Hi Daniel,
Thanks for writing and for your interest in improving OSM in your area!
I would be interested in working with you on this process. We recently
completed an import of data for Orleans Parish, you can read a bit about
it here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana/Building_Outlines_Import
Also, here are OSM's import guidelines, if you haven't seen them
already: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
Importing bulk data into OSM and properly integrating it into the
existing map is a surprisingly difficult task. But it can be a
worthwhile effort, especially in situations where the existing data is
poor (and mostly unchanged from a previous, lower-quality import, namely
TIGER) and the new data offers a drastic improvement. It sounds like
this description fits with your assessment of OSM in Red River Parish.
There will be several steps to take to build a strong successful import
process for this data. I suggest we start by creating a page on the OSM
wiki where we can develop this proposal.
One initial question we always ask is about the license on the data from
your local government. If the data is under restrictive copyright terms,
it will not work for OSM. If it is public domain (or CC0), we are good
to go. Often government folks will put these files into the public
domain when asked. (I had to ask the Orleans Parish GIS staff to clarify
the license question before proceeding, and they were cooperative.)
Daniel, if you would like me email me off-list with info on how to
access the shapefiles, I would be interested to take a look and work
with you on planning the next steps. While I can't say I am very
familiar with Red River Parish, in the grand scheme of OSM and the
planet, we are neighbors!
Matt Toups
University of New Orleans
ps: There are some other mappers in our region who may be interested in
helping out as well. Let's reach out. Community and collaboration are
essential to openstreetmap's success.
On 12/16/2015 11:57 AM, Daniel Simpson wrote:
I am new to the OSM platform, but would like to do a complete import
of the official street names and address ranges for the entire Parish
of Red River (located in NW Louisiana). The data is currently in an
ESRI shapefile .shp format and contains the following attributes:
-Name
-Address Ranges per segment (to/from/left/right)
-City
-Parish
-State
-Zip
This data is official from our local government entity overseeing all
GIS data for Red River Parish. After reviewing existing data on OSM,
there are tons of errors including incorrect names, roads which do not
exist, no valid address ranges, etc. I completed a total re-map
project back in 2009 for the purpose of migrating from rural route
postal addresses to physical E911 addresses, so we changed nearly all
road names and applied our new number schematic. We would like to
replace all existing road data with our official parish provided data.
I also have an address point shapefile with points for every physical
address on top of the structure. I would like to start with streets
first and then move to the address points. Please advise the best way
to move forward with this. I can provide a link to the shapefiles if
needed.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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