On Friday 07 August 2009 04:20:11 Sam Vekemans wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Dale Puch <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:29 AM, David Carmean<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Which tool is most used, at the moment, for importing NHD data? > > > Chris's > > > > python stuff > > > > > or Ian's java stuff? :) > > > > > > For those using Ian's stuff, who's developed the most complete rules > > > > file? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Talk-us mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > I got the impression that Chris's python is tailored made for the NHD > > where Ian's java is geared towards making generic shape imports a lot > > easier for the novice or non programmer. > > Exactly, the java version, is really best for manual importing of the data, > and the python is for when your using bulk_upload.py script. For when you > dont need to mess with what is already existing. ie. in many areas, were > there are no rivers / waterbodies to conflict with, a full upload is fine. > But for this canvec stuff i'm working with (importing rail-lines, > powerlines, sport_park_fields etc, i need to watch for what other have > done). So bulk_uploading the data wont help. (ie. importing rivers in the > middle of a city, where other mappers might have done just parts of the > river. (perhaps in more detail than the import data available) >
I've been using the python scripts and uploading with the balrog scripts (http://www.openstreetmap.pl/balrog/bulkupload/) , they seem to work more reliably for me. To avoid collison with others' data, I have noted the presence of previously uploaded stream and waterbody data and gone back after import and deleting the usually less correct NHD data. This is actually not that big a deal as other users usually focus primarily on major rivers and large bodies of water. > I recommend maintaining just 1 version of the data for each script, with a > comparision chart (like i have with the Google Docs chart), as they both > need to have all the same tag-matches, and just keep track of the script > version. > > How are you keeping track of the National Dataset? > For Canada, Im thinking at using a GoogleDocs spreadsheet might be easier, > since there are so many different tiles (canada is made up of an NTS Grid > of only 4,984 unique tiles) where some will be uploaded at different levels > of completness... and different levels of data available. So i have a > chart with all the types of data.. then what i can do is give access to it > for whoever wants it. > http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tmY7V02fBT8C8vimCf8ioXg&output=html > The completed subbasins are being tracked on the NHD Wiki page (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NHD#Completed_Basins). In the case of NHD, I think most (all) are uploading the high resolution data, though these seem to not be available for all subbasins. A spreadsheet might be a better solution... > > Hope that helps, > Sam > > > -- > > Dale Puch > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us James _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
