[OSM-newbies] Coastline

[Keith Ng]

I have figured out it's my mistake afterall. Thanks for your help.

On 9/21/07, Keith Ng <khensthoth at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply. I have them in the Data directory, in the same
> directory as coast_josm.pl. Anyway, I will ask some other people for help.
> Thanks again.
>
> On 9/21/07, Alan McConchie <almccon at ofb.net> wrote:
> >
> > When you said you put all the files in the same directory, do you mean
> > that you have all the files NGA_GlobalShoreline_cd3 in the same directory as
> > coast_josm.pl?  Instead, those shoreline files need to be in a Data
> > directory that is in the same directory as coast_josm.pl.
> > But if that's what you already have, then maybe the problem relates to
> > Windows?  I've only run the coastline script on a Mac, so I don't know if it
> > needs to be modified for Windows.
> >
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > On Thu Sep 20, at Thu Sep 20 10:58 AM, Keith Ng wrote:
> >
> > After numerous trial and error, this is what I have done:
> >
> > 1. Installed ActivePerl
> > 2. Downloaded Geo-ShapeFile version 2.51 using Perl Package Manager
> > 3. Downloaded coast_josm.pl
> > 4. Downloaded the data for the region I want (3)
> > 5. Put all files into the same directory.
> > 6. Go to Windows cmd.exe and type in perl upload_josm.pl 5.2 5.5 100.2
> > 100.4 3
> >
> > However, all I got was an error saying "Couldn't get file handle for
> > Data/NGA_GlobalShoreline_cd3.shx: No such file or directory at coast_josm.pl
> > line 52"
> >
> > What did I do wrong? Thanks.
> >
> > On 9/21/07, Keith Ng < khensthoth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes. I have read through the page. Unfortunately, with my non-existent
> > > programming skill, I could not understand 99% of what is being conveyed in
> > > that wiki. I assume that the program is in Perl, and that is all I know. The
> > > second box in the wiki looks like some command line interface stuff, again,
> > > which I do not understand at all.
> > >
> > > I would very much appreciate anyone who could provide me with a guide,
> > > preferably a "Complete Idiot's Guide to Coastline in OSM". Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > On 9/21/07, Alan McConchie <almccon at ofb.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You probably found this page:
> > > >
> > > >         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Almien_coastlines_(PGS)
> > > >
> > > > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Almien_coastlines_%28PGS%29>
> > > >
> > > > but if you follow a subtle link on that page you will get here:
> > > >
> > > >         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Running_the_coastline_upload
> > > >
> > > > which is what you want for detailed instructions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu Sep 20, at Thu Sep 20 4:13 AM, Keith Ng wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > After reading through pages of wikis and the newbie mailing list
> > > > > archive, I still have no idea how to upload coastline data to OSM
> > > > > server. Could anyone direct me to the correct page or guide me
> > > > > through the entire process? Thank you very much.
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