[OSM-talk] Need Help Bulk Uploading some POIs

[Bone Killian]

I will modify my script to make the numbers negative and add a source
tag.  

I will wait for some boilerplate text from the foundation and then ask
permission from the company before I upload anything.

I suspect that we will encounter other companies with data in this
format, as it seems to be what the Garmin car navigation systems use for
input.


Thanks for all the feedback,

Bone

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:51 +0100, Mike Collinson wrote:
> Yes, they should be negative numbers to indicate that they are not
> already on the server.
> 
> I strongly recommend that you use JOSM if you can to do the actual
> uploading. It is a reliable and ready-made environment.
> 
> Load your .osm file into JOSM and upload.  Then do a file save and it
> will save out all your points with the new node id assigned by the
> server.  If you then feel that you've made any kind of mistake, you
> can then use that file to conveniently do any edits or deletes on just
> you POIs with JOSM. You can do a few trial points first.
> 
> 
> And as another respondent suggests, it would be good to check out any
> copyright issues.  I suggest you also add something like
> <tag k="source" v="Sheetz Store, Inc." /> 
> source tag to each of your POIs.  That way, they are "properly"
> attributed and also if there were any kind of later problem, the tag
> can be used to easily identify and remove them.
> 
> It is a great idea by the way, and I hope we see more of it!!
> 
> Mike
> Stockholm
> 
> 
> At 03:20 AM 12/12/2007, Milenko wrote:
> > I'm not 100% sure on this, but when creating nodes aren't the ID
> > numbers 
> > supposed to be sequential numbers with a leading dash?  IE - -1, -2,
> > -3, 
> > etc.
> > 
> > Yours start at 1001 and go sequentially upwards.
> > 
> > -Jeremy
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bone Killian" <vitki at bonius.com>
> > To: "Talk Openstreetmap" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:46 PM
> > Subject: [OSM-talk] Need Help Bulk Uploading some POIs
> > 
> > 
> > >I recently discovered that a regional chain of gas station /
> > convenience
> > > stores is publishing a CSV file with lat/long coordinates for all
> > their
> > > shops.
> > >
> > > (http://sheetz.com/main/locations/gps.cfm)
> > >
> > > I wrote a little script to that converts it into an OSM file, but
> > I'm
> > > not sure how best  to upload it.
> > >
> > > (http://bonius.com/maps/Sheetz.osm)
> > >
> > > I'd also like for some kind volunteer to 'proofread' my .osm file
> > before
> > > I upload, I don't want to break things...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bone
> > >
> > >
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