[Imports] TMC LCL - help needed

[andrzej zaborowski]

2009/10/9 Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:27 PM, andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at gmail.com>
>> 1. Convert the data to .osm
>
> 1a. Using sh-to-osm.jar and editing the rules.txt file
> or using  shp-to-osm and editing the script with the right tags
> or using mp2osm and edit the script, or whatever program is out there to
> convert the source file.

I'm using ump2osm which is like mp2osm but generates better .osm
output IMHO (turn restrictions, multipolygons, addressing,
bridges/tunnels etc)

>
> 1b.  Upload these .osm files to a server somewhere
> 1c.  Share on your local talk list where others can find these files

Yup, the converted files are shared but they're pretty big and people
like to deal with small areas.  They can split the files but this
creates more work with connecting the objects later so I don't
recommend that.

>
>>
>> 2. load into JOSM
>> 3. zoom in, because JOSM can't handle displaying lots of data at the
>> same time, but it can easily hold lots of data in memory.
>> 4. correct all the tags
>> 5. download the area from OSM on a separate layer,
>
> Yup, from  1-5 thats the basics.
> and from 6-9, this varies depending on the type of data.
> If your dealing with roads, you might want to use OpenJUMP automatch as it
> does the same thing as manual, but automatically, and can be done for a
> large area.  (but errors are guaranteed, so AutoMatch is just a 'helper')

Right, I'm basically doing the same thing as AutoMatch does, manually
-- yes, it's a very slow process but I trust the results better.  Also
it guarantees that the topology is correct later (i.e. road endings
are connected as well as crossings).

Cheers