[Imports] Bulk Import of Hotels

Chris Clemson chris.clemson at btinternet.com
Thu Jan 28 03:07:26 GMT 2010


Oops, forgot "reply to all"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Clemson [mailto:chris.clemson at btinternet.com] 
> Sent: 28 January 2010 03:03
> To: 'Iván Sánchez Ortega'
> Subject: RE: [Imports] Bulk Import of Hotels
> 
> 
> > The format required for imports is OSM's own format. 
> 
> Ok
> 
> > Obviously, there are a 
> > bunch of conversion tools available (look in the OSM 
> > Subversion server, under 
> > utils/import/).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > If your data is in some generic GIS format (shapefile, GML, 
> > KML, TIGER), there 
> > are utilities able to handle that data in a semi-automatic fashion. 
> > Spreadsheets shouldn't be too difficult to work with, if 
> the data is 
> > consistent. If your data is in a "weirder" format, conversion 
> > will take a bit 
> > longer, depending on how good are your programming skills and 
> > how many bored 
> > OSM developers want to step up for the task :-)
> > 
> > I suggest you ask what format the data is in, tell us here, 
> > and maybe publish 
> > a short excerpt. That way we'll be able to tell you how easy 
> > or hard it will 
> > be to import that data.
> 
> Great,  thanks very much!
> 
> Chris
> 





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