<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style="">As i have adviced by Mikel (Email 2) and <span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Rob Nickerson </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">that i should give the data so that it would be easy to find solution for the imports: here is the link for the data i want to import into the OSM. As i have said in my previous mails, the data i want to upload has been licensed from the Government of Tanzania and i thought it would be useful with the other people to use it especially when they are uploaded in OSM. I have also attached the license for the release of the Data into the OSM from the Government.</span></div><div class="" style=""><br></div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"
class=""><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oe08t8tirw7qtuk/AiOhiUBEN5" class="" style="">Dar es salaam buildings (Tanzania)</a><br class="" style=""></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class=""><table class="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:450px; height:170px;"><tbody class="" style=""><tr class="" style=""><td colspan="6" class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"></div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td rowspan="2" class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"></div></td><td class="" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 168px; height: 168px; background-color: #000000;"><div class="" style="width: 168px;" align="center"><a
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style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important;">Dar es salaam buildings (Tanzania)</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="">Shared with Dropbox</div></div></div></td><td class="" rowspan="2" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"></div></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td class="" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="" style="font-size: 0pt; padding: 7px 20px 9px 15px;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oe08t8tirw7qtuk/AiOhiUBEN5" class="" style="color: black; text-decoration: none !important;cursor:pointer !important;" target="_blank"><span class="" style=" line-height:
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class="" style=""><td class="" colspan="6" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">Regards,<br class="" style="">Msilikale Msilanga<br class="" style="">+255717506053<br class="" style="">Skype: msilikale05</div><div class="" style=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class="" style=""> <font size="2" face="Arial" class="" style=""> On Monday, April 14, 2014 3:01 PM, "imports-request@openstreetmap.org" <imports-request@openstreetmap.org> wrote:<br class="" style=""> </font> </div>
<div class="" style="">Send Imports mailing list submissions to<br class="" style=""> <a ymailto="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" class="" style="">imports@openstreetmap.org</a><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class="" style=""> <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports" target="_blank" class="" style="">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports</a><br class="" style="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class="" style=""> <a ymailto="mailto:imports-request@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports-request@openstreetmap.org" class="" style="">imports-request@openstreetmap.org</a><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class="" style=""> <a
ymailto="mailto:imports-owner@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports-owner@openstreetmap.org" class="" style="">imports-owner@openstreetmap.org</a><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="" style="">than "Re: Contents of Imports digest..."<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Today's Topics:<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""> 1. Re: Imports (Saikrishna Arcot)<br class="" style=""> 2. Imports (msilikale msilanga)<br class="" style=""> 3. Fwd: Imports (Rob Nickerson)<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Message: 1<br class="" style="">Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:25:40 -0400<br class="" style="">From: Saikrishna Arcot <<a ymailto="mailto:saiarcot895@gmail.com"
href="mailto:saiarcot895@gmail.com" class="" style="">saiarcot895@gmail.com</a>><br class="" style="">To: <a ymailto="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" class="" style="">imports@openstreetmap.org</a>, msilikale msilanga<br class="" style=""> <<a ymailto="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" href="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" class="" style="">msilikale05@yahoo.com</a>><br class="" style="">Subject: Re: [Imports] Imports<br class="" style="">Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:2013067.WVkaXdfCC3@saikrishna-hp" href="mailto:2013067.WVkaXdfCC3@saikrishna-hp" class="" style="">2013067.WVkaXdfCC3@saikrishna-hp</a>><br class="" style="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">JOSM doesn't read shapefiles natively. Instead, you need the OpenData plugin to open shapefiles.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Also, I don't remember what import
this is for, but isn't there any processing to do first? (tagging, etc.). Also, I think it's generally preferred to either have an .osm or .osc (OsmChange file) that is uploaded from instead of a shapefile.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">-- <br class="" style="">Saikrishna Arcot<br class="" style="">On Saturday, April 12, 2014 01:25:01 AM msilikale msilanga wrote:<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Hello,<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Can anyone help me? I have been trying to use JOSM (Java Open Street Map) to upload data in Shapefile form into the OSM but it doesn't read the shapefiles, Thanks.<br class="" style=""> <br class="" style="">Regards,Msilikale Msilanga+255717506053Skype: msilikale05<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="" style="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class=""
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class="" style="">Message: 2<br class="" style="">Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:12:51 -0700 (PDT)<br class="" style="">From: msilikale msilanga <<a ymailto="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" href="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" class="" style="">msilikale05@yahoo.com</a>><br class="" style="">To: Rob Nickerson <<a ymailto="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" class="" style="">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>>,<br class="" style=""> "<a ymailto="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" class="" style="">imports@openstreetmap.org</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" class="" style="">imports@openstreetmap.org</a>><br class="" style="">Subject: [Imports] Imports<br class="" style="">Message-ID:<br class="" style=""> <<a
ymailto="mailto:1397412771.45035.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web121901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" href="mailto:1397412771.45035.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web121901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" class="" style="">1397412771.45035.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web121901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com</a>><br class="" style="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Hi Rob,<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">This is why I wrote the email to the Import to let the Community understand what I want to do. <br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">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.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Any advice what I should do next?<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Thanks for replying.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Regards,<br class=""
style=""><br class="" style="">Msilikale.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="" style="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="" style="">URL: <<a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/attachments/20140413/b9132d79/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank" class="" style="">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/attachments/20140413/b9132d79/attachment-0001.html</a>><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">------------------------------<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Message: 3<br class="" style="">Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 21:07:09 +0100<br class="" style="">From: Rob Nickerson <<a ymailto="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" class="" style="">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>><br class="" style="">To: <a ymailto="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org" class=""
style="">imports@openstreetmap.org</a><br class="" style="">Subject: [Imports] Fwd: Imports<br class="" style="">Message-ID:<br class="" style=""> <<a ymailto="mailto:CAK4yQTn82zHt6ruk_6VDHfxEwViSoubv63OY2gFVa_XWim5Erw@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:CAK4yQTn82zHt6ruk_6VDHfxEwViSoubv63OY2gFVa_XWim5Erw@mail.gmail.com" class="" style="">CAK4yQTn82zHt6ruk_6VDHfxEwViSoubv63OY2gFVa_XWim5Erw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br class="" style="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">See Saikrishna's reply on the list for how to open ShapeFiles in JOSM. The<br class="" style="">plug in works best with small files.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Looking back in the email archive, it looks like this is a building import<br class="" style="">for Dar es salaam [1]. Am I right? If so, then I would repeat the advice<br class="" style="">that you import small sections at a time (a neighbourhood
you know well<br class="" style="">would be a good starting point). As there are already some buildings in<br class="" style="">OpenStreetMap for this city, then you need to be careful not to create<br class="" style="">duplicates. Mikel's email [2] is spot on.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">If you've taken this all into consideration and are struggling with JOSM,<br class="" style="">then why not put the ShapeFile up online somewhere (e.g. dropbox) and have<br class="" style="">someone help split it into smaller files for you.<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">Regards,<br class="" style="">Rob<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">[1]<br class="" style=""><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002848.html" target="_blank" class="" style="">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002848.html</a><br class="" style="">[2]<br class="" style=""><a
href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002910.html" target="_blank" class="" style="">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2014-February/002910.html</a><br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">On 13 April 2014 19:12, msilikale msilanga <<a ymailto="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" href="mailto:msilikale05@yahoo.com" class="" style="">msilikale05@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">> Hi Rob,<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">> This is why I wrote the email to the Import to let the Community<br class="" style="">> understand what I want to do.<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">> With this data, I have the license to upload them here in my country and<br class="" style="">> because its important to be used with other people in my country thats why<br class="" style="">> I want to upload them
into the Open Street Map.<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">> Any advice what I should do next?<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">> Thanks for replying.<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">> Regards,<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">> Msilikale.<br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">><br class="" style="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="" style="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="" style="">URL: <<a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/attachments/20140413/238aff65/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank" class="" style="">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/attachments/20140413/238aff65/attachment-0001.html</a>><br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">------------------------------<br class="" style=""><br class="" style="">_______________________________________________<br class=""
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