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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bonjour Soham, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>IMHO, importing a street network to improve the accuracy of an area that is already covered is not a good idea and could be considered as vandalism - mainly because it means deleting what have been done by previous contributors. However, if you have the time to compare both datasets, aerial imagery, available GPS tracks, and adjust OSM data where it is way out would be a better strategy … and I am assuming that the licence attached to the data you propose is compatible with OSM licence, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Another strategy would be to make the data available under a public domain licence and let the community do the job – if they are interested. By the way, am I wrong if I say that the street network you are proposing to import usually end up in the GeoBase product (through the provincial government)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Shah,Soham [mailto:Soham.Shah@grey.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> July-03-14 11:28<br><b>To:</b> talk-ca@openstreetmap.org; imports@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-ca] Updating Street Centerlines in County of Grey, Ontario, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GIS department at the County of Grey, Ontario was interested in updating the street centerline data with our Grey County Road Data, which we believe is more precise, both in terms of centerline placement and road labelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I was thinking of using the JOSM Editor utility to bulk import the data. I read on the ‘Import process guidelines’ wiki that street centerlines can be very difficult to import. So, I am looking for some guidance and opinions of the OSM community to know if this is a viable import project at the County Scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Soham Shah<br></span></b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>GIS Specialist<br></span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Grey County<br>595 9th Avenue East<br>Owen Sound, ON N4K 3E3<br>Phone: +1 519-372-0219 ext. 1535<br>Fax: +1 519-376-5640<br></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:Soham.Shah@grey.ca"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Soham.Shah@grey.ca</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><br></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.grey.ca/it"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.grey.ca/it</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><br></span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.visitgrey.ca/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.visitgrey.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.greyroots.com"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.greyroots.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://facebook.com/CountyOfGrey"><span style='color:windowtext;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=30 height=30 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF96B6.29CF27D0" alt="Image removed by sender. 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