[Talk-ca] Quality of Alberta + Next road import area

[Steve Singer]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Jean-Sébastien Moreau wrote:

>
> I could somehow publish the script if some of you want to use it. FME is a
> closed source program but it allows precise manipulation of the features that
> speeds up the developpement of complex geospatial processing. That’s why I use
> it.

Even if others can't run the FME script, the more you can share about it the 
better.   Others might be able to replicate portions of your process using 
other tools.




>
> The import in Sherbrooke was a pre-step for our mapping party planned for
> mid-may.
> We agreed on the following steps:
> -	Import the geobase ways and conflate with existing OSM (that was my job)
> -	Flag the places that need to be corrected using openstreetbug
> Two people are working on this.
>
> During the party, those places will get fixed. People will do some field
> validation for the bugs that could not be corrected remotely.
>
> A similar approach could be use to fix Alberta. Some people could just fill the
> bugs in openstreetbug an others would correct them.
>
> We have to find a way to do the import correctly althought it could slow down
> the import process. As we move forward, people will certainly come up with new
> tools and techniques that will speed up the process. I think its better having
> a pace that we can handle.
>
> Jean-Sebastien
>