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<div>For start, publish this dataset to allow judge its quality.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am highly dubious that adding cafes, kiosks and hotels<br></div><div dir="auto">based on up to 12 year old data is a good idea.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am unfamiliar with Ethiopia, but in Europe in such old data<br></div><div dir="auto">very large part of object would be not existing anymore.<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, you would need to contact local community and ask<br></div><div dir="auto">whether importing this dataset is welcome<br></div><div dir="auto">(I see that you posted to mailing list, see<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contact_channels">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contact_channels</a><br></div><div dir="auto">for listings of other possible communities).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would be opposed to this import, but if local community <br></div><div dir="auto">disagrees and wants to add this data - feel free to ignore this.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>It's only node data - We believe - after a short check - that overlap with existing features is not that large.<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Note that imports would require elimination of all duplicates.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> The check_date would be set to 2016-01-01<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It should be set to date when object was confirmed to exist.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>May 4, 2022, 14:18 by alex@addismap.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Ethiopian OSM community, Dear Imports Team,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am representing BAME PLC from Ethiopia (<a href="http://www.addismap.com/bandira" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.addismap.com/bandira</a>)<br></div><div>Our team gathered around 36000 points of interest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which we would like to import in the near future to OpenStreetMap. The data was gathered between 2010-2016, so it is not that recent, but still considered valuable.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The data is already tagged in OSM format. It's many small kiosks ("souks"), but also hotels and cafes and so on which are currently not on OpenStreetMap.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It's only node data - We believe - after a short check - that overlap with existing features is not that large.<br></div><div><br></div><div>One approach to import the data would be to merge the OSM file we have with the OSM data, do some basic duplication checks and then upload with a dedicated OSM user.<br></div><div>The check_date would be set to 2016-01-01 or something like that in order to allow easier quality checks via apps like StreetComplete on the ground.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Do you have any further advice on how to proceed here?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,<br></div><div>Alexander<br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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