> > Dear imports list members: > > My name is Carlos Duarte, from Guatemala, Central America. > > UNICEF Guatemala has requested me to update Guatemala municipal boundary > info in Open Street Map. The scope of this task is beginning with checking > and correcting the currently available data in OSM, and then, completing > the missing boundary polygons. > > To do so, I downloaded from OSM the existing information on Guatemala > municipal boundaries, using Overpass Turbo. > > Then, I compared the existing information in OSM with the official > municipal boundaries shapefile from Guatemala (from National Geographic > Service) and I found that most of the existing polygons are different to > the official polygons, so I am exploring the idea of replacing all the > polygons with the official shapefile. A colleague suggested to contact the > OSM imports list, to request for guidance on the implications of completely > replacing this information in OSM. I haven’t been able to identify a local > community of OSM contributors, so I am unsure if I’m allowed do a complete > substitution, and what is the best way to proceed. > > I will highly appreciate any orientation or guidance on this matter. > I'm an experienced GIS user, but quite new with contributing to OSM. > > Thanks and best regards from Guatemala > > Carlos Duarte > Guatemala >
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