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OSM getting blasted, time to blast back

Here is some details about the author, If he does not want comments,
we can send him a letter.

The author :
Patrick A Ross :
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/patrick-ross/3/a3/732

Is a lobbist also for the microsoft spin off expedia :
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/LobbyistPublicSearch/CompleteDisclosure.aspx?PeriodId=20081&RefId=1558

Here is his blog :
http://patrickross.typepad.com/

We should send him some comments.

mike

OSM getting blasted, time to blast back

I have registered here and posted a comment that he should open up his article to comments :
http://www.copyrightalliance.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=50

Help wanted tracing and editing Kosovo and Albania

Here is the hack to shp2osm.pl that does the splitting,
please use that if you want to do mass imports.
http://pastebin.com/f30247bfb

Help wanted tracing and editing Kosovo and Albania

Here are the immap street data split up into 100 street packages:
http://www.archive.org/details/STREETDATA_Packages_Kosovo

Help wanted tracing and editing Kosovo and Albania

yes,
all this data is for OSM.
It was expressly donated to osm. I am in contact with all the authors.

btw
here are some videos from on how to process the data :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Riwff1KxcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-5mytiz6Cw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLei9i2gq44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79OzVYMOzQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT7tns9bqbM

here are some instructions on using ftp with archive org:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PE1b0FujyU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeKTHP6ty_Q

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

I have started a detailed page for Prishtina here:
osm.wiki/WikiProject_Prishtina#Data_Import

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

Also, I want to point out that everybody is invited to help out with Kosovo and Albania. We have been getting alot of raw data and there is so much work to do.

There is so much work that we would need another 10 people working on it !

so if anyone has time and wants to help, all help is welcome!

OpenStreetMap Points of Interest in Google Earth

you can also just use gpsbabel or any other osm2kml tool and convert osm to kml and load it.

mike

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

I have been able to filter out the streets from the osm file :

http://pastebin.com/f30aa460b

Just start with the layer :"BOUNDARIES.OTHER"

That contains most of the streets. There are other layers contains the string "rruges" meaning roads.

Reverse engineering GPS map formats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigon is a german company.

I have done some searching,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_database_management

The file format is *.map.

You can see there are many torrents out there with these maps, for example the a file name in the torrent is "Bosnia and Herzegovina_Q3_2008.map"

Here is a way to download pois to your navigon:
http://poiplaza.com/?p=cm_na

"you need a asc and bmp files for via PoiWarner"
"Generic CSV is what you want, the navigon will make the proper conversion upon boot up."
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/13250

The asc file looks like this :
19.81910, 41.32800, Europcar, AL-Tirana Airport, +355 6 82093908

you can get a sample here:
http://poiplaza.com/download/zipfiles/3522/AL-Europcar_Navigon_Becker.zip

The navigon fresh download looks like this :
NAVIGON|GoetheRad :Fahrradverleih am Goetheturm|DEU|60599|Frankfurt am Main |Sachsenhäuser Landwehrweg|1|8.708896|50.089447

http://www.navigon.com/site/de/de/maps_services/web2pnd/transfer?cmd=favorite&apiversion=1&poiname=GoetheRad+%3AFahrradverleih+am+Goetheturm&geocoordinates=8.708896;50.089447&country=DEU&company=NAVIGON&street=Sachsenh%C3%A4user+Landwehrweg&zipcode=60599&city=Frankfurt+am+Main+&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navigon.com&streetnumber=1

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

It is uploaded now!

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

Ok, I have uploaded the parts after being converted to osm
http://www.archive.org/details/PrishtinaStreetsOSM

the splitter script is also attached. I also shifted the points over to the right by 0.00016.

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

http://picasaweb.google.com/Andrew.T.Finney/Prishtina#5431506018759127954

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

Thank you very much Andrew,
http://www.archive.org/details/PrishtinaOpensourceMap

Any ideas why this diary entry is awry?

It is ok now. there were the bad formatting that I pasted. Thanks to TomH for fixing it!

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

I am in Offenbach germany,
you can use ftp directly.
mike

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

I never had a problem with archive.org, you can see some videos on how to use it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PE1b0FujyU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeKTHP6ty_Q

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

you can post unlimited data for all eternity on archive.org
http://www.archive.org/account/login.createaccount.php

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

using this tool :
http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/toolbox/geography/geoutm.html

lat 42.6628371 , long 21.1567513
=>
x=512846.1776844547
y=4723386.444431229
zone=34

Please help with Prishtina DXF Import

Here is a list of layers extracted from the dxf:

0
0_korniza-rrjeti
1
2
3
4
5
7
antena
A-Photo-Kadastri
BL-I
BL-II
BL-III
BL-IV
BL-IX
BL-IX-1
BL-V
BL-VI
BL-VII
BL-VII-1
BL-VII-2
BL-VIII
BL-X
BL-XI
BL-XII
BL-XII-1
BL-XII-2
BL-XIII
BL-XIV
BL-XV
BOUNDARIES_COMMUNITY
BOUNDARIES_OTHER
BOUNDARIES_OTHERS
BOUNDARIES_PARCELS
Branches
BUILDINGS_1
BUILDINGS_2
BUILDINGS_çati
BUILDINGS_mur
BUILDINGS_ruin
Damm
description box
emer_te-tjera
GRID
GRID_TEXT
Harta 83
hydrant
image
insert pipe
Izohipsat-kryesore
Izohipsat-ndihmese
Janjeve-map
Keqikoll-map
Kufiri i Pr
Lakes and rivers
Layer1
Layer2
legend
LEGENDA
lidhja1
Liqeni
Lypjan-map
Mainpipe
multiple connection
multiple connetion
multiple-watermeter
name-district
Name district
NAME_OBJECT
NAME_OBJEKT
NAME_OTHER
NAME_PLACE
NAME_STREET
ndarje ndertesash
ndarje ndertese
ndarje-ndertese
ndertesa te reja
NETWORK_WATER
NUMBERS_HOUSE
NUMBERS_PARCELS
NUMBERS_SURVEY_POINTS
numrat
Obiliq-map
objekte
objektet
objekti
orientim manhole
orientim- manhole
orientim-manhole
pika-elekrtike
pika-gjeodezike
pika-kanalizimi
pika ndihmese
pika-uje
Pishinë
PLANKOPF
POINT_BOUNDARIES_COMMUNITY
POINT_DETAIL
POINT_DISTRING_HEATING
POINT_ELECTRICITY
POINT_OTHER
POINT_SEWER
POINT_SURVEY
POINT_TELECOMMUNICATION
POINT_WATER
Prishtina e gjere
Prishtina-map
Pr-map
Pumpstation
pus
pusetë
RAMJET
Reservoir
Rezervari
Rrethoja
rrjeti
rruga
rruge e re
rruge te reja
rruge-te reja
ruin
septik tank
SURVEY_NETWORK
symbol-manhole
Text
Text1
Text-izohipsat
trasa
tregues
Valves
valvul uji
vija ndihmese
vija te tjera
water connection
water-connection
water connetion
water-connetion
water-tank
well