<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hello everyone.<br><br></div>A few days ago we sent a request to UNMIL (The UN Mission In Liberia) for permission to import a large dataset of 11,000 place names for Liberia into OSM. This morning I received a response from that request and it looks like we will be able to (response included below with some phone numbers and addresses left off).<br><br></div>Unfortunately I am out of the house until next week sometime, and I have never directed an import myself so I am looking for someone from the HOT community who has experience dealing with the imports mailing list and process to lead the effort to get this import approved.<br><br></div>The dataset is hosted online at the following address:<br><br><a href="https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/liberia/dataset/liberia-settlements-villages-towns-cities-0">https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/liberia/dataset/liberia-settlements-villages-towns-cities-0</a><br><br>The data looks to be of very good quality, with the town names located very close to the towns they represent. There are already a lot of town names in OSM from the GNS work we have done recently, so merging them will need to be a manual process. I am suggesting using the task manager for this like was done for the EHealth Nigeria data and the GNS work in Liberia.<br><br></div><div>Thank you to whomever takes this on, I know getting an import approved can be quite a process, but this data will be very useful for fighting the ebola outbreak in this area. Our dataset of place names is being used by the medical teams responding to the area, so the more we can improve this data the better it is for them. See the end of this message below my signature for the license agreement.<br><br></div><div>-AndrewBuck<br></div><font face="Courier New"></font><div><br><br><br>Here is the response we got back regarding the agreement:<br><br><font face="Arial">Dear Ayako,</font>
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<br><font face="Arial">Please be informed that UNMIL is in agreement
with sharing and use of our populated places dataset with OSM community.</font>
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<br><font face="Arial">Data usage terms are as follows:</font>
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<br><font color="blue" face="Arial"><b>Terms of Use (UNMIL-GIS Populated
Places Dataset) </b></font>
<br><font color="blue" face="Arial">UNMIL GIS Unit is willing to share
geographic datasets on populated places in Liberia upon the following data
usage terms:</font>
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<br><font color="blue" face="Arial"><b>Warranty</b></font>
<br><font color="blue" face="Arial">The dataset is made available
on an "as is" condition with no representation or guarantee made
concerning the accuracy, currency, or completeness of the information provided.</font>
<br><font color="blue" face="Arial">The depiction and use of place
names and related information in this dataset may include inaccuracies
or errors and therefore it does not necessarily imply official endorsement
or acceptance by the United Nations and UNMIL as its entity.</font>
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<br><font color="blue" face="Arial"><b>Condition of Use</b></font>
<br><font color="blue" face="Arial">You are free to access, use, distribute
and adapt our data as user, as long as you provide attribution or credit
to UNMIL</font>
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<br><font face="Arial">With regards,</font>
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Stephen Wafula</b></font><font face="Arial" size="1"> </font><font color="#2f2f2f" face="Arial" size="1"><br>
GIS Unit/JLOC Section <br>
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) </font><br><br></div></div>