[Imports] Importing Tunisian administrative boundaries from http://www.diva-gis.org/data/adm/TUN_adm.zip

[Chedli Ghedira]

Hi all,

And what about maplibrary.org (only 1st level admin boundaries :(  )?

Quote from maplibrary.org :
> The Map Library is a source of _*public domain*_ basic map data 
> concerning administrative boundaries in developing countries. The data 
> is broken down into manageable chunks to make it easier to download 
> for those with poor internet connections.
Chedli

Andre Grueneberg a écrit :
> Chedli Ghedira wrote:
>   
>> First question : Can these informations be imported into OpenStreetMap ?
>>     
>
> My first guess: No.
> Quote from http://gadm.org:
> "This dataset is freely available for academic and other non-commercial
> use. Redistribution, or commercial use, is not allowed without prior
> permission."
>
> I checked some other countries. They also have data, copied from
> official websites. They are missing the original licence terms and even
> the required attribution.
>
> So taking any data from their site seems to be out of question.
>  
>   
>> Second question : Where can I find information (or who can help me) 
>> about creating a rules text file for Shp-to-osm.jar ?
>>     
>
> What are your questions? You'll have to figure out the required mapping
> yourself. The syntax of the rules.txt is documented (a bit). Play with
> it -- you'll have to run it multiple times anyway. And most likely
> you'll have to apply some post-conversion changes -- the mapping itself
> is the simple part. ;)
>
> Andre
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