[OSM-talk] Re: [OSM-dev] openlayers alpha

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Mon Aug 28 12:20:50 BST 2006


* @ 28/08/06 07:21:48 AM openstreetmap at ostertag.name wrote:
> 
> > Could we short-circuit the GML? If I have the time (there's freemap stuff I
> > need to do for the SoC conference; however it's more likely I can do
> > somethig with it after that) I can have a go at doing something which goes
> > straight from planet to shapefiles. However I would need to research
> > shapefiles first so it wouldn't be a one-day job.
> 
> If I understand you correct; the task is to write a 
>    planet.osm--> Shapefile converter?
> Is there anywhere a short good description for shapefiles you can point me to?

and also... set the attributes like the wiki describes it

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/




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