Russ, Chad, Sorry if I jumped the gun. I don't think I will be able to make it tonight, but if you provide a link to the original data I could do some work, provide some - hopefully helpful - feedback, and with your OK, help flush out the wiki page.
Again, it is great to see this moving forward! Mike On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Russell Deffner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike and all, > > > > First, I should have probably started with, the wiki still needs work and > that’s part of what we’ll talk about tomorrow. I’m adding Chad here (and > dropping talk-us), he can answer more specifics about what we’re doing with > the data, but like the ‘other_tag’ we’re using that to further define the > building type where we can. You are correct, DRCOG tasked for imagery and > digitization of that imagery so they are the owners of the data. > > > > =Russ > > > > *From:* Mike Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2017 6:41 PM > *To:* Russell Deffner > *Cc:* OSM US Talk; Imports US > *Subject:* Re: [Imports-us] OSM-Colorado Mappy Hour Denver Buildings > Import Discussion > > > > The data here: > > http://gis.drcog.org/datacatalog/content/planimetrics-2014-building- > roofprints > > > > Doesn't seem to match the description on the wiki. Perhaps it has already > been converted partly to the OSM tagging (e.g. sheds and garages are > separate)? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Russ, > > > > This is very exciting to see this coming along. Let me know how I can > help. Hopefully we can use its success to convince other government bodies > in Colorado to allow us to import their data into OSM! Here are a few > comments. > > > > re: "The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), in partnership > with local governments and public entities, has purchased detailed > infrastructure data..." - This makes it sound like they purchased a > commercial dataset, which raises questions about licensing in my mind. I > suspect that what happened is they "contracted for the collection of > detailed infrastructure data..." In other words, it was work for hire, and > they own all rights to the data,. Therefore, as long as the right official > within DRCOG signs off, we are good (no third party vendor has any > ownership rights in the data and doesn't have to be consulted). If this is > in fact the case, someone may wish to change the wording. > > > > "Tagging Plans", "OTHER_TAG" - does this contain any useful information we > can map to OSM tags? > > > > re: "Building Roofprints (poly) - Stereo-compiled (3D)" > > * Where applicable, are the buildings in the source data orthogonal > (square corners) - like we try to create in OSM? > > * re "multi-level commercial/industrial buildings" I presume this means a > building that has multiple roof heights, not multiple levels/floors inside > the building. For example a building that has one section that is two > stories high and has a roof height of 20 feet, and another section that is > three stories high and has a roof height of 30 feet. > > * re "multi-level commercial/industrial buildings" - consider relations > to group the various building parts together. [1] > > > > A "parking structure" should probably be tagged: > > amenity=parking > > parking=multi-storey [3] > > (not sure it should get a building tag) > > > > A "tank" should probably not be tagged as building=, but rather just > man_made=storage_tank [2] > > > > Not all "medical" buildings will be hospitals. > > > > Nothing is said about how the features other than buildings will be > imported. > > > > Nothing is said about how the imported data will be conflated with the > existing OSM data (I see there is a place holder). > > > > re "Merge Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT) state address > layer..." - does this data have a ODbL compatible license? > > > > Mike > > > > [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Simple_3D_buildings > > [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dstorage_tank > > [3] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dparking > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Russell Deffner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Greetings all, this is a cross-post :) > > > > For some of you this may be old news/reminder. Last spring the Denver > Regional Council of Governments approached our local group, OSM-Colorado > <https://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/>, to discuss if and how a ton of > planimetric data that they have collected and released as public domain > could also be added to OpenStreetMap. Since then we’ve been discussing > with the local mappers and working together with DRCOG to prepare a pilot > import for their building dataset and we’re very close to that goal. This > email is mainly a ‘last call’ for the local/US community to review what we > have outlined on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ > wiki/Denver_Planimetrics_Import before we send notice to the main imports > list. > > > > The other thing this email is, and why I’m cross-posting, is because we’d > love to have you come discuss the import and other OSM stuff at a Mappy > Hour tomorrow the 25th; details: https://www.meetup.com/OSM- > Colorado/events/237116910/ > > > > Of course if you can’t make mappy hour please email me any comments, > thoughts, suggestions or advice; thank you! > > =Russ > > > > Russell Deffner > > [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Imports-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us > > > > >
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