[Talk-ca] buildings to OSM

[mag.gagnon at gmail.com]

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  
subset.

MA

On , Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Frank :)

> 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.  
> 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  
> skype video chat. :)



> Like i mentioned on the Screen-cast earlier, we havent finalized decions  
> on just exactly what features to include/exclude as i mentioned about the  
> one way rivers, and the building nodes which i wasn't able to figure out.  
> However, a high % of all the features will be converted in 1 go... so all  
> 256 tiles will be available from a server.




> re: stats can roads

> 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  
> PostGIS database.



> Fortunatly, in ontario, the roadnames are available.

> You can see what the current status is here for the availablility.
> http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nrn/status.html



> 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 :)



> Thanks to those who joined in :)
> Each time i screen-cast, it gets better :)

> Cheers,
> Sam

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Frank Steggink steggink at steggink.org>  
> wrote:


> Hi MA Gagnon,



> 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.





> The first thing I did when taking over the maintenance of this script was  
> 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  
> 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  
> available in your PATH variable; 2) the script is executed by  
> typing "python canvec-to-osm.py [options]" in a command prompt.





> 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  
> make any other changes.





> If you have questions or comments, please let me know.



> Regards,



> Frank



> [1] http://www.steggink.org/osm/Canvec/Canvec-to-osm_v0.1.zip

> [2]  
> http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import/canvec_import/canvec_to_osm/








> Sam Vekemans wrote:


> Hi,

> At 6pm PST i'll be broadcasting live on tinychat.com/acrosscanada and

> ustream.tv/channel/acrosscanadatra and on my facebook profile & live

> on twitter, as well as available on skype for video call in.



> Mainly about the full Canada Import status, as there is ALOT going on,

> and important to know too. I'll save a recording on youtube.



> And ya, i'll answer your questions too :)



> ps. The talk-ca list is our main communication device for Canada,

> you'll need to subscribe to get messages through.

> -so we all know whats up :)



> cheers,

> Sam





> On 12/2/09, mag.gagnon at gmail.com mag.gagnon at gmail.com> wrote:




> Thanks for the reply. BTW, I'm senior Analyst at CRTC responsible for all

> kinds of telecom and broadcasting GIS data. Let me know if you ever need

> anything telcom related.

> My answers below.






> Are you refering to building nodes or areas?




> All buildings eg: "_BS_" files. A mix of points, lines, areas






> What area/tiles are you working on?




> Got the complete package from off the web, unziped and trying to pack as

> one object.








> Were actually working on converting all the canvec data at once.




> Cool. Will follow this very closely.








> Frank is now the main person who is working on the script.




> Dont know this frank






> What is it that your having problems with? Whats the error message say?




> Was hoping to have file for combining only buildings eg: all "_BS_"

> together.





















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