[Imports] TriMet will begin OSM improvements in the Portland area

[Sam Vekemans]

Great!
can you share a link to the .shp files?
Thanks,
Sam

On 2/10/11, PJ Houser <stephanie.jean.houser at gmail.com> wrote:
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> *TriMet will begin OSM improvements in the Portland area beginning Monday
> February 21, 2011*.
>
> Geographic Extent:  Multnomah, Clark, Washington, and Clackamas County
>
> Timeframe:  6 months, February 18, 2011 – August 18, 2011
>
> OSM User Names:  TriMet_PJH, TriMet_MSB, TriMet_GNH, TriMet_BB
>
> Reference files used to make the improvements:
>
> Metro’s Regional Datasets: streets.shp, trails.shp, bikes.shp  (starting
> with current versions dated January 2011)
>
>             6 inch aerial imagery flown Fall 2010
>
>
> Improvements using ArcMap's OSM Editor include:
>
>    - Street alignments
>       - Streets with bus routes on them are allowed a 5 foot difference
>       between OSM and Metro.
>       - Streets without bus routes are allowed a 10 foot buffer.
>    - Attributes
>       - The attributes in Metro's data will be rewritten in a form matching
>       OSM.
>       - Missing sections can then be copied and pasted into OSM's data
>       layer.
>    - Geometrically incorrect sections
>       - will be snapped to match Metro's
>    - We will also be checking directionality
>
> The work from this project will support applications and projects such as
> the Open Trip Planner http://opentripplanner.org/ and The Intertwine
> http://theintertwine.org/.
>
>
>
> For more detailed information or questions, please contact Bibiana McHugh
> mchughb at trimet.org or myself (PJ Houser, stephanie.jean.houser at gmail.com)
>
>
> Input?
>
>
> --
> PJ Houser
> Trimet, GIS
>


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