And a note from Denice Ross, who until recently worked for the city of New
Orleans :)
"That is awesome--- My team opened up that building data! So proud :-) The
city's GIS dept has fully embraced open by default. "
-Mikel
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:55 PM, Matt Toups <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>Greetings. I've been preparing an import for my hometown of New Orleans,
>Louisiana, USA.
>
>Here are links of interest:
>
>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana/Building_Outlines_Import
>https://github.com/mtoupsUNO/nola-buildings
>
>A few quick notes:
>
>* The data is from our city government and is licensed as CC0.
>* I hope the wiki (linked above) will address questions about the
>tagging scheme, conflation method, and process.
>* The import is a team effort comprised of both experienced mappers and
>relatively new, local users.
>
>I have been editing OSM for this area for over 6 years and I am
>committed to making this import a local community-led effort. I've been
>reaching out to local mappers for help, and already this process has led
>to more engagement and cooperation. I believe the import work is
>actually helping to strengthen our map community.
>
>Your feedback is welcome. In particular, I'm looking for good
>documentation to give to our less-experienced mappers on how to participate.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Matt Toups
>New Orleans
>
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