[mkgmap-dev] Generating location bounds info from shape file?

Thu Jan 12 20:13:22 GMT 2012

Hi Marko,

I also don't know the format of the shape files, but it sounds to me as if
one should code a converter program, so that the data can be put into OSM
without much manual work.

Gerd

Marko Mäkelä wrote
> 
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:55:35PM +0100, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>I am not sure about your goal. do you mean that you want to evaluate 
>>the data in the shape file by creating an *.img with it?
> 
> I would like to import the equivalent of boundary=administrative 
> relations from shape file(s) to mkgmap, for generating the address 
> search index with accurate city or region boundaries. The 
> boundary=administrative data for Finland in OSM is incomplete, and it 
> would be quite a bit of work to import the recently freed official data 
> to OSM.
> 
> I do not care that much if the boundaries are shown on the map.  What I 
> mostly care about is that streets will be associated with the correct 
> region, city or suburb.
> 
> In the long term, I think that the boundary data does belong to OSM. So, 
> if importing the boundaries in a different format is too complicated, I 
> guess we will have to bite the bullet and import them to OSM.
> 
> 	Marko
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