Hi Leif this is Sunfishtommy If you could give a little more time between notification and import i think that would be good. Between first notification and the import I think a minimum of 2 weeks would be healthy. Just to give more time for people to see and comment.
It’s ultimately up to you, but only 4-5 days is a little short. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 4, 2018, at 19:38, Leif Rasmussen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I finished importing about 74000 addresses in Orange County North Carolina on > Sunday. The import went relatively smoothly, with no major screw-ups. The > only problem I ran into was an internet disconnect in the middle of the 10th > upload (of 11). Only half of all addresses in the area had been added OSM > when my internet connection broke. To fix the issue, I closed the changeset, > deleted all addresses added in the changeset (not all in the entire import), > and re-uploaded that section. No damage was done to the OSM database. Other > than the internet problem, everything went perfectly! > I am now planning on doing another import of addresses next weekend, this > time in Chatham County North Carolina. I will follow the exact same > procedure as the last import, this time ensuring that I use a different > computer that will not lose connection. I have already created a new wiki > page > (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina_Address_Import) > for the import. > Procedure for data transformation: > First, I downloaded the data in Shapefile format from Chatham County Open > Data. > Then, I opened the data with JOSM using the opendata plugin. > Then, I saved the file. > Then, I downloaded every object with "addr:housenumber" and "addr:street" in > Chatham County using the Overpass API. I saved that data as a file as well. > I then ran my Java address editing program plugging in the new data and > existing data. The program corrected casing (CHAPEL HILL -> Chapel Hill), > created addr:street ("streetDirection"="N", "streetName" = "COLUMBIA", & > "streetType"="ST" -> "addr:street"="North Columbia Street"), and flagged > duplicates of existing addresses by comparing the dataset to the existing > addresses in the OSM database. > I opened the file created by the program with JOSM and did some final > modifications. > Finally, I saved the ready-for-upload files on Google drive so that anyone > can view them. > > The Java address editing program is available here > (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_zStssFKP1kbp3XydUELFkEeWF-P3t8z). > The transformed address data is available here > (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1P7i2heSHrvddLjlVOkfQ1OsBxXl8Xjnv). > > I would love any feedback about the import procedure, quality of data, or > anything else! > Thank you, > Leif Rasmussen > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
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