Dear Rafael, Thanks for your kind reply.
The data I am proposing to use is Public Domain official geographic data. Last week I checked with the publisher, Instituto Geografico Nacional, and they have no problem with uploading this information to the OSM. Anyway, I'll double check this. Thanks, Carlos 2017-06-20 3:48 GMT-06:00 Rafael Avila Coya <[email protected]>: > Hi Carlos: > > I can't see any reference to the license of the data. The license needs to > be compatible with the OSM ODbL license. > > Have a nice day, > > Rafael. > > On 20/06/17 04:49, Tommy Bruce wrote: > >> Excellent, this makes a lot of sense. Just as a guess I would say most >> people don't really care if you correct the "state" boundaries of the >> country. Definitely include that picture on your wiki page when you make >> one it really shows what you are planning to do. >> >> Are you familiar with using multi-polygons? >> >> For this project you should definitely use multi-polygons to draw your >> boundaries. >> >> Also do you have any idea where the data on Open Street Map comes from? >> Is it out of date or is it just wrong? That might help with explaining why >> it is a good idea to change the map if you can find a good explanation of >> where the old data came from for example if it is just out of date. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 19, 2017, at 17:26, CARLOS A. DUARTE <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear Tommy, >>> >>> Thank you so much for your quick and useful reply, >>> >>> Here are my answers to some of your question: >>> >>> Could you be more specific with what Municipal boundaries includes? Are >>> we talking about just town and city borders? or state and national borders >>> as well? >>> According to Guatemala's political and administrative division, the >>> country is divided into 22 "Departamentos" (similar to States in the US), >>> and each Departamento is divided into "Municipios" (similar to Counties in >>> the US). What I'm proposing is to update the existing Municipio boundaries >>> with the polygons from the oficial shapefile layer. Updating Departamento >>> boundaries could be done also. >>> >>> How current is your data? And do you have any plane for continuing >>> imports in the future as new versions of the data comes out? >>> The data I have is up to date. I got it last week from Instituto >>> Geográfico Nacional, which is the Government institution in charge of >>> national cartography in Guatemala. The municipal boundary layer is the >>> last one published, in 2016, and it comes at a scale of 1:50,000. This >>> layer is updated every time a municipio "splits" into two different >>> municipios. And yes, I would be happy to update it when it changes. >>> >>> Also Carlos do you have your own OSM user account? >>> Yes, I go by the username CARLOS DUARTE CARRANZA >>> >>> I'll try to follow your recomendations on finding active users in >>> Guatemala, as well as creating the osm.wiki page. >>> >>> For you to have an idea of what I mean when I say that many existing >>> polygons in OSM are different than in the official layer, the following >>> image shows the existing OSM boundaries in purple, while "Official" >>> boundaries are shown in green. Please note that there are missing polygons >>> in the existing OSM data. >>> >>> >>> <image.png> >>> >>> Thats where I am now... >>> >>> Any further guidance is welcome and thanks for your help! >>> >>> Carlos >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2017-06-19 17:40 GMT-06:00 Tommy Bruce <[email protected] <mailto: >>> [email protected]>>: >>> >>> Hello, My name is Tommy I go by the username Sunfishtommy >>> >>> It looks like you have done an excellent job so far at getting >>> high quality data and taking the time to compare that data and >>> talk to the community. Thank you for following the steps to do an >>> import. >>> >>> I have made many contributions in the northwestern part of >>> Guatemala. In this area >>> (http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=11/16.0115/-90.6499 >>> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=11/16.0115/-90.6499>). Most of >>> the town boundaries I drew in that area were just marking where >>> there were houses and where there were not. In this area at least >>> I could see replacing these boundaries with official ones to be >>> beneficial. >>> >>> Could you be more specific with what Municipal boundaries >>> includes? Are we talking about just town and city borders? or >>> state and national borders as well? >>> >>> How current is your data? And do you have any plane for >>> continuing imports in the future as new versions of the data comes >>> out? >>> >>> You can find some helpful info here under the import guidelines >>> page (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines>) >>> >>> and it would be helpful if you could go ahead and and create a >>> osm.wiki page for your import and add it to the catalog here >>> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue>) >>> >>> Another way to find potentially active users in your area is to >>> use this website (http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc >>> <http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc>) you can sort in different >>> ways and message the users who you think might be active in >>> Guatemala. >>> >>> Also Carlos do you have your own OSM user account? >>> >>> >>> 2017-06-19 16:00 GMT-07:00 CARLOS A. DUARTE <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Imports mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >>> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imports mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >
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