[talk-au] Potential bikeways data import from Logan City Council

Franc Carter franc.carter at gmail.com
Mon Jul 20 05:37:56 BST 2009


The two most important things I found for doing an import are:-

  * Clarifying the license - this bit tends to hur my head

  * The format of the provided data, if it's in some 'well known' format
then there are often
    tools (perl/python/C etc modules) to make the job easier.

cheers

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm after some advice on a potential data source.
>
> I've got a contact in Logan City Council (LCC) who seems open to the idea
> of making data available for import into OpenStreetMap. At the moment, the
> data in question regards bikeways, in the form of "standard MapInfo
> databases based on Council mapping coordinates".
>
> I have read the Import/Guidelines on the wiki, but further to them I was
> wondering if someone with experience in data import would like to get on
> board and help me in further negotiations, e.g. clarify exactly what we
> would require from LCC (data formats, etc.) in order to make the process go
> as smoothly as possible?
>
> Oh, and if all goes well, bikeways would be, of course, just the first
> step...
>
> Cheers,
> Roy
>
>
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Franc
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