[Talk-ca] CanVec (part of GeoBase) Import update

[Sam Vekemans]

Thanks,
What was the method you used to import the buildings?

The method i discribe should NOT be used, as i dont use the many
different building ID's available (the wiki chart has the list of what
tags each ID Should get).
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec:_Buildings_and_structures
2010009_2.shp includes everything from Train Station Buildings to
Educational Buildings....  (48 or so different building ID's) ... the
_2 indicates polygon.
And yes, CanVec doesnt distinguish between different educational
buildings... lumps them all in to the same category.

Also my method does not imort NIDs.


Cheers,
Sam

On 2/20/09, Michel Gilbert <michcasa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sam & all,
>
> The idea is good to import building entities. I think we should concentrate
> on polygon buildings where we'll get important buildings. To tag them you
> should first prepare a map between osm tags and canvec building attribute.
> Of cousre the most important attribute is building function. I imported few
> buildings in Sherbrooke area (
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.37976&lon=-71.92381&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF).
> I tagged the buildings like this:
>
>
>    - k=building, v="university" or k=building, v="yes"
>    - k=amenity, v="university"
>
> I don't think Canvec has the amenity concept though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michel
>
> 2009/2/20 Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi all,I posted a link to the screen shot on the wiki page
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canvec2osm
>> I haven't uploaded any of the data, because I haven't figured out how to
>> get the tags on there (especially the NID)
>> I used the shp-to-osm java program (from Ian Dees), and a basic DOS
>> program
>> to name all the shape files. The shapefiles contain more details, as you
>> can
>> see from the other image, viewing from the JUMP program. The wiki charts
>> show how each feature ID# would match up to OSM.
>>
>> From the example, it would be awesome if JOSM could handle importing just
>> the selected item or selected groups of items, rather than uploading
>> everything that was shown.  Is that technically possible?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam Vekemans
>> Across Canada Trails
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Michel Gilbert
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