[OSM-talk] MassGIS Import: Roads complete!

[Steve Chilton]

Very cool work, well done on the import.
One thing I did note was that the stations do not seem to be named, even
if zoomed in on. Very much needed in urban areas such as this.
A cursory glance at the laylist.htm link shows that that MBTA_NODE
should have the station name attached.
Do you want to check to see they have been dropped somewhere along the
line (pun)?

Cheers
STEVE

Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager 
School of Health and Social Sciences
Middlesex University
phone/fax: 020 8411 5355
email: steve8 at mdx.ac.uk

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5413010.stm


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Schmidt
Sent: 17 October 2007 04:46
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [OSM-talk] MassGIS Import: Roads complete!

The MassGIS data import started last Monday by Brandon Martin-Anderson
and I completed this morning, and I was able to load the recent planet
and
get it displaying:

http://labs.metacarta.com/osm/?zoom=7&lat=5185183.89944&lon=-8007844.003
57&layers=B00

This shows a great view of the state of Massachusetts, and the 'empty'
around it :)

A couple of cool things: 

http://labs.metacarta.com/osm/?zoom=12&lat=5186055.75909&lon=-7910441.75
273&layers=B00

shows the subway stations (and lines) in/around Boston.

http://labs.metacarta.com/osm/?zoom=14&lat=5183839.08575&lon=-7907379.49
495&layers=B00

Shows the airport light rail in/around Boston (which is actually a Bus,
but it's the closest we've got :))

http://labs.metacarta.com/osm/?zoom=12&lat=5190479.55115&lon=-7917182.54
17&layers=B00

Shows a bunch of cyclepaths around Somerville.

We're far from done with the GIS data the state has to offer, but we've
already got a relatively impressive view of the state in OSM, and we'll
continue to upload more data.

http://www.mass.gov/mgis/laylist.htm

lists some of the layers that the state GIS agency provides --
everything from building footprints to prisons, greenspace and waterways
to colleges and libraries. Slowly but surely, we're going to get all
this
stuff in there.

(Technical discussion of uploads, etc. will continue on dev.)

I want to say thank you to all the people who have helped turn OSM into
the great project it is these days: it would not have been possible to
complete what we have in this little time even a couple months ago. So
many thank yous to all the people who have helped make the tools and
server and API and so on so much better over the past several months!

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta

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