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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It looks like you’re proposing a method that will be modifying existing data. There is nothing wrong with this and it’s the method I’m working on for a similar import but one huge is reviewing the output. With a normal import you can just open up the intended upload .osm file with JOSM and select random objects to review them as well as generate some tagging statistics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Because you’re also writing new tools to handle the data instead of using existing ones this means that you’ll want to do extra verification that all the logic in your code is tested. As I’m doing the exact same stuff I can assure you that it is a pain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I look forwards to reviewing what you produce, because I’m sure the review will be interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Aidan McGinley [mailto:aidmcgin+openstreetmap@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 01, 2013 1:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> imports@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Imports] Import Assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm working on an import for some UK postcodes. The import has been discussed at length on the GB-Talk mailing list, with no strong objections[1], and I have also created an import project page describing the process [2]. The scripts etc. are not up there yet, I'm still finalising them at the moment and once done they'll be up there with some sample data.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would appreciate some feedback on what I've done so far and also some advice on how to proceed, as I am planning on running the batch towards the end of this month.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Since this is the first time I have tackled a bulk import, I need some assistance on a couple of things<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Firstly, how to actually execute the import, I can generate whatever XML or other output that is required, but I need some advice as to what it should contain, how best to batch it up, and what the best tool to use to upload it is etc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Secondly what sort of QA is required. I can do some manual random QAing, and also comparing against what is already tagged in OSM. Not sure what else is possible/required.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Aidan<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[1] <a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-January/014358.html">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-January/014358.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[2] <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ONS_Postcode_Import">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ONS_Postcode_Import</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>