Can I recommend for the smaller data sets, that conversion scripts are done and published to github?
Ie: shp to geo json is done, then geojosn to osm, plus splitting, etc? That allows you to preview, and when the underlying data changes, version control it a little. I have the same issues to solve for SA data (roads, boundaries, etc) On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Li Xia wrote: > "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. > >> > > >
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