[Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi,
It would actually be MORE helpful to us if you could contribute to the
NRCan CanVec dataset, since it is a very well packaged dataset. (with
the NTS tile grid layout)
I.e. If you have better building data, that contains address #'s.)

But of course, we can also handle GeoBase data just as easily, and
will gladly apprecite the contributions. (directly & indirectly)

Cheers,
Sam

On 12/3/09, mag.gagnon at gmail.com <mag.gagnon at gmail.com> wrote:
> As discussed I have tons of GIS data I would like to port over to OSM.
> After discussions, I believe I should bring the data over to geobase first.
> I will get further involved with OSM when the data is part of the geobase
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> On , Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Frank :)
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>> So everyone knows.. all though i dont understand the python details... i
>> DO know how to make the new canvec2osm script run on my windows computer.
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>> and type in the tile area and let the script handle all the work. Frank
>> took time a few weeks ago and helped me get the conversion script to
>> work, so i can share the step-by-step instruction on-screen and using
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>> Like i mentioned on the Screen-cast earlier, we havent finalized decions
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>> one way rivers, and the building nodes which i wasn't able to figure out.
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>> However, a high % of all the features will be converted in 1 go... so all
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>> It's nice to have the road names, however the source file is not
>> geographically as accurate as the geobase road layout, so it made it
>> difficult to capture the road names from 1 set, and place into the
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>> Fortunatly, in ontario, the roadnames are available.
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>> You can see what the current status is here for the availablility.
>> http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nrn/status.html
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>> But like i said during the screen-cast, now that the canvec features are
>> in and the roads are in for Ottawa and lots of river data.. there is
>> still tonnes of work like paths/and benches and adding in stuff that
>> makes OSM unique :)
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>> Thanks to those who joined in :)
>> Each time i screen-cast, it gets better :)
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>> Cheers,
>> Sam
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>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Frank Steggink steggink at steggink.org>
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>> Hi MA Gagnon,
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>> The goal is to import nearly all of the features of Canvec. That is why
>> the conversion script is converting all the themes at once, but not per
>> theme. However, I can imagine that it is more convenient to focus on one
>> or a few themes at first. This would be a nice addition for the next
>> version of canvec_to_osm. So far the only thing I considered adding was
>> support to download 256 NTS tiles at once. I'm not sure when I'll be
>> working on it, but once it is done, I'll post it on talk-ca.
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>> The first thing I did when taking over the maintenance of this script was
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>> converting it to Python. Many people, including me, aren't running
>> Windows. And of course Python is a much more flexible scripting language
>> than .bat files. You can find Python at http://www.python.org. The script
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>> itself can be found at [1]. This download does not contain Ian Dees' JAR
>> file, because it can be downloaded from his site. In case you're not
>> familiar with Python (and if you use Windows): 1) make sure python.exe is
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>> In the meantime I've put the sources and the rules files on [2], so that
>> eventual interested people can work on it as well. I renamed the .py
>> files, because using hyphens in the name is a bit awkward, but I didn't
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>> If you have questions or comments, please let me know.
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>> Regards,
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>> [1] http://www.steggink.org/osm/Canvec/Canvec-to-osm_v0.1.zip
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>> http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import/canvec_import/canvec_to_osm/
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>> Sam Vekemans wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> At 6pm PST i'll be broadcasting live on tinychat.com/acrosscanada and
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>> ustream.tv/channel/acrosscanadatra and on my facebook profile & live
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>> on twitter, as well as available on skype for video call in.
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>> Mainly about the full Canada Import status, as there is ALOT going on,
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>> and important to know too. I'll save a recording on youtube.
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>> And ya, i'll answer your questions too :)
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>> ps. The talk-ca list is our main communication device for Canada,
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>> -so we all know whats up :)
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>> cheers,
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>> Sam
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>> On 12/2/09, mag.gagnon at gmail.com mag.gagnon at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for the reply. BTW, I'm senior Analyst at CRTC responsible for all
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>> kinds of telecom and broadcasting GIS data. Let me know if you ever need
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>> My answers below.
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>> Are you refering to building nodes or areas?
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>> All buildings eg: "_BS_" files. A mix of points, lines, areas
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>> Got the complete package from off the web, unziped and trying to pack as
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>> Were actually working on converting all the canvec data at once.
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>> Cool. Will follow this very closely.
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>> Frank is now the main person who is working on the script.
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>> Dont know this frank
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