[Talk-ca] GeoBase and Canvec import tools

[Sam Vekemans]

Cool,
i thought you were in Canada :-)
lol
i'll add myself tn this imports listserv.

Then i guess we can say that i am in charge of converting the SHP
files of the CanVec dataset into .osm format, and making these files
available for myself and others to copy over at their leisure.

We can also say that i am responsable for keeping track of the ENTIRE
Canada data import 'progress chart'. Ours happens to be VERY large, so
the wiki charts does not have that ability. (3,000 more rows)  so we
can see the status all at once.
For those who dont like GoogleDocs, my job is to update the chart for them.
For the other datasets, others are working on the conversion script
(the most complicated being the road network)
Note: i'll be fixing the wiki in the next couple weeks to say this.

Awesome!
Thanks everyone!
T.E.A.M :-)

cheers,
Sam

On 9/11/09, Emilie Laffray <emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/11 Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>
>
>> Thats Cool,
>> the more types of conversion programs the better. (as long as were all
>> on the same page, were all good) :)
>>
>> Would you be able to share the links to the .osm files your making?
>>
>
> http://ns369499.ovh.net/clcf2006.new.osm.bz2
> This file is a result of a merge between different OSM files that were
> generated, and we merged the points that were redundant. We are getting
> close to start the import.
>
>
> What area are you working on?
>>
>
> The whole of France.
>
>
>> What dataset(s) are you working on?
>>
>
> CLC (Corine Land Cover). It is an European Union dataset used to describe
> how the lands are being used.
>
>
> I did this page initially on the wiki. It is not finished as I don't have
> the merging steps from Pieren the other benevolent contributor. The technic
> I am using creates several OSM files as I am transforming them into SHP
> files which is fixed field file format. The goal at some point is to finish
> that ogr2ogr plugin for OSM to create a single OSM file directly.
> I had written at some point a SQL script to merge points inside the
> database
> using an Osmosis postgis schema.
>
> I would like to point out that it was very much a community driven objects
> with everybody bringing their expertise along the ways between defining the
> tags that we would use, conversion programs, and import.
> I am responsible for the initial SHP to final OSM file. I have created the
> SQL scripts, and modified the existing polyshp2osm.py scripts to fit the
> new
> requirements. I need to do a formal release of it one of those days.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Corine_Land_Cover
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Corine_Land_Cover/Tagging_scheme
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Corine_Land_Cover/Corine_Data_Import
>
>
> Please note that I will write a formal email on how we proceeded once I
> have
> consulted with everyone that were involved as it is only fair.
>
> Emilie Laffray
>


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