<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi John, <div><br></div><div>Thanks for your email. I have yet to set up a wiki, I'm still considering the best approach. </div><div><br></div><div>I am trying to import a shapefile of plots or stands. The shapefile I have has just over 6000 stands. </div><div><br></div><div>For the 2000 plus existing buildings in OSM that will conflict I'm not yet sure what the best approach is. I am exploring JOSM editor and looking for ways to resolve conflicts - if you have any advice on this, would be greatly appreciated.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As far as the Open Location Code we had not considered it -- the advantage of the stand number is that local residents are familiar with it. OLC codes may take some time to implement. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Jason </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 6:48 PM John Whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana">I missed the link to your wiki page plan.<br><br>Are
you importing plots or buildings?<br><br>If buildings how will you cope
with the 2,200+ buildings already mapped?<br><br>Have you considered
the use of Open Location Code for addresses? OSMand supports this.<br><br>Thanks
John<br><br><span>Jason Owen wrote on 2019-02-11 3:18 AM:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dear OSM
community, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I am from
Zimbabwe and I’m working with the Local Authority in Kariba Town (a
small town
in the West of the country). The Local Authority would like to launch an
app
reliant on OSM data. The app is for reporting local issues and users
will
geolocate issues before submitting a form. Zimbabwe does not have a
great street
address system and most streets in Kariba are not officially named. Most
houses
do not have street numbers or street names/addresses. However, all
houses have
got what is known as a “Stand Number” which is given to the property
owner when
they purchase their property. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The local
authority has good GIS capabilities and has been creating GIS layers for
points
of interest and building footprints with useful attributes such as the
stand
number. I am helping them to investigate the possibility of uploading a
shapefile of all property boundaries with stand number attributes to
OSM. This
will greatly improve the geocoding possibilities for Kariba residents. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I am following
the steps laid out in the Import Guidelines - <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a>.
I would like to inform the imports mailing list of our intentions and I
look
forward to your comments and advice about this proposed import. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks so much, </span></p><div>Jason</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_1556668657704150627gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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