[OSM-talk] How to import shapefile into OSM

[Mikel Maron]

Found the Import pages on the wiki..

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Import
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Import/Catalogue
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Import/Software

and added stub rows for Arezzo, Falkland Islands, Sudan, Merano (could the importers fill in the details here please)

Are there any other imports not listed there.

Under Import/Software, we can start gathering information particularly about importing shapefiles.

----- Original Message ----
From: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
To: Niccolo Rigacci <osm at rigacci.org>; talk at openstreetmap.org
Cc: Cristiano Giovando <giovand at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2008 10:16:34 AM
Subject: Re: How to import shapefile into OSM


Cristiano 
has 
imported 
the 
data 
freed 
in 
Merano 
in 
November, 
which 
followed 
a 
similar 
conversion 
path. 
Might 
be 
some 
reusable 
tools 
there?

The 
main 
trick, 
as 
I 
understood 
it, 
was 
to 
convert 
the 
Shapefile 
data 
model, 
which 
is 
list 
based, 
into 
the 
network 
model 
of 
OSM. 
That 
means 
finding 
intersecting 
streets, 
and 
have 
the 
Way 
reference 
a 
common 
Node. 
Also, 
convert 
directly 
into 
the 
OSM 
format, 
and 
upload 
via 
JOSM 
-- 
this 
allows 
a 
manual 
check 
on 
the 
data 
and 
preserves 
all 
the 
tags, 
etc. 

Now 
that 
we've 
had 
3 
or 
4 
imports 
from 
Shapefiles, 
we 
should 
at 
least 
start 
to 
collect 
knowledge 
in 
the 
wiki, 
if 
not 
build 
some 
generic 
tools 
to 
help 
this 
process.

----- 
Original 
Message 
----
From: 
Niccolo 
Rigacci 
<osm at rigacci.org>
To: 
talk at openstreetmap.org
Sent: 
Wednesday, 
January 
30, 
2008 
8:24:35 
PM
Subject: 
How 
to 
import 
shapefile 
into 
OSM


Hello,

as 
a 
result 
of 
the 
1st 
Italian 
Mapping 
Party 
we 
have 
some 
geodata 
freed 
by 
the 
Municipality 
of 
Arezzo.

The 
data 
is 
in 
ESRI 
shapefile 
format, 
any 
suggestion 
to 
convert 
it 
into 
OSM? 
We 
need 
to 
open 
it 
in 
JOSM 
before 
upload.

I 
already 
managed 
to 
reproject 
into 
WGS84 
and 
eventually 
convert 
into 
GPX, 
but 
in 
this 
way 
I 
lost 
the 
tags, 
e.g. 
highway 
names.

It 
seems 
to 
me 
that 
the 
TIGER 
import 
scripts 
are 
too 
TIGER-centric.

Happy 
Mapping!

-- 
Niccolo 
Rigacci
Firenze 
- 
Italy