[OSM-talk] import VMAP0 data

[Schuyler Erle]

* On  6-May-2007 at  7:14PM PDT, Lars Aronsson said:
> 
> > I would like to know if there is an easy way to convert VMAP0 
> > data to .osm file or files. or if there is an easy way to 
> > convert VMAP0 ways to .gpx files.
> 
> The coast_upload.pl script is a starter if you want to convert 
> ESRI Shapefiles to OSM format.  Some coding required, though.
> Is the VMAP0 data in Shapefile format?

It's not. But one can use ogr2ogr compiled with VPF support to convert
it. Alternately, you can get em from here:

    http://frederic.cs.dal.ca/pub/STDW/VMAP0/

You might want to talk to Nick Black, since it seems like he's been
down this road a bit already:

    http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=72

SDE