Re: [Talk-us] Systematic errors in the Maui, Hawaii Data

2009-09-30 Thread Stellan Lagerstrom
Since the roads are so concentrated along the coast, it seems fairly simple to load a few hundred ways at a time into an editor to shift them. Not more than a few hours work, surely. Lanai seems to suffer from the same error, so I experimented. Selecting only those with tiger:reviewed=no, there

[Talk-us] State- or Countywide Road Centerline Import

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi All, How can one import large datasets of information mostly already on the map to Open Street Map? I believe that my state (Commonwealth of Virginia) has more recent and more accurate data than TIGER. Anyone have experience working with state geodata? Initially we may only be able to use the

Re: [Talk-us] Systematic errors in the Maui, Hawaii Data

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Stellan Lagerstrom lagerst...@blindsight.com wrote: Since the roads are so concentrated along the coast, it seems fairly simple to load a few hundred ways at a time into an editor to shift them. Not more than a few hours work, surely. Lanai seems to suffer

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

2009-09-30 Thread SteveC
Really interesting post, thanks On 29 Sep 2009, at 20:10, Bill Ricker wrote: If your are going to incorporate at a national level, please look at examples of good and bad examples in the FOSS community. GrokLaw linked to this discussion, which has relevance outside its own niche.

Re: [Talk-us] State- or Countywide Road Centerline Import

2009-09-30 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
I suggest to subscribe to talk-ca and read what they are doing to merge existing data with new and better imports On 30 Sep 2009, at 6:49 , Christopher Covington wrote: Hi All, How can one import large datasets of information mostly already on the map to Open Street Map? I believe that my

Re: [Talk-us] Systematic errors in the Maui, Hawaii Data

2009-09-30 Thread Scott Atwood
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Chris Lawrence lordsu...@gmail.com wrote: My strong suspicion is that this widespread displacement has to do with the pre-2008 TIGER data for Hawaii being in a different datum than NAD83, which is what was used for CONUS. I'm not sure there's much that can be

[Talk-us] Event Reminder: Atlanta, Georgia Mapathon

2009-09-30 Thread Thea Clay
Hi Everyone! I wanted to send out a reminder to all the mappers around the Atlanta, Georgia area (and all the folks coming in from out of town) that the Atlanta Mapathon on October 16-18 is quickly approaching. Check out the wiki for all of the event details and locations.

[Talk-us] Procedures for Bulk Uploading Road Centerline Data

2009-09-30 Thread Spencer Riddile
If someone wanted to upload public domain, state road centerline data to OSM, what procedures could they take? It seems like what we would like to do is overwrite Tiger data but preserve user contributed data. I did see an example of using an opensource GIS plugin (RoadMatcher) that compares

Re: [Talk-us] Procedures for Bulk Uploading Road Centerline Data

2009-09-30 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Spencer Riddile riddile_spen...@yahoo.comwrote: If someone wanted to upload public domain, state road centerline data to OSM, what procedures could they take? It seems like what we would like to do is overwrite Tiger data but preserve user contributed data. I

Re: [Talk-us] Procedures for Bulk Uploading Road Centerline Data

2009-09-30 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: There is another tool that is still experimental that does almost exactly as Ian suggests called OSM Quick Check.  In this case it only works for dead

Re: [Talk-us] Procedures for Bulk Uploading Road Centerline Data

2009-09-30 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
You'll be blown away when you see what our French cousins are doing. Then you'll want to combine the ideas; I know I want to. ;-) we are all waiting to see it. there is so much data with regular updates and without a tools it's a job for the rest of you life.