<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>See Saikrishna's reply on the list for how to open ShapeFiles in JOSM. The plug in works best with small files.<br><br></div>Looking back in the email archive, it looks like this is a building import for Dar es salaam [1]. Am I right? If so, then I would repeat the advice that you import small sections at a time (a neighbourhood you know well would be a good starting point). As there are already some buildings in OpenStreetMap for this city, then you need to be careful not to create duplicates. Mikel's email [2] is spot on.<br>
<br></div>If you've taken this all into consideration and are struggling with JOSM, then why not put the ShapeFile up online somewhere (e.g. dropbox) and have someone help split it into smaller files for you.<br><br>
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Regards,<br>Rob<br><div><div><div><br>[1] <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002848.html" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002848.html</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002910.html" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002910.html</a><br>
<br><div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 April 2014 19:12, msilikale msilanga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" target="_blank">msilikale05@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">This is why I wrote the email to the Import to let the Community understand what I want to do. </p>
<p dir="ltr">With this data, I have the license to upload them here in my country and because its important to be used with other people in my country thats why I want to upload them into the Open Street Map.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Any advice what I should do next?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks for replying.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Msilikale.</p>
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