[Talk-ca] Next road import area

[Steve Singer]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Jonathan Stewart wrote:

> Hey Steve,
>
> My friend and I are having some success with the instructions on that
> page, i may add something to it that's a bit more of a step-by-step
> guide.  We're both running Ubuntu, but most of the tools seem cross
> platform.

I did all of this on debian systems so it should work fine on Ubuntu. I 
think everything will run under windows as well.

>
> Having trouble figuring out the config for osm2shp, any tips?
>

I've never used osm2shp, I've been passing everything through 
postgis with shp2psql and psql2shp.

> I can see the MB data in OpenJUMP, which is pretty impressive, it looks good!
>
> I don't see any names on these roads, do you know how i would tell if
> there are any or not?
>

If you download the GML version of the road data you can look at it with 
a text editor.  If all of the elements with '*name*' in their name are 
blank then there are no road names (The geobase site lists Manitoba as not 
having road names).



> Thanks for all your help and hard work, you're really blazing a trail
> for the rest of us.
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Steve Singer <ssinger_pg at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Jonathan Stewart wrote:
>>
>>> I have just joined the list, and am really impressed with your work on
>>> Alberta, Steve.
>>>
>>> Do you have a link or brief instructions on how you are doing the
>>> import?  I am particularly interested in Manitoba, as I live in
>>> Winnipeg, and have the most knowledge of this province. I would like
>>> to help the efforts.
>>
>> See if you can follow the instructions at
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geobase_NRN_-_OSM_Map_Feature
>>
>> The Geobase data for Manitoba might not include road names, I'm working on a
>> procedure that will allow the geobase2osm script to pull in the road names
>> from the StatsCan dataset.  I hope to be able to publish something this
>> weekend.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>>
>> It is great to see others working on the import as well.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> 2009/3/24 Michel Gilbert <michcasa at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Good job Steve ! I am impressed. Jean-Sébastien is working in Southern
>>>> Quebec. I will try to help him and contribute in the same province.
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Michel
>>>>
>>>> 2009/3/24 Steve Singer <ssinger_pg at sympatico.ca>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that I've finished importing the roads in Albera I'm deciding on the
>>>>> next region I'll tackle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone else actively working on importing roads? (I know John has
>>>>> been
>>>>> working in south-western Ontario). I don't want to duplicate efforts.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am considering:
>>>>>
>>>>> -Nova Scotia
>>>>> -British Columbia
>>>>> -Some sections in Ontario
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is working on (or has been thinking of getting started on) any
>>>>> of
>>>>> these drop me a note.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>    Jonathan
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> -- 
>     Jonathan
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