrote:
> Hi Kate,
>
> I have quickly checked this export http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/2755
> on 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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