[Gdal-dev] support for gpx and osm formats

[Jachym Cepicky]

Thanks for this comprehensive answer.

Jachym

Mateusz Loskot píše v Po 11. 06. 2007 v 07:39 +0200:
> Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> > Hi, I'm wondering, how difficult it would be, to add support for gpx
> > [1] and osm [2]. Would this be possible?
> 
> Jachym,
> 
> Recently, I've been thinking about these formats as well.
> Also, there is another interesting format called Polish Format (PFM) [1]
> which is used, among others, by OSM-like project in Poland called UMP.
> 
> The GPX format was discussed in March:
> 
> http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2007-March/012099.html
> 
> and as you can see the idea meets favouritism:
> 
> http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2007-March/012103
> 
> The OSM format support in OGR is also under consideration by OSM community:
> 
> http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2007-May/013228.html
> 
> >From my side, I think I could some help in conceptual and testing parts,
> I can help with incorporating new drivers into GDAL/OGR.
> Also, I could help with coding, though in some limited way.
> 
> BTW, Jens Oberender is working on the KML driver for OGR so he is
> playing with XML data in OGR pretty much. I believe it would be
> reasonable to use this analysis, notes and experience for other
> XML-based formats:
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SoCKMLRead
> 
> [1] From cGPSMapper manual:
> Polish Format is a convenient, text based, format used for saving map
> information on a computer and transferring map information between
> computer programs.
> 
> Cheers
-- 
Jachym Cepicky
e-mail: jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
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