[Talk-us] NHD Imports

Paul Norman penorman at mac.com
Sun Oct 28 05:36:37 GMT 2012


> From: Russ Nelson [mailto:nelson at crynwr.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:19 PM
> To: OSM US Talk List
> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] NHD Imports
> 
> I would like to have every stream in the U.S. available as a .osm file.
> So, say, I am running along some road or railroad, and I see a stream
> that doesn't exist in OSM yet. Rather than doing the clicky-click
> myself, it would be great if I could load up the NHD version of that
> stream. I could compare it against the aerial photos, and the data
> already in OSM, and decide for myself if I want to use that or do the
> clicky click.

For what it's worth, I'm working on this, but it's hard work and takes time
to do it right. I'd be open to coordinating with someone else, but they'd
need some basic python knowledge, the ability to compile gdal to read .mdb,
the ability to use git to work with others, and the experience required to
develop translations. 

Also, some of the other software pieces needed aren't there yet. NHD is
massive and I have no idea how some parts of the toolchain will work when I
start throwing hundreds of gigs of data at them.




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