I don't think koordinates or geocommons offer what we need, though: a way for a mapper to take the results of merging and use them while mapping in JOSM or Potlatch.
I don't think the right thing to do is to merge the data and then upload it wholesale (i.e. with a script) into OSM. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Sam Vekemans <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm still early in the game, but it looks like koordinates.com could > be the best holding house for this. > .... all that needs to be done on koordinates.com side is to have the > option to zoom into an area and export as .osm files. > > > I'll be loading a bit more samples of shp files so to see what it's like. > > > > I think geocommons.com is planning on supporting .osm files as a > export option.... its just too early to tell who will be the biggest > and best :) > > > If there is a 3rd .shp file website out their, i'd be happy to hear of it. > > > cheers, > sam > > > p.s. on the new zealand mailing list, folks are wrattling their brains > to get something. > ... and for canvec it's the ommissions and remissions that can be done > at canvec data source level. > > > Still no breakthrough afaik ... > > On 12/8/10, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > > With TIGER 2010 starting to roll out we need to think about how to offer > > some way of comparing OSM with arbitrary datasets. > > > > Here are my thoughts so far: > > 1) User uploads a shapefile > > 2) User selects attribute(s) in the shapefile to use for matching with > OSM > > data (i.e. a road name or tiger identifier or something) > > 3) System performs a geospatial match (including the attribute(s) the > user > > specified in step 2) on OSM data in the area of the shapefile > > 4) System renders a map with three layers: a) data in reference but not > > found in OSM, b) data in OSM but not found in reference, c) data in both > > > > Based on (4), mappers can modify the OSM data to more-closely match the > > geometry or meta-data of the reference data set. A more complicated > version > > of this tool could allow the mapper to accept wholesale changes in > geometry > > or attributes into the OSM dataset (removing or manipulating the existing > > data). > > > > This is all pretty tricky, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions. > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Mike N. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I have obtained a set of road centerlines from a US county that has been > >> published in the public domain. I would like to use this to correct > the > >> OSM roads for that county, since the TIGER data was one of the "poor > >> alignments" that we are so familiar with. In addition, the road names > >> have > >> all been changed for E911 consistency. This file is likely even newer > >> than > >> the 2010 TIGER centerlines. > >> > >> I have used Ian's shp-to-osm to begin looking at the data. > >> > >> 1. Does anyone have a rules file for a typical municipal road > >> centerlines shape file conversion? I started to develop this, but > >> can't > >> believe no one has done this before. > >> 2. Is it good to preserve TIGER tags for untouched roadways, or just > >> delete and replace them? The geometry is so far off that it is easier > to > >> delete and replace. > >> > >> Usual import disclaimers - > >> > >> Any relations will be preserved. > >> Any existing road alignment edits will be preserved (such as for > >> interstates) > >> Any existing attribution will be preserved (speed limits, traffic > lights, > >> etc) > >> Corrected data will be manually stitched to existing data at borders or > >> pre-edited roads. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Imports mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > >> > > > > > -- > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ > http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > Skype: samvekemans > IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) > @Acrosscanadatrails >
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