Can you by chance detail how to do a semi-automatic import like this? I'd like to have this skillset.
Thanks, Margie On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Karl Guggisberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > we've completed the first import of the PAHO master list of medical > facilities into the OSM database. We've imported it semi-automatically and > we've merged already mapped hospitals with the information provided by PAHO > in order to avoid duplicates. In particular we've tried to match the PAHO > records with records formerly collected by Sahana. > > Summary: > * imported 1104 health facilities from PAHO > * resolved conflicts with already mapped hospitals in OSM > * identified 56 potential duplicates (with two or more potentially identical > facilities but different PAHO ids) in the master list, see this report for > more details: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals#Duplicates > * didn't import 3 chunks (~ 150 facilities) because their position looked > strange when we had a closer look at the data. > > More info: > * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals > > Next steps: > * to improve rendering of the facilities on OSM maps (in particular on Haiti > specific maps) > * to implement scripts which propagate updates in the PAHO master list to > the OSM database > * to import v2 of the PAHO master list using these scripts > * later: to convert the tags used to tags compatible with the upcoming > Humanitarian Data Model > > @Kate: I've submitted four issues in your issue tracking sheet. Could you > check the potential duplicates and the issues with the facilities lumped > together in clusters at the same position? > > Regards > Karl > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ht mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > > -- Margie http://www.BaltimoreUrbanAg.org http://www.FarmersMarketVideo.org http://www.FriendlyCoffeehouse.org http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-5-views-recipes/book _______________________________________________ Talk-ht mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
