OSM++

The OSMplusplus importer

• name: represents the inc operator in loops=>massdata processing

Will start in April 2010

Skipped cause a lot of mappers say that this will result in much more imports that arent coordinated with the community, legal issues,... Category:Import

idea

Build a highly modular importer that can deal with importing common dataformats. It has to be a new project cause:

• no freaky scripts, we need GUI
• small scripts will never have advanced features e.g. dublicate detection/merge, validation check,...
• current GIS doesn't speak OSM XML
• input dataformats and formating is very unregular

roadmap

0.1

• gui prototype
• save import preferences

0.2

• reading, representing CSV content

0.3

• alter,reassign content

0.4

• generate OSM

layers

input

• PointInput
  • CSV File Input
  • Wiki table Input
• PolygonInput

• Address input, when no coordinates are available but information that can be attached to buildings or POIs that already have address tags

output

• .osm file for uplaod to OSM
• bugtext upload to OpenStreetBugs for objects that can not be processed fully automatically.

challenges

• reading CSV format
• good UI design via usecases
• reading GIS formats (SHP, DXF,...)

OGR lib

Geotools lib

• transform geo coordinates/projection

Proj.4 lib

• reassigning/transforming/add meta informations
• intelligent filtering (dublicates)
• intelligent semi-automatic syncronisations with existing OSM data
• split up in different parts (x boxes or depending on boundaries)
• deal with massdata especially splitting up uploads
• different character sets (latin alphabet, kyrillic alphabet,...)
• conflict resolving

See Also

osmsync