Hey Franc :) > Generally you should get some form, either by a published copyright > that is compatible with the OSM license, or a specific statement > allowing OSM to import the data under it's license, if the general > copyright is not compatible.
I think the hard part might be just getting them to acknowledge my emails ;) If I hear back, I'll probably seek advice from the list about such form. > For the couple imports I have done I have user perl (I would assume > python equivalent exist) modules to convert from shp/gpx/whatever to > the '.osm' xml format and then pushed it in with josm or an osm batch > upload script. My python script works with objects, so I basically write any format I like. > The long bits tend to be getting copyright agreement (which may be a > 'not happening' scenario) and then working out what attributes to put > on the data - which i have done iteratively on the list. When writing this email, I had the import of the Vic Police stations in mind. I think this might be similar to what was done in that case. cheers _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
