[OSM-talk] Uploading Data in New Zealand

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Nov 13, 2007 7:39 PM,  <mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com> wrote:
> We've got together a few people down here in New Zealand and we're looking
> to contribute to OSM. We've got access to loads of data from Land
> Information New Zealand (LINZ) which is provided free without restriction
> under crown copyright here in NZ.

Very cool!

> I'm looking for some advice about the best way to bulk seed the OSM database
> with this data - has anyone else been through a similar process. We can
> process the data into most common GIS formats if this helps?

It's been done before, for NL during the AND import, and for the US
with TIGER. In general you will need some custom code to convert to
OSM format, and then there is a bulk uploader to do the actual upload.

In SVN there is code for converting shapefiles for both these, search
for and_import and tiger. You'll need to work on translation, there is
no standard for these kinds of things...

Don't hesitate to ask the list if you need tips...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog at gmail.com> http://svana.org/kleptog/