Good idea Mike. The only problem is that we cannot use a database since we need to style the actual data for images. Although one could load it to a db and then re-export it with some other tools - but that just increases time etc. <div>
<br></div><div>is the code of osmm loader c++ or c#?<br clear="all"><br><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Matthew Pulis</span> BSc. (Business and Computing) MSc. (Informatics)<br><span style="color:rgb(255, 102, 102)">web</span>:
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Mike Saunt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikesaunt@astuntechnology.com">mikesaunt@astuntechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<p>I agree but a potential enhance ment someone may wish to add would be to convert each gz to a shape and then run a tileindex against the directory... </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 15 Apr 2011 19:33, "Matt Walker" <<a href="mailto:walkermatt@longwayaround.org.uk" target="_blank">walkermatt@longwayaround.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hi Matt,<br>
> <br>> If you are referring to the splitting the data from a given layer into a<br>
> series of Shape files under 2GB then the OSMM loader doesn't do this at<br>> present although I don't see why this couldn't be done quite easily.<br>> Generally though if you are working with a large volume of data loading into<br>
> a spatial database like PostGIS might be more suitable and the loader can<br>> already load do that as it can load into any of the OGR formats (see<br>> <a href="http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html" target="_blank">http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html</a> for a list).<br>
> <br>> Cheers,<br>> <br>> Matt.<br>> <br>> On 15 April 2011 09:45, Saber <<a href="mailto:razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk" target="_blank">razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Matthew<br>
>><br>
>> Ogr2ogr now truncates the attribute headers for shapefile when exceed 10<br>>> letters.<br>>> Cheers<br>>> Saber<br>>><br>>><br>>> > Guys,<br>>> ><br>>> > I know some time ago I was trying the ogr2ogr but ended up hitting a<br>
>> brick<br>>> > wall in the case where SHP's dbf reached its limit. Does this tool split<br>>> > the<br>>> > SHPs into small numbers? Since OS data is quite big, such a feature would<br>
>> > surely be helpful.<br>>> ><br>>> > Good job on the util ;)<br>>> ><br>>> > Matthew<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > Matthew Pulis BSc. (Business and Computing) MSc. (Informatics)<br>
>> > web: <a href="http://www.matthewpulis.info" target="_blank">www.matthewpulis.info</a><br>>> > mob: +44 7866535953 / +356 79539404<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Saber Razmjooei<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk" target="_blank">razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk</a><br>>> >> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> >> Matt<br>>> >><br>>> >> Excellent. No, your code was clear and well-licensed :)<br>
>> >> We will try to add MasterMap styling for qgis plus export to PostGIS and<br>>> >> other ogr format in near future, which is mostly qgis stuff.<br>>> >><br>>> >> There are already plugins for exporting/importing QGIS styling to<br>
>> >> Mapserver .. maybe we can do it once for both Mapserver and QGIS?<br>>> >><br>>> >> Cheers<br>>> >> Saber<br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>
>> >><br>>> >> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 21:57 +0100, Matt Walker wrote:<br>>> >> > Nice work Saber, just tried it with the Topographic Layer sample from<br>>> >> > the OS website on our home laptop (Ubuntu 9.10, Quantum GIS 1.5.0,<br>
>> >> > GDAL/OGR 1.7.2 all defaults from packages) and it worked a treat :-).<br>>> >> > I've put a note on the project page and I'll mention it to the OS.<br>>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Is there anything you need to change or would like to see improved?<br>>> >> ><br>>> >> > Cheers,<br>>> >> ><br>>> >> > Matt.<br>>> >> ><br>
>> >> > On 13 April 2011 13:42, Saber Razmjooei <<a href="mailto:razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk" target="_blank">razmjooeis@faunalia.co.uk</a>><br>>> >> > wrote:<br>>> >> > Matt<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > We have taken your code and ported it as QGIS plugin.<br>>> >> > Here is the link to the repo. At the moment it's shapefile but<br>>> >> > future<br>
>> >> > changes will support other formats.<br>>> >> ><br>>> >> > <a href="http://moses.faunalia.co.uk/qgis/plugins/plugins.xml" target="_blank">http://moses.faunalia.co.uk/qgis/plugins/plugins.xml</a><br>
>> >> ><br>>> >> > Cheers<br>>> >> > Saber<br>>> >> ><br>>> >> ><br>>> >> ><br>>> >> > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 09:54 +0100, Matt Walker wrote:<br>
>> >> > > Hi Guys,<br>>> >> > ><br>>> >> > > At Astun we've been working with OS data for years with Open<br>>> >> > Software.<br>
>> >> > > We've recently signed up as Developer Partners which allows<br>>> >> > access to<br>>> >> > > data for development, testing and demonstration and also<br>
>> >> > joined the<br>>> >> > > Insight program which allows early access to new products.<br>>> >> > I'd be<br>>> >> > > happy to pass on details to anyone that's interested.<br>
>> >> > ><br>>> >> > > I agree that we should look to get the open software we know<br>>> >> > is<br>>> >> > > compatible on the list and I'm happy to find out what's<br>
>> >> > required.<br>>> >> > ><br>>> >> > > On a related note we've recently pulled together a simple OS<br>>> >> > MasterMap<br>
>> >> > > loader which is a thin Python wrapper around OGR 1.8. The<br>>> >> > source is<br>>> >> > > available at <a href="https://github.com/AstunTechnology/osmmloader" target="_blank">https://github.com/AstunTechnology/osmmloader</a>.<br>
>> >> > It's only<br>>> >> > > designed to load an initial supply at present but we will<br>>> >> > possibly<br>>> >> > > look at adding CoU support in future. Jo Cook has been<br>
>> >> > working on a<br>>> >> > > MapServer map file to style the output which we'll put up<br>>> >> > with the<br>>> >> > > source shortly. Some highlights include: it uses ogr2ogr<br>
>> >> > which meeans<br>>> >> > > that you can write to all destination formats supported by<br>>> >> > OGR by<br>>> >> > > providing ogr2ogr command line options; it reads GML or GZ<br>
>> >> > natively<br>>> >> > > and it's open software :-)<br>>> >> > ><br>>> >> > > Thanks,<br>>> >> > ><br>
>> >> > > Matt.<br>>> >> > ><br>>> >> > > On 6 Apr 2011 17:19, "Barry Rowlingson"<br>>> >> > <<a href="mailto:b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk" target="_blank">b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk</a>><br>
>> >> > > wrote:<br>>> >> > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Joanne Cook<br>>> >> > > <<a href="mailto:j.cook@thehumanjourney.net" target="_blank">j.cook@thehumanjourney.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> > > >> Perhaps we should find out who to contact and offer to<br>>> >> > update it<br>>> >> > > for them?<br>>> >> > > ><br>
>> >> > > > There's a customer services contact:<br>>> >> > > ><br>>> >> > > > "For general enquiries, complaints, feedback or<br>
>> >> > suggestions, email:<br>>> >> > > > <a href="mailto:customerservices@ordnancesurvey.co.uk" target="_blank">customerservices@ordnancesurvey.co.uk</a> or call us on 08456<br>
>> >> > 05 05 05"<br>
>> >> > > ><br>>> >> > > > I think we need someone to enquire for a sample of test<br>>> >> > data sets,<br>>> >> > > > and what the OS consider as 'supports' in the table. Just<br>
>> >> > loading it<br>>> >> > > > without errors might not be enough.<br>>> >> > > ><br>>> >> > > > It might also be worth suggesting they add a GDAL/OGR row<br>
>> >> > which<br>>> >> > > would<br>>> >> > > > cover most Open-source GIS and lots of proprietary ones<br>>> >> > too.<br>
>> >> > > ><br>>> >> > > > Barry<br>>> >> > > > _______________________________________________<br>>> >> > > > UK mailing list<br>
>> >> > > > <a href="mailto:UK@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">UK@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>>> >> > > > <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk</a><br>
>> >> > ><br>>> >> > > _______________________________________________<br>>> >> > > UK mailing list<br>>> >> > > <a href="mailto:UK@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">UK@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
>> >> > > <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk</a><br>>> >> ><br>>> >> ><br>>> >> ><br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> ><br>>> >> ><br>>> >> > --<br>>> >> > Matt Walker<br>>> >> > @_walkermatt<br>>> >> ><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>
>> >> _______________________________________________<br>>> >> UK mailing list<br>>> >> <a href="mailto:UK@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">UK@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>>> >> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk</a><br>
>> >><br>>> ><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Matt Walker<br>> @_walkermatt<br></div>
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