[Imports] tiff, dwg and nad83

[Frank Cox]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:59:49 -0700
Paul Norman wrote:

> I had a look at your town and given that it's a very small town and the bing
> imagery is actually quite good, I don't know that it's worth doing any sort
> of import. If you wanted street names you could get them from CanVec[3]. Of
> course collecting street names also gives you a chance to tag businesses,
> amenities, etc.

I'm starting to get that impression.  I had hoped to discover an automated
process to directly import the city's maps into the OpenStreetMap.

Based on what I'm seeing so far, after getting official permission from the City
Council to use the maps, copying the data from whatever they have it stored on
at City Hall, installing whatever I need to use that data with OpenStreetmap,
and I'll end up tracing it anyway.  The utility to be gained approaches nil in a
hurry.  If I've gotta trace it anyway, I might as well trace what's already
available and I don't even have to get out of my chair.

As far as street names, businesses and whatnot, I've lived here long enough that
I know what they are anyway, so I think that all I'll need to accomplish my goal
would be the bing image and a few hours to play around with the map editor.

Sigh.  An automated process would be so much more accurate, less error-prone,
and generally easier and faster.

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