<div dir="ltr">I'm new to this list but have been mapping on OSM for a couple of years, mostly in Thailand where I spend winters. My home state is Alaska where very little OSM mapping has been done. I have been wanting to add national parks, wilderness areas and national wildlife refuges to the Alaska map but with the exception of a few wilderness areas, have not done so because I don't have any experience with such large projects.<div>
<br></div><div>I obtained from the National Park Service, Denali National Park office, shape files for all the Alaska National Parks. I see no reference to any Alaska imports of national parks on this list so I'm asking for input, suggestions, etc., on how to go about this. Naturally, I think you'll agree that having these areas in the OSM database is a very worthwhile project.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The file I have is 9 MB in size and includes boundary information for ALL national parks in Alaska. I was able to load the entire dataset into JOSM using the OpenData plugin. It took quite a while, roughly 30 minutes on a pretty fast laptop with 8 GB of RAM, and the data looks good. But it's complex. No, I'm not going to upload any of that data at this point. My plan is to discuss it here and then if all goes well, split that large file up using Qgis and then deal with one park at a time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The data was obtained from the Denali National Park Resident GIS specialist, who is also an OSM mapper, although he's very new to the OSM world. He is user:NJSkunk</div><div><br></div><div>That's my initial question then. How to go about this in a responsible manner? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Dave<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Dave Swarthout<br>Homer, Alaska<br>Chiang Mai, Thailand<br>Travel Blog at <a href="http://dswarthout.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://dswarthout.blogspot.com</a></div>
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