Sorry for the additional email. I meant to include this link for where the imagery is publicly available http://dggs.alaska.gov/file_transfer/CityOfSitka_data/Imagery Sid/
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Joshua Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I drew them myself for the city. They are in a shapefile format - WGS > 84. When I started drawing them I would've happily drawn them in OSM with > the new imagery as the background but I didn't know how to do that. > > You can see I asked about that very thing here in 2013: > https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/26449/uploading-background-images > > Since that time I've learned all of our imagery is in public domain > because it's purchased with public funds. They are now publicly available > for download as well at this site I drew the buildings first for city use > and now I'm ready to import them into OSM. > > As far as handling conflicts, it's a very small town and I am confident I > could resolve the conflicts in a very timely manner. > > Thanks for your questions! > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Send Imports-us mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Imports-us digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Buildings and addresses import request for Sitka, AK >> (Joshua Houston) >> 2. Re: Buildings and addresses import request for Sitka, AK >> (Frederik Ramm) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:43:27 -0800 >> From: Joshua Houston <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> Subject: [Imports-us] Buildings and addresses import request for >> Sitka, AK >> Message-ID: >> <CAEygc=mtMD21Nwipzgo4JAhj8sV-qJ7Y=C= >> [email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hello, >> >> I am hoping to import buildings and address data that is in the public >> domain for the city of Sitka, Alaska. The building footprints have been >> drawn from publicly available imagery found here >> http://dggs.alaska.gov/file_transfer/CityOfSitka_data/Imagery_Sid/ and >> the >> address points have been extracted from publicly available parcel data >> found here >> http://www.mainstreetmaps.com/AK/Sitka/downloads/AK_Sitka_Parcels.zip >> >> I have created a wiki page to document this process. >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sitka,_AK/Buildings_Import >> >> I know the only 2 active mappers in the area and they are interested in >> this happening as well. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Joshua Houston >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports-us/attachments/20160329/85652a6d/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:25:21 +0200 >> From: Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Imports-us] Buildings and addresses import request for >> Sitka, AK >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Hi, >> >> On 03/30/2016 12:43 AM, Joshua Houston wrote: >> > The building footprints have been >> > drawn from publicly available imagery >> >> "drawn" as in "manually traced from the imagery by yourself", or...? If >> that's the case, then in what format do you currently have the results >> of this tracing? >> >> I'm a bit surprised because the usual process would be to simply >> configure the imagery as a background layer for an editor and then trace >> stuff directly into OSM (thereby nicely avoiding any conflicts between >> what is traced and what is already in OSM) - but that's not the path you >> chose here? >> >> Bye >> Frederik >> >> -- >> Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imports-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Imports-us Digest, Vol 35, Issue 8 >> ***************************************** >> > >
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