Morgan, Here's the current version of the shp => osm converter:
http://redmine.yellowbkpk.com/repositories/entry/geo/trunk/shp_to_osm.py Lots to work on still, I think. (multipolygons being the most important) -Ian On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Morgan Ress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian, tell you what - if you put the code up somewhere, I'll write the > how-to page for the wiki. > > My sense is that there are a lot of US cities and metro areas with > better data then tiger (like here in Pittsburgh/Allegheny County, Pa), > and that many, if not most, would make it available for OSM. > > Thanks, > -Morgan > > Ian Dees wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:57 AM, SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > Also, any other data in the US that fits that description please let > > me know about and we can possibly help get it imported. > > > > > > Steve, take a peek at my talk page on the wiki [1], I've got a list of > > potential data sources to import into OSM. All of these are public > > domain last I checked. > > > > I'm slowly working through the National Hydrography Dataset right now. > > Unfortunately, work and the beautiful weather is getting in the way. > > > > Also, I will try and upload a generic shp -> osm converter today that > > uses python to pull out the nodes and ways of a shapefile and tag the > > ways based on the metadata offered in the shapefile. Keep your eye out > > for that. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-us >
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