If you want to do something that helps, but aren't sure where to begin on the technical parts; try doing the following up on the first step of the import guidelines' advice: ask for explicit permission.
Here's two other examples of it working successfully http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/data.gov.au_explicit_permission http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/sa.data.gov.au_explicit_permission If you can't get an answer from data.qld.gov.au ( https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/locality-boundaries-queensland) consider approaching NRM; who might have a closer relationship with the data set maintainer ( http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/services_resources/item_details.php?item_id=32736) On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Steve Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone, that great info. I'll talk to the council about it. > They are keen to help. They might be able to also help with overall qld to > issue. > > In meantime I'll see if I can manually fix my suburb > > Sent from my Android phone > On 27 Nov 2013 05:18, "Ben Kelley" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> In terms of "Is there a way to enter it?" suburb/town boundaries are an >> admin boundary. Make a relation of the ways that enclose the area with >> boundary=admin. Check the wiki for the right level for towns/suburbs. (I >> think 8 but I could be wrong.) >> >> - Ben Kelley. >> On 27 Nov 2013 00:03, "Steve Dalton" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> Finally found the AU OSM list! >>> >>> I'm currently doing a bit of work with OSM for a client and I've >>> stumbled on a problem I had some time ago. Gold Coast suburbs are >>> completely wrong! >>> >>> I'm pretty new to OSM - so forgive my ignorance here, but from what I >>> can see the administrative boundary for suburb is just set from a >>> point and it just calculates your suburb from the nearest >>> administrative point. So I live in Parkwood (no point has been set for >>> this), my street comes up as Nerang and the street next to me comes up >>> as Helensvale! >>> >>> If I was to get hold of proper suburb boundaries from the council - is >>> there any way to even enter it? I can't quite see how. Has anyone in >>> other cities done this? I did see some reference to Adelaide in the >>> list archives but as I've not done a lot of geospatial work some of >>> the terms and formats were new to me. >>> >>> There is quite a bit of support for Open Data at the moment in Gold >>> Coast City council, so would appreciate any advice from other >>> contributors on the best format for data, best way to get this data >>> into OSM (if possible) and how best to work with the council. >>> >>> I would really like to encourage OSM usage more in my local area - but >>> with a fundamental problem like this - it's a bit embarrassing. My >>> general response to things like this is to use RMS's words "We can fix >>> that!" but I'm a little stumped here on how to go about it, so any >>> help appreciated. >>> >>> Many thanks >>> Steve >>> >>> -- >>> Refactor. Engage | Succeed | Repeat >>> tel: +61 (0)7 5668 3424 >>> mob: +61 (0)414 464564 >>> web: refactor.com.au >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-au mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >
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