[Talk-ca] Duplicate overlapping roads...

[Michael Barabanov]

My concern would be with 3. It is possible that someone has edited
imported Geobase data after the import.

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:51 AM, G. Michael Carter <mikey at carterfamily.ca> wrote:
> Sam always says I should let people know what I'm up to.   Today I'm
> actually going to listen... ;-)
>
> I'm working in three areas currently, outward in circles around: Orangeville
> (040P), Pickering (030M), and Rock Point PP (030L).   (and trying to pull in
> Lake Ontario shore line)
>
> I'm creating some duplicate roads, temporarily, in the process.   I wanted
> to detail my process here in case anyone notices them and starts scratching
> their head.
>
> The process I'm following:
>
> 1.  Remove all existing OSM objects from CanVec grid.  (mostly stuff I've
> already uploaded)
> 2.  Merge with existing OSM data on the layer.
> 3.  Delete any "attribution:GeoBase highway=*" roads.  Trying to preserve
> any roads that CanVec doesn't have but it's hard since a lot of the areas
> I'm doing don't have any GPS tracks.
> 3a.  Where the duplicates come in... I'm leaving any roads that go off grid,
> at least to an area I haven't processed yet.  Then when I get to that area I
> remove/merge them.
> 4.  Go over the area and merge/delete any roads manually added or that have
> no source (where no GPS track)
> 5.  Merge any duplicate objects, that I missed or previously existed.
>
> Areas I'm staying away from: Toronto!  I'm not going near that one, too much
> existing or conflicting data.  I'll let someone living in Toronto to pick up
> that mess. :-)
>
> Mikey
>
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