[Aust-NZ] linz2osm2linz

[Hamish]

Sam Vekemans wrote:
> for those interested in learning about how the canvec
> processs works
> for canada, and getting changes back,
> feel free to ask on the talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> list.
> 
> NRCan will be making diff files of omissions and
> remissions, of osm/canvec data hopefully for the fall.

any chance of putting together a whitepaper/wiki page describing it?
:-)

 
> anyway, im working on an international tagging schema, so are there
> any more tagging matches done than is already posted to the wiki?

Yes, a lot. (most)

The wiki was only used to sort things our when a single layer had many
possible attributes to match. (e.g. building types -> school, hospital,
etc)

see the "Export data-dict XML" wish here:
  http://github.com/rcoup/linz2osm/issues

for most layers, discussion and tag-matching happened in the web-app.


fwiw so far we have only finalized tag matching for layers relevant for
the Chatham Island dataset, maybe there is 1/3rd or more attributes still
to do once we hit the mainland? so yet slightly incomplete.

One thing we found using the OSM wiki tagging pages as a guide was that
often UK->German->USA->NZ ideas about what to call something was rather
diverse (e.g. precise def'n of a "jetty" or "bivouac"), and other items
only local (e.g. a "Marae").


cheers,
Hamish