Re: [OSM-talk] Parcel Data in OSM?

2009-02-18 Thread maning sambale
If imported to OSM, can we edit parcel data? Is it legally allowed for non-surveyors (in the Philippine we call them Geodetic Engineers) to change parcel geometry and attributes? On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Russ Nelson r...@cloudmade.com wrote: On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Christopher

Re: [OSM-talk] parcel data in OSM

2009-02-18 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:39:56PM -0800, Sam Vekemans wrote: Hi, ya, its certainly worth creating a tag proposal page for it. I would (imo) would like to see it only rendered when zooming in real close. I would disagree that it should be rendered in the main maps at all. Surveyor data is not

[OSM-talk] Parcel Data in OSM?

2009-02-17 Thread Christopher Schmidt
Hi, Many city governments in Massachusetts publish their parcel (lot) data for free reuse, either individually or through MassGIS. This data is appropriately licensed for re-use in OSM, and is informative -- in most cases, it has addresses which can be used for geocoding. I'm curious as to

Re: [OSM-talk] Parcel Data in OSM?

2009-02-17 Thread Ian Dees
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Christopher Schmidt crschm...@metacarta.com wrote: Hi, Many city governments in Massachusetts publish their parcel (lot) data for free reuse, either individually or through MassGIS. In my quest to find free data to import in the US, I discovered that parcel

Re: [OSM-talk] Parcel Data in OSM?

2009-02-17 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Property boundaries are definitely something that belongs in OSM, it's just boundary=administrative at a different level. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Parcel Data in OSM?

2009-02-17 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Christopher Schmidt crschm...@metacarta.com wrote: Hi, Many city governments in Massachusetts publish their parcel (lot) data for free reuse, either individually or through MassGIS. This data is appropriately licensed for re-use in OSM, and is informative --

Re: [OSM-talk] Parcel Data in OSM?

2009-02-17 Thread Russ Nelson
On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: cases, it has addresses which can be used for geocoding For completely unrelated reasons (I was searching for an unfinished railroad and was looking to see if it existed in any property lines) (no, it didn't) (sigh) I had a copy of

Re: [OSM-talk] parcel data in OSM

2009-02-17 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, ya, its certainly worth creating a tag proposal page for it. I would (imo) would like to see it only rendered when zooming in real close. Some other renderer might want to see it at a different zoom. When buying a house, you should know what land your getting :) p.s. I think a variation of