[OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Karlruhe Scheme addressing ways from 2009 TIGER data

[Andy Allan]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:

> In any case, I don't think it would have worked for the TIGER road
> import, but an import procedure like that for the GPX traces would be
> a possibility for some imported data.  Put the data in its own
> separate tables and let people import it manually by sending the
> server a bounding box.  Potlatch would then import it as those red
> "locked" ways and people could check/fix the data manually before
> unlocking the way.  Other editors could do something similar.
>
> The great part is, the editor support for this is mostly already
> written.  It'd require some effort to create and implement the API to
> store and retrieve the data, but it seems doable.

I think it doesn't necessarily need an API. If the editors can read
.osm files over http, then we just split the imports into chunks and
stick them on the dev server. Simplest possible thing that could work,
and all that.

In saying that, making map calls to (a?) server full of "reference"
data could then be implemented as a "better" solution, but that
involves more development effort.

Cheers,
Andy