[OSM-talk] generating maps from shapefiles?

[k b]

I will give the scripts a try.

Since it seams like converting shape files into osm is
not a as easy as first thought ,is there some way to
convert shape files directly into garmin img files?


Karl


--- Matthew Perry <perrygeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since OSM has a quite different data structure than
> shapefiles
> (topological vs. simple features) it can be
> difficult. Plus there is
> no generic solution for converting the attributes
> into OSM tags.
> You'll likely have to script a custom solution. A
> good place to start
> would be
> http://boston.freemap.in/osm/files/mgis_to_osm.py or
>
http://perrygeo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/gis-bin/nhd_to_osm.py
> 
> - matt
> 
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:19 AM, k b
> <k_b0000 at yahoo.se> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> >  Is it possible to convert the shape files into
> oms
> >  files or directly into garmin img files?
> >
> >  If it is possible, where can i read more?
> >
> >
> >  Tanks!
> >  Karl.
> >
> >
> >      
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