[Talk-us] shp => osm

[Ian Dees]

Morgan,

Here's the current version of the shp => osm converter:

http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/repositories/entry/geo/trunk/shp_to_osm.py

Lots to work on still, I think. (multipolygons being the most important)

-Ian

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Morgan Ress <morgan at centralnorthside.com>
wrote:

> Ian, tell you what - if you put the code up somewhere, I'll write the
> how-to page for the wiki.
>
> My sense is that there are a lot of US cities and metro areas with
> better data then tiger (like here in Pittsburgh/Allegheny County, Pa),
> and that many, if not most, would make it available for OSM.
>
> Thanks,
> -Morgan
>
> Ian Dees wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:57 AM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com
> > <mailto:steve at asklater.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Also, any other data in the US that fits that description please let
> >     me know about and we can possibly help get it imported.
> >
> >
> > Steve, take a peek at my talk page on the wiki [1], I've got a list of
> > potential data sources to import into OSM. All of these are public
> > domain last I checked.
> >
> > I'm slowly working through the National Hydrography Dataset right now.
> > Unfortunately, work and the beautiful weather is getting in the way.
> >
> > Also, I will try and upload a generic shp -> osm converter today that
> > uses python to pull out the nodes and ways of a shapefile and tag the
> > ways based on the metadata offered in the shapefile. Keep your eye out
> > for that.
> >
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