Corey Here's the disclaimer page for the Kamloops data: http://webserver.kamloops.ca/imf/sites/ … aimer.html<http://webserver.kamloops.ca/imf/sites/DataDownload/disclaimer.html>
Adam You're right about the tags. i will clean up those before I go any farther. I also won't get around to adding more data right away, besides I want to hear everyone's opinions first. Either of you have an opinion on a good GPS that plays well with OSM? Thanks for replying. -- Matthew Buchanan -- Kamloops, BC On 29 July 2011 15:25, Adam Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > You've probably seen my name come up quite often in the Kamloops area, > so I will introduce myself a bit. I did the NRN import (government > roads) for Kamloops, but I live in Chilliwack. It took a great deal of > time (about a week, I believe) to merge the NRN data with the data > that was already existing in the area. I don't personally mind if you > import a legally cleared source for the area, and will try to answer > any questions you have about what I had imported. I believe Samuel > Longiaru lives near Kamloops, so you should definitely hear his > opinion before going too far. > > I've taken a look at some of the data you've imported, and my comment > so far would be to clean up the tags. You have tags that aren't used > in OSM, as well as tags that have all capital letters. If you could > convert the tags to match the OSM standards, that would be great. Also > delete tags that OSM doesn't want or need (like Shape_Area= and > Shape_Leng=, etc) > > See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features for an > incomplete-but-most-of-what-you-need listing of key value tags. > > Adam > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Matthew Buchanan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > I'm a new user to OSM and I've been enjoying it so far. I have done some > > edits to various places in BC that I know well. I posed a question, seen > > below at the OSM forum regarding data from the City of Kamloops that is > > freely available. I received permission from the GIS Coordinator at the > City > > to use whatever data I want . > > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=13208 > > > > I thought I'd discuss it on this list as well. So far I've only imported > a > > subset of building outlines, trees, and parks. I went through the data to > > clean it up before I imported using JOSM. > > > > Are there any users from the Kamloops area here? > > > > -- Matthew Buchanan > > -- Kamloops, BC > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ca mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > > > >
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