[OSM-talk] Archicad to OSM ?

[Robin Paulson]

On 11/03/2008, Andrew Harris <andrew at woowoowoo.com> wrote:
> Can I ask for suggestions on the best way to get Archicad (.dwg) files
>  into OSM?

if you can convert them to dxf (should be able to do this with
archicad i think), there is a process for converting them into
shapefiles, as outlined in the wiki

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Convert_dxf_File_to_Shapefile_Using_Grass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS

>
>  I have got been given access to really excellent, detailed maps of my
>  university campus, but they are Archicad files. I'd really lurrrv to
>  get this into OSM, but my knowledge of Archicad is *limited*! -
>  actually, I have no idea. I don't even know where to find the
>  coordinates for objects, though I'm told it's all geo referenced.