Re: [Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-28 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, my guess is that you were tracing the CanVec Roads from the .zip file i sent you? If so, the reason it's still in Beta Phase, is that it needs to show source= tags, so people who where you got the data from. Also, keeping all the UUID tags is important. For the GeoBase2osm script, that's

Re: [Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-26 Thread Steve Singer
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Jonathan Stewart wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Steve Singer ssinger...@sympatico.ca wrote: This will be an impediment to importing, for sure. I have maps of Winnipeg i could get names from, but rural roads would be quite difficult. I have an idea on how we

Re: [Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-25 Thread Jonathan Stewart
Hey Steve, My friend and I are having some success with the instructions on that page, i may add something to it that's a bit more of a step-by-step guide. We're both running Ubuntu, but most of the tools seem cross platform. Having trouble figuring out the config for osm2shp, any tips? I can

Re: [Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-25 Thread Jonathan Stewart
Oh Wow. Sam, this is great. I am just exploring all the data you gave me, which is tons. I love all the hydrological data. The amenities are pretty amazing, too.  I just found shapes, too! Like, shapes of buildings. Not the best quality of data (even official sources are made by humans,

[Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-24 Thread Steve Singer
Now that I've finished importing the roads in Albera I'm deciding on the next region I'll tackle. Is anyone else actively working on importing roads? (I know John has been working in south-western Ontario). I don't want to duplicate efforts. I am considering: -Nova Scotia -British Columbia

Re: [Talk-ca] Next road import area

2009-03-24 Thread Jonathan Stewart
I have just joined the list, and am really impressed with your work on Alberta, Steve. Do you have a link or brief instructions on how you are doing the import?  I am particularly interested in Manitoba, as I live in Winnipeg, and have the most knowledge of this province. I would like to help the