Sounds fine to me, especially given most NSW national parks have already been imported via the LPI Base Map as you pointed out.
You can use both leisure=nature_reserve and boundary=protected_area. I'm not familiar with that reserve but you'll need to pick the closest protect_class you think it matches http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dprotected_area. On 28 November 2017 at 10:09, Leith Bade <le...@bade.nz> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to add the boundary of the Googong Foreshores reserve which > is located near the ACT but in NSW. It is a Commonwealth Land managed by > the ACT government (however NSW law applies) and primarily provides a > drinking water catchment and dam that supplies the ACT and Queanbeyan NSW. > The reserve is also managed as a conservation area with many walking, > mountain biking trails and allows fishing and kayaking in the dam lake. > > The area is quite large with a 56km boundary and short of trying to walk > the enitre boundary with GPS, or try to locate all the fences via aerial > imagery I decided it was easier to just import the boundary. I initially > emailed the ACT government to ask if they had the boundary in GIS format > but had no response. However I then realised the NSW cadastral data shows > the boundary as the reserve is all located in a single lot. > > Can I import this data? I note there is already permission from NSW to > import topographical data into OSM and has been done extensively for other > NSW nature reserves and national parks. > > What tags should I use? leisure=nature_reserve or one of the > boundary=protected_area? If protected area, which level should I use? > > What other tags should I add? I was going to add name=Googong Foreshores, > source:geometry=NSW LPI Base Map and source:date=2017-11-27 > > I checked in JOSM and the boundary appears to align well with other > existing features, e.g. a fence and the other adjoining nature reserves. > > Thanks, > Leith Bade > le...@bade.nz > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >
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