Karl, Looks good to me, thanks for your help.
-Kate On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Karl Guggisberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > a first mapper has started to import a chunk from the PAHO/WHO dataset as > described in > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals#Importing_the_PAHO.2FWHO_dataset > > Does everybody agree that we can start importing the data provided by Kate > on github ? Tag names OK? Values OK? > > Regards > Karl > > =============================================================== > Hi, > > thanks Kate for the data. > > We maintain a section on the OSM wiki related to importing and cleaning up > health facilities in the OSM database. > I've added the information about the PAHO/WHO list too > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals > > I've proposed an approach for importing the PAHO/WHO list, see > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals#Importing_the_PAHO.2FWHO_dataset > > I think we should discuss it first before we actually start working on it. > If we agree on how to do it we can launch the task and track its progress. > See > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals#Importing_the_PAHO.2FWHO_dataset > provides a link to the discussion page > > Regards > Karl > > Am 03.02.2010 08:07, schrieb Kate Chapman: > > Hi All, > > I converted the PAHO medical facilities data into OSM format. > http://github.com/wonderchook/PAHO_to_OSM. I also included the rules > file. If anyone needs files in another format or anything let me > know. > > I chunked it up into 26 files so people could work on it. The tags > associated with each facility are ones that are important to WHO/PAHO. > We want to make sure we include data that is going to be important to > these organizations. They are willing to contribute data back to us > from the ground, but we need to include information that relates to > humanitarian efforts. In my experience working with this data there > have been many circumstances where the OSM positional accuracy is > better, something to keep in mind when resolving the discrepancies > between the two datasets. > > The most important information is the health_facility:paho_id that is > the universal ID for medical facilities in Haiti and will allow OSM > data to interact more easily with other systems. > > This is our first attempt at using the Humanitarian OSM tags in the > wild: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags > > We made every attempt to continue to use already existing tags. The > wiki might need to be cleaned up a bit to match what is in the .osm > files. > > To summarize: > > 1. We want OSM to be the source of this type of data > 2. In order to be the source we need to include info of importance to NGOs > 3. Yes the Humanitarian Tags are a draft but we need to start somewhere. > 4. If there is something drastically wrong let me know and we'll > figure out how to fix it. > > I saw emails flying by regarding workflow I'm not sure the best way to > figure out who is working on what. > > > > Thanks for all your assistance and hardwork. > > Kate Chapman > User:wonderchook > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ht mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ht mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ht mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
