tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082422783692631078.post5448497219846140826..comments2024-03-28T08:48:13.582+00:00Comments on Maps Matter: Floods of Transient DataSK53-osmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611497805471433828noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082422783692631078.post-23971134908811182852015-01-22T10:55:50.795+00:002015-01-22T10:55:50.795+00:00@AlaskaDave & @Rozza Julie. The online service...@AlaskaDave & @Rozza Julie. The online service is useful, but JOSM will open ShapeFiles directly, so no need to convert to GPX anymore!SK53-osmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611497805471433828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082422783692631078.post-48446371757789387302015-01-22T10:01:56.973+00:002015-01-22T10:01:56.973+00:00@Dave, hope this is still useful, I would suggest ...@Dave, hope this is still useful, I would suggest a free converter for making kml to gpx format, when you need. This is the online service: http://kml2gpx.com/ and it doesn't need installation, just upload files.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11090423644415887004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082422783692631078.post-40314068146552522442014-03-10T00:42:29.088+00:002014-03-10T00:42:29.088+00:00Very interesting post.
I am an Alaska resident l...Very interesting post.<br /><br /> I am an Alaska resident living most of the year in Chiang Mai Thailand and have recently been trying to add nature reserve areas to OSM. It's been a very difficult slog, to say the least. Alaska is literally covered with national parks, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas. Most of the data describing the boundaries of these areas is online, somewhere. But I've had a hard time ferreting it out. I discovered Wilderness.net the other day and was able to convert their KML files for wilderness areas in Alaska GPX format so I could import them into JOSM.<br /><br />But I want the boundaries of all preserved areas. Much of the data I located is in shapefile format. This brings up two questions. There are more but these are critical:<br /><br />Do you know of a source of OSM importable data for the United States in general, but Alaska in particular, that can be incorporated into OSM for National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, etc? (Thailand is another entire question but I'll delay that one for now. LOL)<br /><br />Because much of what I have found is in shapefile format, how can I convert shapefiles to GPX files for import into JOSM?<br /><br />Thanks very much for your good work, and for any information you can give me.AlaskaDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668192878826278876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082422783692631078.post-42106709972544912992014-03-05T16:30:47.864+00:002014-03-05T16:30:47.864+00:00@Mike Hicks. Glad it prompted thoughts of somethin...@Mike Hicks. Glad it prompted thoughts of something local to you. I always hope that using concrete familiar (to me) examples helps people put what I write about into their own local context.SK53-osmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611497805471433828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082422783692631078.post-50698945658737531302014-02-28T19:57:52.346+00:002014-02-28T19:57:52.346+00:00This reminds me of issues I had when I tried to up...This reminds me of issues I had when I tried to update OpenStreetMap data in North Dakota around Devil's Lake -- a body of water that has been slowly rising for many decades (it will likely top out in a few years -- there currently isn't a natural outlet, but one will eventually be created). North Dakota is very, very flat, so small changes in depth can result in a huge change in the land area covered. I can't really trust the aerials from Bing in order to trace outlines, since I don't know the age of the imagery, and there are also seasonal fluctuations. Some roads are usable for part of the year, but end up underwater at other times.Mike Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257599090818492294noreply@blogger.com