2-3 km is quite a lot but may be better than nothing. Do you know if it gets better or worse this far north?
/Jonas S On 5 Oct 2008 at 11:43, Mike Collinson wrote: > I would like to import some GNS data [1] for Sweden north of > Latitude 61, i.e. just north of Gävle, where there is not much > active mapping(?). Does anyone have any objection to that? > > My plan is first to import all island names. If that looks good, do > an import of all features. > > I've done this now in several places around the world and have built > up a fairly good GNS --> OSM tagging conversion scheme [2]. I > preserve the GNS id number so it can be matched in the future and > also keep a record of all OSM node ids in case any mass deletion is > requested. > > Importing the data is useful for orientation in rural and poorly > mapped areas and for place finding. > > The disadvantages are (a) the resolution is coarse so points are not > place accurately, sometimes 2 or 3 km out in tropical latitudes; (b) > duplication of previously entered place names. From Australian > experience, the latter problem is quickly resolved by manual > editting. > > Any comments welcome. > > Mike > > > [1] Public domain geographic name data available from the US > Government. http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.htm > > [2] Perl script available if anyone wants it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-se mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-se _______________________________________________ Talk-se mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-se
