"We need to get the vicmap data in a form that will have maximum" - can you be more specific?
Do you have any experience in merging datasets in josm? Li. On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Ian Sergeant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Whatever process we undertake will have large manual elements to > integrate the datasets and keep them updated. Even if that is simply > merging the datasets in josm. > > We need to get the vicmap data in a form that will have maximum > utility to OSM mappers. > > Ian. > > On 12 October 2013 09:09, Li Xia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > > > Yes, vicmap data does contain road geometry, names plus many more > > attributes. > > > > Vicmap also produces are raster version from this dataset so that work is > > already done. I will enquiry about getting access to this. However > manually > > tracing and editing is a LOT of work. > > > > Does anyone know of a process where a mass import can be done without > > manually tracing imagery? > > > > The dataset is very comprehensive. Here's a quick summary of it's > features: > > > > Release under Creative commons 3.0 license, dataset can be obtained in > > various formats from http://www.data.vic.gov.au/ The has heaps of > datasets. > > I've downloaded most relevant datasets in shp format and combined the > > datasets into logical structure, download links below. If anyone is > interest > > in other features such as forestry reserves, national parks etc, have a > look > > and pull the data down from data.vic. > > > > Transport shp data documentation > > Hydro - shp data - documentation > > Administrative - shp data > > > > Li. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:00 PM, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Send Talk-au mailing list submissions to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> [email protected] > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of Talk-au digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Re: vicmap data licensing (Li) > >> 2. Re: vicmap data licensing (Nick Hocking) > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:37:31 +1100 > >> From: Li <[email protected]> > >> To: Ben Kelley <[email protected]> > >> Cc: OSM Australian Talk List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [talk-au] vicmap data licensing > >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> > >> Does anyone have experience on importing data? In particular avoiding > >> duplicates? > >> > >> Li. > >> > >> > On 10 Oct 2013, at 5:16 pm, Ben Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi. > >> > > >> > I guess the thing to consider is how you would handle a second import > if > >> > someone had edited the data in OSM in between. > >> > > >> > I think this kind of conflict would be very difficult to resolve. You > >> > could either plan to do a 1-off import, or maybe include a tag on the > >> > imported data matching a unique identifier for the same feature in the > >> > vicmap data. The US Tiger import did something like this. > >> > > >> > - Ben Kelley. > >> > > >> >> On 10 Oct 2013 17:12, "Li Xia" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone, > >> >> > >> >> I'm meeting Vicmap and data.gov staff tomorrow to get their > blessing on > >> >> importing vicmap data into OSM. > >> >> > >> >> Once the licensing is squared away, we can move onto discussing > >> >> techniques of importing the data. "Snapshot" data in shp format is > available > >> >> from data.vic.gov.au. Alternatively a vicmap provides a live feed > to weekly > >> >> data diffs directly. Any advice on how to import this data is much > >> >> appreciated. > >> >> > >> >> Li > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Talk-au mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >> URL: > >> < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/attachments/20131011/98778e6c/attachment-0001.html > > > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> Message: 2 > >> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:18:17 +1100 > >> From: Nick Hocking <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [talk-au] vicmap data licensing > >> Message-ID: > >> > >> <caded0cxpnfdoza4jsnvn0xczcgaun0hnn5x2nk-siuxlfdv...@mail.gmail.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> > >> Hi Li > >> > >> Does the vicmap[ data include road geometry and road names. If so then a > >> really usefull thing to do would be to create an imagery layer from this > >> data that could be used in JOSM. > >> This is what is done in the USA with each year's TIGER data. > >> > >> Then we could use the Bing imagery the vicmap layer and existing data to > >> fill in all the unnamed streets/roads and include any new ones or ones > >> that > >> have not yet been surveyed or traced. It would only be a matter of > months > >> and all of Victoria's roads would be completely up to date. > >> > >> Curerently, I'm spending hours each day using the TIGER data and Bing > >> imagery in helping to fix up the horrible original TIGER data but would > >> love to be helping in fixing up Australia. > >> > >> Nick Hocking > >> Canberra > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >> URL: > >> < > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/attachments/20131011/b1508703/attachment-0001.html > > > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-au mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >> > >> > >> End of Talk-au Digest, Vol 76, Issue 5 > >> ************************************** > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-au mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > >
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