Hi Mike, Thanks! Yes, the empty areas are from the previous import in 2010.
Jason. On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason, > > Nice documentation. > > Based upon the image in the Wiki, some parts of Mass appear to have no lakes > or ponds. Were those parts that we covered in the previous import? > > Mike > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Jason Remillard <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We would like to import the rest of the ponds/lakes into >> Massachusetts. The import wiki is below. >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MassGIS_DEP_Wetlands_Import_2013 >> >> - The data is public domain (all MassGIS data is public domain) >> - We are conflating via a script to avoid double imports >> - Simplifying the geometry to 1 meter in the script. >> - The source data geometry is very good as compared to Bing images. >> - About 1/3 of the state was imported already in 2010 from the same >> data source, minus the name tags. >> - It is about 2,800 ponds and lakes, and will fill out the rest of the >> state. The wetlands, rivers, salt marshes, etc are not being imported. >> - Tagged with natural=water, name=*, and sometimes water=reservoir >> - Sample OSM file linked to on the wki, nothing has been uploaded yet. >> - Source code linked to on the wiki. >> - Changes sets will get source and attribution tags. >> >> Please see the wiki page for details. If anybody has any >> issues/problems/objections, would like us to do something different, >> or would like to help, please comment! >> >> Thanks >> Jason. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

