Gregory, Any import should start with a review of the Import Guidelines [1] and discussion with the local community, which you started with your email. When you create the import page on the wiki, please describe which attributes from the shapefile you plan to add to OSM and how they map to OSM tags. We'll want to know how you plan to conflat existing data with the new data. Ideally, any existing data will be merged with the new data. Lastly, how will the data be imported. Are you planning on using a Tasking Manager or a bulk upload (not recommended) to OSM?
If there are any mappers in the area, I would encourage you to contact them and invite them to participate. An import can be a great way to build a community. If you haven't already joined our US Slack community, please sign up at https://osmus-slack.herokuapp.com/. The community can help you with build your import plan. Best, Clifford [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:46 AM Mulea, Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m an Intern for the MNCPPC in Maryland and we are interested in > uploading some of their GIS data into OSM. > > The data is open for all of the public to use. > > So far we plan on uploading data such as Buildings, POIs, and Parks. Any > other suggestions would most likely be available too. > > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/M-NCPPC_Planning_Department is the > initial OSM Wiki Page that I plan on updating as we develop our plan. > > > > Initially we would like to do a test import of a relatively small shp file > (Libraries point file) in order to prepare the other and potentially much > larger files. > > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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