[OSM-talk] Uploading Data in New Zealand

[Robin Paulson]

On 14/11/2007, mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com <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.

excellent news

> 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?

i can't help with your bulk-upload query, but i'm in nz (akl) and am
interested in the information you have available. what do linz have
that's useful for osm? is this going to render the previous work in nz
useless?