[talk-au] Bulk up load of data from Tasmanian Parks

[Ian Sergeant]

On 6 September 2012 19:59, tastrax <phil.wyatt at parks.tas.gov.au> wrote:

> I am the Parks employee that Brett is talking about. I am confident I can
> get the required permissions but I am also keen to do some other "bulk"
> updates from privately held data. I am particularly keen to get from someone
> an example of a shape file that has multiple OSM tags within the data
> structure so I can format some of this private data for quick cut/paste
> operations in OSM

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand the question fully.

OSM directly allows you to upload GPX data.  It stores the tracks, and
they can be used as reference in Potlatch (the "online" OSM editor) or
JOSM (the offline one).

GPSBabel understands OSM files, and can convert them.  To get a sample
of what OSM looks like, you can simply download (export) an area
directly from the website.  Or from one of the many sites that exports
for specific geographical areas.  GPSBabel has limited support for
shapefiles, however - depends on the geometry.

JOSM (the offline OSM editor) supports loading GPX files and KML files
directly, and these can be loaded as a layer.  GPX files can be
simplifed and cut/pasted directly into a separate OSM layer - it is a
very powerful technique to cut and paste geodata into OSM while
reviewing, tagging, and removing outlying points.

Ian.