<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi, </div><div><br></div><div>We've gotten the green light from data owner[1] to import admin-2 boundaries for Egypt and Mauritania. This data is corroborated by wikipedia [2] and similar to the UNOCHA SALB data [3], with minor discrepancies[4] with the latter. Shapefiles can be found here:</div><div> </div><div>- Mauritania <a href="http://maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Mauritania/index.php">http://maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Mauritania/index.php</a></div><div>- Egypt: <a href="http://maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Egypt/index.php">http://maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Egypt/index.php</a></div><div><br></div><div>To convert to .osm we are using ogr2osm with a simple translation function[5]. The only difference between Egypt and Mauritania is the egyptian governates are classified as admin_level=3 whereas mauritania's departments are classified as admin_level=4. this is captured in unique translation functions. </div><div><br></div><div>Once in JOSM, we will delete the national boundaries in our generated .osm file (these appear to be robot-generated and really node-heavy). Ways for each admin boundary will then be connected manually to existing admin-2 osm boundaries, and we'll also manually repair the subnational relations. </div><div><br></div><div>Cross-posting this HOT as I know others are working on imports in the Sahel. Please respond with questions and concerns!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><div><br></div><div>Ian Villeda</div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ian_villeda">https://twitter.com/#!/ian_villeda</a></div><div><a href="mailto:villeda@mabox.com">villeda@mabox.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>[1] Eric Dudley of <a href="http://www.mapmaker.com">www.mapmaker.com</a> </div><div>[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_Mauritania">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_Mauritania</a> </div><div>[3] <a href="http://www.unsalb.org/">http://www.unsalb.org/</a> </div><div>[4] <a href="https://img.skitch.com/20120404-11iykjxm9q42hxnmfwc94y5afs.jpg">https://img.skitch.com/20120404-11iykjxm9q42hxnmfwc94y5afs.jpg</a> </div><div>[5] <a href="https://gist.github.com/380dd59f756da466d0cc">https://gist.github.com/380dd59f756da466d0cc</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>