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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The first question is what is appropriate consultation, and that will vary on a case by case basis with the type of data, complexity of import, type of object being imported, where it’s being imported, existing data, experience of importer, feedback received, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I missed adding the link to the appropriate wiki page in the catalogue. It was supposed to part of my pre-import checklist, but got missed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The import was from an account dedicated to imports. There are also some CanVec imports on the same account. I re-organized my accounts somewhat. Being on the DWG I do a very large number of reverts so my account situation is complicated. Most people don’t have that issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jeff Meyer [mailto:jeff@gwhat.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Toby Murray<br><b>Cc:</b> imports@openstreetmap.org; OpenStreetMap US Talk<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Imports] [Talk-us] Proposed import: Alaska Boroughs/CPDs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul - <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm grateful for your efforts here. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'd like to use this import as a test case for further discussing our current import guidelines and policies.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In particular:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Is 3 days a suitable duration for reviewing proposed imports?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Should there be an entry for this import on the Import Catalogue page?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Should the Alaska import use a separate account from other imports you've coordinated?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, these q's may sound a little snarky (hopefully in a friendly way ; ) ), but I am sincerely interested in resolving answers to these questions so we can help clarify guidance moving forward. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(my take on the answers are: no (2 weeks minimum), no (that page is a disaster), and no clue.)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Jeff<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Toby Murray <<a href="mailto:toby.murray@gmail.com" target="_blank">toby.murray@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Paul Norman <<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com">penorman@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> From: Paul Norman [mailto:<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com">penorman@mac.com</a>]<br>>> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Proposed import: Alaska Boroughs/CPDs<br>>><br>>> Given that the comments received have been generally positive and the<br>>> concerns raised are addressed I'm going to go ahead and start post-<br>>> processing the data so I can merge it in as well as figuring out how the<br>>> heck to identify all the existing imported borough/CPD boundaries, all<br>>> tagged differently.<br>><br>> Completed successfully. Because the boundaries are now much less "nodey" the<br>> boundaries went from about 170k nodes to 25k nodes.<br>><br>> I added wikipedia=* and website=* tags as applicable. Wikipedia tags should<br>> help Nominatim determine importance when there are two places with the same<br>> name.<br>><br>> As most states aren't adding counties at the rate that Alaska has added<br>> boroughs I doubt it'll come up again but I documented the SQL I used to<br>> identify and delete the existing boundaries without conflicts on deleted<br>> nodes at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Alaska/TIGER_Counties" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Alaska/TIGER_Counties</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for cleaning this up.<br><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>Toby</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-us mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Talk-us@openstreetmap.org">Talk-us@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-- <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Jeff Meyer<br>Global World History Atlas<br><a href="http://www.gwhat.org" target="_blank">www.gwhat.org</a><br><a href="mailto:jeff@gwhat.org" target="_blank">jeff@gwhat.org</a><br>206-676-2347</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>